elections

Time to stop shooting the messenger

Repression against civil society is on the rise, as the latest alarming case from Montenegro shows.

Tags: civil society corruption elections human rights MANS Montenegro Vanja Calovic Balkans

More repression, more money - Financing transition in Egypt

New cases of arbitrary repression against civil society happened in the run-up to the presidential elections in Egypt. A look at the loans so far approved by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development suggests that those in power have been more successful in receiving the bank’s support.

Tags: al-Sisi corruption democracy ECESR Egypt elections human rights military Morsi multinationals Muslim Brotherhood raid repression state-owned transition EU neighbourhood Southern Mediterranean

Institution: EBRD

Theme: Social & economic impacts

Over 40 MEPs from across the political spectrum pledge to stand-up for citizens and democracy against excessive corporate lobbying

April 15, 2014

Today, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), AK EUROPA (Brussels office of the Austrian Chamber of Labour) & ÖGB Europabüro (Brussels office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation), together with a broad coalition of civil society organisations from across Europe, are launching their campaign to urge candidates for the upcoming European elections to “stand-up for citizens and democracy against the excessive lobbying influence of banks and big business”.

Theme: Social & economic impacts

Tags: corporate lobbying, democracy, elections, politics for people, EU