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a few years ago i was maintaining lobbyfacts. ama

• vanderZwan 3y ago
  Did you ever get any feedback from journalists and researchers using it?
  • mstef 3y ago
    yes, back in the days CEO (Corporate Europe Observeratory https://corporateeurope.org/ https://corporateeurope.org/) alter-eu (https://www.alter-eu.org/ https://www.alter-eu.org/), and a bunch of other NGOs where using (and also sponsoring it). But it is also well known by the OCCRP people (one of whom actually started the whole thing).
    • pudo 3y ago
      hello sir :-P
      • mstef 3y ago
        haha. hello OG
• nathan_phoenix 3y ago
  What constitutes lobby costs? Also why do some organizations have relatively big lobby costs but no EP passes or meetings with EC? Does that mean that they are less "effective" than their peer lobby organizations?
  • mstef 3y ago
    lobby costs is a self reported value based on their spending on lobbyings, including for example staff, office rent, events, etc. not having ep passes or meetings with the ec, only means less direct contact, or possibly having outsourced this contact.
• willtemperley 3y ago
  Is there a way to see breakdown of exactly what a company is paying lobbyists, either directly or via a consultancy? It's currently a lot of manual work searching for e.g. Amazon and looking at the eleven trading names that lobby the EU via a multitude of consultants.