ACTA vote in the European Parliament on 4 July
Update: since I posted this, someone (hat tip to @andrewjburgess ) decided to ruin the spotting game but made it probably a bit more accurate: see voting results hereunder (go to pg 19 of the document): Download (PDF, 540KB) So voted in favour of ACTA: ALDE: Newton Dunn, Takkula EFD: Allam, Provera, Tzavela PPE: Audy, Bendtsen, Berra,...
MEPs Voting Behaviour: ‘Winning Sides and Grand Co...
How do MEPs Vote after Lisbon? VoteWatch.eu tries to shed light on this question in their third six-monthly report on the voting behaviour of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and their political groups. Dr Sara Hagemann and Simon Hix, respectively, Executive Director and Chairman of VoteWatch.eu, from the London School of...
Data Retention: A keeper or not?
Coincidence or not, in the evaluation process of the Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) the Directorate-General Home Affairs of the European Commission invited all stakeholders to participate on Friday the 3th of December at the 3th Data Retention Conference, themed ‘Taking on the Data Retention Directive’. Cecilia Malmström,...
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Why this blog?
Some of you may already know that I blog on an (ir)regular basis at Lobbyplanet so why start a new parallel blog?
Well, because at Lobbyplanet, I have set myself two goals when blogging: (1) allow people to have a glimpse of what lobbyists in Brussels do and feel (yes, they do feel, as surprising as this may seem) (2) try to remain funny in all circumstances (I grant you that goal may not always be reached for the reader but I can guarantee I am always having fun as the ‘writer’).
The problem is that
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