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EU expert groups dominated by corporate interest, say NGOs

02 September 2014

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"four organisations said the commission’s so-called expert groups are dominated by industry, which can have “a damaging impact on EU decisions". Expert groups offer advice and opinions to commission officials drafting up new policies but many are said to neglect or under-represent the views of civil society.

The ETUC, which represents trade unions across the EU, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), UNI Global Union, and Corporate Europe Observatory, say new rules are needed to address the compositional imbalance of expert group, the secrecy of decision-making, and the application process to participate in expert groups."

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