EUROPE's LOBBYING SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT UNDUE INFLUENCE

Source: Transparency International (2015)

Strengths of lobbying safeguards against undue influence and rules to promote ethical lobbying in European political systems based on a Scale 0-100, where 0 is the weakest and 100 is the strongest. Results are presented in descending order with highest scoring country. The overall score is an un-weighted average of results in three categories: transparency, integrity and equality of access.

1. Slovenia: 55

2. Lithuania: 50

3. United Kingdom: 44

4. Austria: 40

5. Lithuania, Ireland: 39

7. Netherlands: 34

8. Czech Republic, Estonia: 29

10.France: 27

11.Slovakia: 26

12.Bulgaria: 25

13.Portugal, Germany: 23

15.Spain: 21

16.Italy: 20

17: Hungary, Cyprus: 14