Europe: EU breached tobacco lobbying rules: watchdo
The EU has failed to be transparent about its dealings with the tobacco industry, in breach of UN rules, the bloc’s watchdog said Monday after a lobbying scandal claimed a top Brussels official.
In unusually strong comments, the European Ombudsman said that Brussels must now publish all meetings with tobacco lobbyists and described its previous efforts as “inadequate”.
EU health commissioner John Dalli resigned in 2012 after a probe ordered by then Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso linked him to a tobacco lobbyist at a time when the EU was introducing tougher anti-smoking legislation.
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