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How large family businesses lobbied richly in The Hague
While hardly anyone notices, a crucial tax law was amended on the last meeting day of the old House of Representatives on October 26, 2023. This has far-reaching consequences for…
How Neelie Kroes lobbied Prime Minister Rutte for a meeting with Uber CEO despite a ban | Politics
Despite a lobby ban, former European Commissioner Neelie Kroes arranged a meeting between Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Prime Minister Mark Rutte in 2015. That meeting was not supposed to…
‘VVD-prominent Neelie Kroes lobbied for Uber despite ban from Brussels’ Abroad
As usual in Brussels, after her departure in 2014 as European Commissioner for Digital Affairs, Kroes was faced with a ‘cooling off period’ to avoid conflicts of interest. Immediately after…
Neelie Kroes secretly lobbied for Uber
Former European Commissioner and VVD prominent Neelie Kroes lobbied for the American company Uber in 2015 and 2016. This while the European Commission had explicitly forbidden her to take up…