‘Worst EU Lobbying’
Award 2005
Nominees

Below you find short explanations about each nominee, with links to more extensive information. Every voter could vote for just one nominee.

Votes
 
85%
7035
Campaign for Creativity
Nominated as a fake NGO brilliantly disguising corporate demands as grassroots concerns
5%
418
ExxonMobil
Nominated for its generous funding of think tanks that deny EU action against climate change is needed.
2%
206
European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)
Nominated for determination to bash EU climate legislation
2%
181
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
Nominated for being an effective ‘Crooked Enemy oF Informed Consumers’
2%
130
European Patients’ Forum
Nominated for representing pharmaceutical corporations rather than patients.
1%
114
New Defence Agenda
Nominated for being the arms industry’s ‘weapon of mass disinformation’
1%
84
SEAP and EPACA – the lobbyists’ lobbies
Nominated for their work to keep the public in the dark
0%
72
European Services Forum
Nominated for successfully using its privileged access to EU trade officials to determine the EU’s trade agenda
0%
49
Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) and PR firm Burson-Marsteller
Nominated for fighting fire with smokescreens
0%
36
Houston Consulting Europe
Nominated for arranging marriage between big banking lobbyists and Members of the European Parliament
Total votes: 8325
 
 
 
 
 
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European Patients’ Forum

Nominated for representing pharmaceutical corporations rather than patients

The European Patients’ Forum (EPF) has enjoyed privileged access to European Union (EU) decision making fora. Claiming to represent patients interests the EPF is being secretly funded by Baxter Healthcare, Pfizer and other industry giants. Despite being presented with compelling research from Health Action International about the links between the EPF and the pharmaceutical industry, the European Commission continues to invite the EPF to key consultative meetings.

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Link to more information

Voters said about this nominee:

This concerns all of us.

I was going to vote for the Campaign for Creativity as it affects me personally, but it didn’t appear to need any help, and the European Patients’ Forum appears to be much the same concept, and is arguably more cynical.

Because they have failed to change even when they are exposed.

the big pharmaceutical companies seem to think they can get away with anything

Ruthless profiting from peoples bad health has got to be a crime!

European patients are already under-represented, and need fake-representation like a hole in the head

For claiming to represent patients while not allowing transparency of member groups and funding

I am interested in the role of NGOs in the field of social and Health policies and am disappointed when hidden agendas come to light like this.

Because they lobby in favour of direct to consumer advertising by the pharma industry.

An example of corporate greed topping medical need

fake consumer org

Because they all pretend companies and patients interests are the same.

Because they are dependent on drug company money, and are not independent.

The health agenda at teh EU level is in real danger of being hi-jacked by industry interests – we do not need another wolf in sheep’s clothing ostensibly representing patient interests at the table.

I took a bad medicine several years ago and I know how big corporations are good at denying side effects of their products.

Because making big money out of people’s bad health and saying it’s in favour of them is just plain evil…

Pharma & Chemical lobbies are dangerous for humanity

because of wrong situation on this field

Our health is precious and should not be fed upon by big industries

This is as bad as the Campaing for Creativity, and it endangers our health as well!