Mandelson-Epstein Allegations: Why OLAF Isn’t Enough

12/03/2026 The European Commission has responded to the letter sent by The Good Lobby Profs [...]

Over 270 civil society organisations invite von der Leyen to their own “Antwerp Summit”

11/03/2026 The Good Lobby is among more than 270 civil society organisations, trade unions, environmental [...]

EU unveils first Intergenerational Fairness Strategy

Last week, the European Commission released its first-ever Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. After years of [...]

An Illegal Judge in Europe’s Top Judicial Network

09/03/2026 On 28 January 2026, Dr Oliver Mader and Professor Laurent Pech wrote to the [...]

Countering the Narratives of Europe’s Deregulation Wave

The EU’s “simplification agenda” claims that regulation is strangling Europe’s economy. This argument has rapidly [...]

Court hearing puts EU participatory democracy on trial in End the Cage Age case

05/03/2026 PRESS RELEASE Today’s public hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union [...]

From Policy Capture to Political Capture in the Energy Transition

05/03/2026 The success of the energy transition is jeopardised by political capture, or the idea [...]

MEPs vote ahead of the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

04/03/2026 On 12 February, the European Parliament voted on a report that for the first [...]

Ombudswoman opens inquiry into Commission’s handling of Fur Free Europe ECI

The Good Lobby welcomes the European Ombudsman’s decision to open an inquiry into how the [...]

The Castle Method

03/03/2026 On 12 February, EU leaders met at Alden Biesen Castle for an informal competitiveness [...]

My Voice, My Choice Wins but other ECIs still await

02/03/2026 This week, the Commission responded to My Voice, My Choice, the ECI demanding EU-funded [...]

Scale(s) of advocacy activities

27/02/2026 This piece breaks down the daily tasks and deliverables of advocacy teams, how they [...]