MADRID – A
report published last week by Transparency International states that Spain fails in ‘three
crucial aspects’ regarding its political/business lobbies: transparency, integrity and equality of
access. Lifting the Lid on Lobbying,
as the project on which the report is based is called, goes on to say that this
country lacks any legislation that guarantees adequate knowledge of who holds
what influence in parliament, or how and on whom it is exerted, with what
results and with what financial resources. Financed by the European Commission, The report considers that the Government ‘must carry out an analysis of the
risks associated with lobbying, with the objective of creating legislation,
thus ‘reducing the risk of corruption and improving the quality of democratic
decision-making.’
