Transparency
Transparency is crucial for democratic decision-making processes, and we Greens want to take charge by setting the right example. That is why we publish all lobbying meetings with interest groups. You will also find the rail kilometres I travel, a breakdown of expenses of the monthly general expenditure allowance and my voting behaviour on this page. For more information about myself, please go to more about me.
» Long-distance animal transports are a symptom of a global food production system that disregards the needs of animals, exploits factory workers and destroys the environment «
— Thomas Waitz in theparliamentmagazine.eu am 2022-12-05
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Lobbying Transparency
The Greens/EFA group is committed to lobbying transparency and is the first political group in the European Parliament to publish information about every meeting held with lobbyists and interest representatives such as civil society organisations. This list allows all citizens to see whom Green MEPs are meeting, when they are meeting them and what they discuss with outside stakeholders.
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General Expenditure Allowance
Europe often stands accused of providing an opportunity for elected MEPs to ride a ‘gravy train’. Such accusations tend to be based on misinformation or a hostile press and media pursuing an anti-European agenda. Every MEP office receives a monthly General Expenditure Allowance of 4416.00 euros, to cover expenditure relating to the exercise of the parliamentary mandate. The Greens/EFA Group has decided to take the lead and we, therefore, have been publishing our expenses since 2018. We provide a quarterly overview as well as a graphical chart of the costs on this site.
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A detailed list of the issues can be downloaded from the following link: General Allowance 2nd term [as of January 03, 2024]. A detailed description of the categories used here can be found here
Voting transparency
The European Parliament livestreams all plenary sessions and committee meetings. Furthermore, the voting results for each plenary session are published.