Over 9400 people took part in an online poll to decide the winners of
the awards. In the "Worst EU Lobbying" category, ExxonMobil was the clear
winner, gaining almost half of the votes cast. The oil giant continues to pay
climate sceptics to manipulate the EU debate, while keeping much of this funding
away from public scrutiny. In the category for the public official or
institution that has granted the "Worst Privileged Access", DG Internal Market
got an even bigger share of the votes. This powerful European Commission
department manipulated its stakeholder consultation process to legitimise its
own controversial proposal for a single European patent system by
marginalising critics from a large number of small and medium-sized
enterprises.
The winners of the awards were publicly announced at a ceremony in Brussels
Wednesday evening, organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the
Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.
For much more information, also about the runners-up in the two categories, go
to http://www.worstlobby.eu/winners.html
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
De Wittenstraat 25
1052 AK Amsterdam
Netherlands
tel: +31-20-612-7023
e-mail: ceo@corporateeurope.org
http://www.corporateeurope.org
http://www.eulobbytours.org
http://www.waterjustice.org
the awards. In the "Worst EU Lobbying" category, ExxonMobil was the clear
winner, gaining almost half of the votes cast. The oil giant continues to pay
climate sceptics to manipulate the EU debate, while keeping much of this funding
away from public scrutiny. In the category for the public official or
institution that has granted the "Worst Privileged Access", DG Internal Market
got an even bigger share of the votes. This powerful European Commission
department manipulated its stakeholder consultation process to legitimise its
own controversial proposal for a single European patent system by
marginalising critics from a large number of small and medium-sized
enterprises.
The winners of the awards were publicly announced at a ceremony in Brussels
Wednesday evening, organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the
Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.
For much more information, also about the runners-up in the two categories, go
to http://www.worstlobby.eu/winners.html
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
De Wittenstraat 25
1052 AK Amsterdam
Netherlands
tel: +31-20-612-7023
e-mail: ceo@corporateeurope.org
http://www.corporateeurope.org
http://www.eulobbytours.org
http://www.waterjustice.org