Parliament vote on new lobbying rules shows power of lobbyists
"The vote on new rules for lobbyists in the European Parliament today showed how powerful and effective lobbyists really are. Although the adopted proposal is a step in the right direction, obliging all lobbyists to register for the first time, it is far from guaranteeing full transparency. A coalition of conservatives (EPP-ED) and liberals (ALDE) were engaged in systematically weakening the report and succumbed to lobbying by lawyers and the Vatican."
