18138 votes cast
The Worst EU Lobbying

1481 votes
16%

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.

1450 votes
15%

European Chemical Industry Council – (CEFIC)

For using scaremongering and misinformation

1347 votes
14%

David Earnshaw

For being a pharma industry lobbyist playing the “independent expert” at the European Parliament

368 votes
4%

Sky and Space Intergroup

For falling into a black hole of transparency

 The Worst Privileged Access

1334 votes
14%

Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson

Nominated for opening the doors wide for business lobbyists while leaving citizens, workers, consumers and Parliamentarians out in the rain.

1251 votes
13%

Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Verheugen

For installing unbalanced High Level Working Groups serving big business interests

978 votes
10%

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.

913 votes
10%

Commissioners Verheugen and Spidla

For hearing only the ‘corporate’ in corporate social responsibility

The EU lobby awards are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.
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