NGOs campaigning actively for transparency – Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory and Lobby Control – have scrutinised MEPs' declarations of financial interests. In the report 'Whose representatives?', they denounce potential conflicts of interest among MEPs hired by companies that try to influence EU legislation in Brussels, particularly when they sit on an EP committee legislating on the same area of activity.
Michal Boni (EPP, Poland), an alternate member of the ITRE committee, is singled out for criticism…