{"id":23002,"date":"2026-06-11T02:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/corporate-lobbying-in-eu-hits-record-e382m-amid-deregulation-wave-new-research-finds-euobserver\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T02:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T02:10:40","slug":"corporate-lobbying-in-eu-hits-record-e382m-amid-deregulation-wave-new-research-finds-euobserver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/corporate-lobbying-in-eu-hits-record-e382m-amid-deregulation-wave-new-research-finds-euobserver\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate lobbying in EU hits record \u20ac382m amid deregulation wave, new research finds – EUobserver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cash for lobbying the EU institutions has hit a new record, according to new research by the Corporate Europe Observatory<\/a> (CEO).
In a report<\/a> released on Thursday (11 June), CEO, a pro-transparency NGO, revealed annual spending of \u20ac381.75m for lobbying European institutions, marking a 50 percent increase since 2020.
Their research alongside that by fellow non-profit Lobby Control<\/a> found that the number of industry organisations with a lobby budget of at least \u20ac1m has grown by almost 30 percent since 2020.
The campaigners stress that increased spending has translated into a significant number of industry-friendly policies.
\u201cWe are witnessing corporate lobbyists with bold and increasing powers to influence policy,\u201d the report states.\u00a0
Alongside banks and chemical companies<\/a>, the most significant lobbying groups are in the energy and fossil fuel industry<\/a>, tallying \u20ac52m in spending per year on lobbying, and tech groups which spent \u20ac73m annually. 
Campaigners warn that this spending power is accompanied by what they describe as a deregulatory wave led by EU commission president Ursula von Der Leyen and the right-wing-dominated European Parliament, “slashing hard-won rules that exist to protect social and environmental concerns\u201d.
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\"Gaia Gaia Neiman<\/a> is a junior migration and politics reporter at the EUobserver. She has previously written for Reuters, The Guardian, The Telegraph, among others.
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