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.eur

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.