Corporate Europe Observatory and Lobby Control

2015

Brussels

Belgium

Online platform, developed and curated by two civil society organizations, with essential data on lobbying within the European institutions. Through LobbyFacts, users can access up-to-date information on all organisations registered in the EU Transparency Register, reconstruct Lobbying histories using information no longer publicly available on the official site, and filter or rank data by criteria such as Lobbying expenditure or high-level Commission meetings held. The platform also allows users to download data in accessible formats, monitor trends in Lobbying activity among major companies, trade associations, and consultancies, and identify relationships between organisations and their hired lobbyists or clients. Along with the search tool, it offers stories and reports on key findings. The platform was created in 2015 and relaunched in 2022.