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Reshuffling the Brussels Bubble: ‘Nerds, techies and lobbyists’

Reshuffling the Brussels Bubble: ‘Nerds, techies and lobbyists’

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"a study published by... transparency NGOs portrays an expert group system dominated by corporate interests and lacking in basic accountability in how members are appointed and who they actually represent ... over 25 percent of the groups it examined are controlled outright by corporate interests ... in 64 percent of the groups, business interests appear to be over-represented...

... you are going to have more industry people in these groups... the groups dealing with social policy will be dominated by NGOs and civil society.... the policy areas which would traditionally be dominated by civil society ... are not EU competences....

The findings of Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, published in January, were scathing...

- ‘Nerds, techies and lobbyists’ – POLITICO

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