Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> MEPs debate tightening up lobbying rules
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| MEPs on Thursday launched the thorny debate on tightening rules covering the
>| thousands of EU lobbyists in Brussels, with an initial discussion showing
>| deputies in favour of defining the term "lobbyist" as broadly as possible but
>| shying away from the 600-page rulebook that defines and confines lobbyists in
>| the US.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| For his part, Mr Stubb says he is not out to demonise lobbyists, whose
>| activities have come to light recently during the ferocious lobbying on
>| legislation that took place during the development of the chemicals, services
>| and software patent laws.
> `----
>
> http://euobserver.com/9/25526
>
This is trading in influence, and that influence comes at a price.
Therefore, the impact is to take democracy apart, and replace it with
something which can be bought.
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