'European affairs professionals', however, reject the possibility that companies be held accountable for wrongdoing and refuse to disclose their lobbying budgets.
Background
The Commission, in November 2005, launched a European Transparency Initiative to strengthen ethics-rules for EU policymakers and the estimated 15,000 lobbyists, NGOs and other pressure groups who seek to influence them in Brussels.
In the Green Paper, the Commission rules out mandatory registration of lobbyists, saying "a tighter system of self-regulation would appear more appropriate". The 'soft' measures proposed include:
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