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Czechs critical of work of their MEPs-poll ... in favour of tightening rules regulating lobbyists who try to influence EU institutions. Lobbyists will be asked to disclose basic information about their money and motives in a public register.
The bill also calls for a code of conduct and sanctions for those who flaunt it. Until now the European Parliament has had a voluntary register for lobbyists, but this has not applied to the EU's executive, the European Commission, or the council which brings together the EU's national leaders.
(Deutsche Welle)
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