All posts by Alexandre Biard

How reliable is the EU Transparency Register?

Transparency is key to ensure citizens’ trust and accountability of EU institutions. To make it happen, the EU set up the Transparency Register. Yet as the European Ombudsman highlighted in a recent decision about obscure lobbying practices against the Nutri-Score...

and / February 21, 2024

Why 2023 will be the year of consumer rights enforcement

Some big changes are coming in 2023 that mean that it might be remembered as the year of consumer law enforcement - Alexandre Biard explains more.

/ February 17, 2023
Lady Justice

BEUC’s relentless quest for collective redress that works for consumers

The topic of ‘collective redress’ is fuelling heated discussions across Europe and beyond. That’s because the EU’s landmark Representative Actions Directive is currently entering into national legislation, making it easier for consumers to go to court as a group if...

and / November 4, 2022