3 ms·
What makes you think the lobbyists haven't already "processed" MEPs? European institutions, no matter how high-level, haven't exactly been showing great judgeme
by Aoyagi 11y ago
What makes you think the lobbyists haven't already "processed" MEPs? European institutions, no matter how high-level, haven't exactly been showing great judgement or interest in doing the good thing.
- deif 11y agoThey probably are. But there's a fair few ministers that are still criticising it. The bad guys here are the EU Commission, not the Parliament. It's important to know which side we need to be supporting because often people blame the government. Examples: * UK MP on transparency - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/18/mps-can-view-ttip-files-but-take-only-pencil-and-paper-with-them http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/18/mps-can-view... * German MP on what is NOT in the documents - http://www.waronwant.org/media/what-i-didn%E2%80%99t-read-ttip-reading-room http://www.waronwant.org/media/what-i-didn%E2%80%99t-read-tt...