Knowing about the impact of lobby organisations on legislation is a condition for a well-functioning democratic system. If civil society are supposed to control political power in democracies, each citizen needs access to all the information created by the political entities. Since 2010, abgeordnetenwatch.de has been running a blog publishing articles about lobbyism and transparency… Read More

„The Social Democrats gave up, we´ve got the names!” Exclaiming these words, our editor Martin entered the office room of abgeordnetentwatch.de on an, up until this very moment, rather calm morning. In his hands he held a list with names of all lobbyists who were granted access to the German parliament (“Bundestag”) with entry cards issued by… Read More