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The EU’s 10 Green Friends in Lobbying-Funding Loop
The International Policy Network (IPN) have produced a report entitled: ‘Friends of the EU – The Costs of a Taxpayer-Funded Green Lobby,’ which reveals how ‘green’ pressure groups are funded by the EU in order to lobby the EU. In fact, the ‘Green 10′ are increasingly dependent on the EU for funding. Ten years ago, they received €2,337,924 from the European Commission; last year, it was €8,749,940. The EU pays eco-lobbyists to tell it what it wants to hear. Bad for democracy, bad for the taxpayer.
Green 10 Members
Birdlife International
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Bankwatch Network
Climate Action Network Europe (CAN-E)
European Environment Bureau (EEB)
Transport and Environment (T&E)
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE)
Greenpeace
International Friends of Nature (IFN)
WWF European Policy Office (WWF-EPO)
Read more on Daniel Hannan’s Telegraph.co.uk blog: ‘Green pressure groups get €66 million from the EU’
Read the IPN report here.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:07 am
[...] The EU’s 10 green friends in funding loop. The International Policy Network (IPN) have produced a report entitled: ‘Friends of the EU – The Costs of a Taxpayer-Funded Green Lobby,’ which reveals how ‘green’ pressure groups are funded by the EU in order to lobby the EU. [...]
April 7th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
[...] The EU’s 10 green friends in funding loop. The International Policy Network (IPN) have produced a report entitled: ‘Friends of the EU – The Costs of a Taxpayer-Funded Green Lobby,’ which reveals how ‘green’ pressure groups are funded by the EU in order to lobby the EU. [...]