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The finance industry invests around 120 million Euros per year to have 1700 lobbyists influence the European legislators. These alarming data come out of a recent study on “The fire power of the Financial lobby”. The study has been published by the Austrian Chamber of Labour and the Austrian trade union confederation together with Corporate European Observatory.

Read more on http://www.akeuropa.eu/en/new-ak/oegb-study-presented-financial-lobby-is-blocking-financial-market-regulation.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=2088&vID=37

The study has been presented in Brussels with MEPs Emilie Turunen (S&D) and Sven Giegold (Greens) who confirmed the huge number of invitations, calls, requests for meetings and amendments received by industry lobbyists. See pictures of the panel discussion:  http://www.akeuropa.eu/de/images.html

The full study can be downloaded here: /sites/default/files/imce/financial_lobby_report.pdf