[Ecommerce] Mandelson urged to stop privileged access / Worst EU Lobby Awards 2006 - last chance to vote]

[Michelle Childs]

EU worst lobbying nominees ( if you want to vote see link below):

Nominated in the category Worst EU Lobbying are:
- European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC): for using scaremongering and
misinformation
- David Earnshaw: for being a pharma industry lobbyist playing the
'independent expert' at the European Parliament
- Sky and Space Intergroup: for falling into a black hole of transparency
- ExxonMobil: for continuing to fund climate change sceptics
- PR firm Weber Shandwick: for setting up a front group to advance the
interestsof pharmaceutical giant Roche while pretending to work for better
access to cancer care.

Nominated in the category Worst Privileged Access are:
- The Austrian and Finnish EU Presidencies: for organising a meeting to
providethe biotech industry with an exclusive golden opportunity to lobby
decision-makers while keeping NGOs outside.
- Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson: nominated for opening the doors wide
forbusiness lobbyists while leaving citizens, workers, consumers and
Parliamentarians out in the rain.
- Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Verheugen: for installing
unbalanced HighLevel Working Groups serving big business interests
- Commissioners Verheugen and Spidla: for hearing only the 'corporate' in
corporate social responsibility
- DG Internal Market: for manipulating a consultation on EU patent policies


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Subject: [CEO] Mandelson urged to stop privileged access / Worst EU Lobby
Awards	2006 - last chance to vote
From:    ceo@corporateeurope.org
Date:    Fri, December 1, 2006 4:36 am
To:      ceo@mailman.corporateeurope.org
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Mandelson urged to stop privileged access of services industry lobbyists

The organisers of the Worst EU Lobby Awards 2006 have urged EU Trade
Commissioner Peter Mandelson and the Finnish government to cancel
participationof EU trade officials in a closed meeting annex cocktail
party organised by theEuropean Services Forum, a lobby group representing
large European corporationsfrom sectors like banking, retailing, energy
and water. Leaked documents revealthat discussions about how to resume the
stalled WTO negotiations are high on the agenda of the meeting, scheduled
to happen Monday December 4th in Brussels.See also:
http://www.corporateeurope.org/esfcocktaildec2006.html

Worst EU Lobby Awards 2006 - last chance to vote!

Don't miss the opportunity to select your winners in the two categories: 'the
Worst EU Lobbying' and 'The Worst Privileged Access'. Online voting closes
Monday December 4th (noon). Go to: http://www.worstlobby.eu/

Nominated in the category Worst EU Lobbying are:
- European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC): for using scaremongering and
misinformation
- David Earnshaw: for being a pharma industry lobbyist playing the
'independent expert' at the European Parliament
- Sky and Space Intergroup: for falling into a black hole of transparency
- ExxonMobil: for continuing to fund climate change sceptics
- PR firm Weber Shandwick: for setting up a front group to advance the
interests
of pharmaceutical giant Roche while pretending to work for better access to
cancer care.

Nominated in the category Worst Privileged Access are:
- The Austrian and Finnish EU Presidencies: for organising a meeting to
provide
the biotech industry with an exclusive golden opportunity to lobby
decision-makers while keeping NGOs outside.
- Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson: nominated for opening the doors wide
for
business lobbyists while leaving citizens, workers, consumers and
Parliamentarians out in the rain.
- Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Verheugen: for installing
unbalanced High
Level Working Groups serving big business interests
- Commissioners Verheugen and Spidla: for hearing only the 'corporate' in
corporate social responsibility
- DG Internal Market: for manipulating a consultation on EU patent policies

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