The background is several articles in which Springer newspapers claimed that the EU commission requested lobbying to finance environmental associations. From the point of view of control of the lobby, the media violated the press code for veracity, care and correction.
In April, the world called: “The EU commission delayed environmental associations for lobbying.” Two months later, she published an article that showed that the newspaper would be “secret” contracts between the commission and associations. The latter should be loud World For this, they were paid for the fact that they complained about companies and organized campaigns.
The accusations were made by numerous media, such as Ard Daily Show, busy. Then, among other things, Sz It would be so that the EU commission and environmental associations denied claims. According to LobbyControl, misleading reports caused great damage to the affected associations.
The association says that neither the contracts were secret, nor environmental organizations were influenced by the EU commission. They worked independently and for democratic compensation for the lobbying night of companies. “The commission does not depend on the distribution of European funds, whether the financial organization always corresponds to the commission,” says Nina Kacamich from LobbyControl.
Found funds promote democracy
She said TAZ, and from the point of view of the commission, the provision of funds contributes to democracy. A World According to LobbyControl, I took part in the slander of environmental associations. The Monica Holmayer campaign was held. In addition, the public may provide transparent information on the existence of contracts on the website of the EU Commission financing program about how much money it would receive.
The press secretary of the world rejected “accusations of error and false reports. World journalistic standards were observed as part of research and reporting. ”
In case of violation of the press Code, the German press -council may express a public complaint against the relevant editorial team. This is not good for the affected environment, but does not have direct legal consequences. The self -control of the German media committee is not responsible for ensuring compliance with legal claims, such as counteraction or compensation.
