El próximo día 8 de mayo el Parlamento Europeo votará el denominado Informe Stubb sobre lobbies en la Unión Europea (Which is named Alexander Stubb, Finnish MEP). The Conservative proposal seeks to promote a project that "anime" to lobbyists to register and force them to publish how much and what they spend their money and how companies appropriate. Measures include, of course, that MEPs declare when to pass laws to which lobbyists have received. Stubb Report is part of the European Initiative for Transparency, driven by European Commission Vice President Siim Kallas. 
exemplifying was contemplating a report by the Greens in showing that large companies known to us all, get that European politicians write rules virtually at the foot of the letter of the reports and send them suggestions of lobbyists first.
had not concluded the press conference when I took out of it to join the seminar on what happens to democracy? and lobbying activities. A large room we received full European Parliament. MEPs, journalists, researchers and activists made up the capacity. There scrutinizing the recent and current activities of many pharmaceutical companies, as well as chemical, mobile phones and electromagnetic pollution of ceramics and ceramic tile or nuclear energy. One's face was all one poem.
press conference with reporters to present the books
not surprised these initiatives and what we've seen these days in the Parliament building in Brussels is corroborated. Guests (Rafael Carrasco, Joaquín Vidal and I, Miguel Jara) by the Group of the Greens have been three days of intense knowledge of the insides of the European government, presenting the book dealers health and toxic Conspiracies and participating in a seminar with the eloquent title of What happens to democracy? , on the role of lobbyists in the absence of democracy in Europe.
Because this is the main idea: the mere presence of representatives of the various industries that push political, back to the citizens, to legislate in their favor, is an attack against democracy and leaves citizens sold to private interests. And this is what is happening in the European institutions and different countries.
Upon our arrival on Monday afternoon were greeted by several MEPs who we caught up with concrete examples and documents on the activities of lobbyists. We saw a letter from an association of English publishers in calling on European leaders not to legislate in favor of warning in an advertisement for cars on CO2 emissions level of each model. Clearer water, allegedly pressured car by its advertisers a lot of print media responsible for request to be hidden from the public how polluting vehicles advertised, for the warning, useful to the public, "dirty image" of the companies that paid advertising.
exemplifying was contemplating a report by the Greens in showing that large companies known to us all, get that European politicians write rules virtually at the foot of the letter of the reports and send them suggestions of lobbyists first. So, my brain full of information and empty casings gave us time dinner, we made into a charming restaurant in the historic center of Brussels.
On Tuesday, soon, we had a meeting with English press attended by numerous means the cream of native landscape. Explain, especially David Hammerstein, our host spokesman for the Greens in Europe, what is it and why it is good and necessary Transparency Initiative. I let the fellow tell journalists that yes, it seems essential to sink my teeth into the problem of lobbyists, but I fear that not only have to regulate their activity and make it public but will have to outlaw many practices current. I doubted even the outlawing it as I put for example, is now illegal to buy health (either with gifts or money) through the medical and many pharmaceutical companies do (practice similar to that realzian lobbyists). And in America, citizens have a Freedom of Information Act which obliges politicians to make public how much money they received for their campaigns and how companies come and practice that democracy is even worse than the European or European.
had not concluded the press conference when I took out of it to join the seminar on what happens to democracy? and lobbying activities. A large room we received full European Parliament. MEPs, journalists, researchers and activists made up the capacity. There scrutinizing the recent and current activities of many pharmaceutical companies, as well as chemical, mobile phones and electromagnetic pollution of ceramics and ceramic tile or nuclear energy. One's face was all one poem. A comment by an MEP, whose name escapes me, closed the debate. This person alluded to journalists and scientists today are the fifth and sixth power. I answered with an example that combines the two areas, the medical journals. They come together under the control of the pharmaceutical industry, scientific and medical writers, and has not always been, let alone the benefit of the quality and independence of information.
The rest of the day was on participation in a seminar on environmental journalism for fifteen journalists who had traveled from Spain, an event very useful to meet other colleagues, their views and discuss problems ecological our area and how they affect the health of ecosystems and the public. 
A nice dinner in a restaurant all bio-ecological and closed the night with a lengthened some Belgian beers essential (no bad) on the Grand Place, the Plaza Mayor of Brussels.
A nice dinner in a restaurant all bio-ecological and closed the night with a lengthened some Belgian beers essential (no bad) on the Grand Place, the Plaza Mayor of Brussels. Once we have the video of the seminar on lobbying will post it.
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