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This is just physically banning them from parliament buildings, which seems pointless. I don't think modern lobbyists work by literally waiting in the lobby any

• nneonneo 3y ago
  The EU has some pretty strict rules around transparency in lobbying (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-service/en/transparency/lobby-groups https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-service/en/transparen...). It sounds like meetings between MEPs and interest groups (lobbyists) need to be documented pretty thoroughly. I imagine it’s probably easier for MEPs to meet with lobbyists in the parliament as opposed to outside of it, or maybe there are even rules that discourage such outside lobbying. As the article notes, Amazon did meet with MEPs pretty frequently in the parliament buildings, suggesting that this ban will have some impact on their lobbying efforts.
  • 93po 3y ago
    Maybe the effect is they’ll now happen on private islands and use the ban as the excuse why