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European governance - 02.11.2006
Transparency initiative: 'Local and regional governments are not private or NGO lobbyists!"
European and national associations of local and regional authorities cannot be considered as lobbyists in the same way as the private or voluntary sector. This is the main concern in the Council of European Municipalities and Regions' (CEMR) response to the consultation on the EU Commission's Transparency Initiative launched in 2006.
CEMR welcomes the Commission's proposals on transparency and interest groups. However it believes that local and regional governments and their associations play a very different role in Europe's governance system.
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