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Dear agrofuels campaigners, the search for the most deceptive lobbying

is on again - among the nominees are the agrofuels lobbies Malaysian
Palm Oil Council, Abengoa Bionergy and Unica - VOTE NOW!

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Worst EU Lobbying Award 2008 -- Vote Now -- www.worstlobby.eu

Vote now for the 2008 Worst EU Lobbying Awards -- the annual award for
deceptive, manipulative or unethical lobbying.

This year you can vote in two categories:

1. The 'Worst EU Lobbying' Award for the lobbyist, company or
lobby group that in 2008 has employed the most deceptive, misleading,
or otherwise problematic lobbying tactics in their attempts to
influence EU decision-making.

2. The special 'Worst Conflict of Interest' Award for the
MEP, Commissioner or Commission official whose background, side-jobs
or other liaisons with special interests raise the most serious
concerns about their ability to act in public interest.

Select your winners now in both categories and cast your vote at
http://www.worstlobby.eu

The nominees for the 2008 Worst EU Lobbying Award are:
* the Agrofuels lobby (MPOC, Unica and Abengoa) for
greenwashing agrofuels;
* European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicine for hiding the
involvement of big pharma;
* European Business and Parliament Scheme for EP indoors lobbying;
* Gplus and Aspect Consulting for spreading war propaganda;
* the airline lobby IATA for deceptions to avoid CO2 reduction
obligations.

The nominees for the Worst Conflict of Interest Award are:
* Dr Caroline Jackson MEP - appointed advisor to a waste company;
* Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP - lobbies for her future employer;
* Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP - doubles as a lawyer;
* Ex-Commission officials Petite, Klotz and Kjølbye - now
lobbying for industry;
* DG Trade Director Wenig - slips inside informations to lobbyists.

The candidates were selected out of 54 nominations by citizens and
groups from around Europe after thorough scrutiny by the organisers.
For more background on the individual candidates, check out
http://www.worstlobby. The voting website is available in English,
German and French.

Help us expose the worst lobbying in Brussels and cast your vote at at
http://www.worstlobby.eu !

Please spread the news about the awards! Tell your friends via our
website or put banners on your websites. Banners can be found here:
http://www.foeeurope.org/corporates/banner/wla.html

Online voting closes November 30. The winners will be announced at a
ceremony in Brussels on December 9.

The Worst EU Lobbying Awards are organised by Corporate Europe
Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch.

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Christine Pohl
Corporates Campaign
Economic Justice Programme
Friends of the Earth Europe
Rue Blanche 15, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32-2-5426104
Mobile: +32-498-492563
Fax: +32-2-5375596
Email: christine.pohl[at]foeeurope.org
SKYPE: christine.pohl13 (ATTENTION: My skype name has changed. Please delete my old contact from your list and add me again with my new name)

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Worst EU Lobbying Awards 2008 -- VOTE NOW!
A chance to name and shame the perpetrators of some of the worst
lobbying tactics in Brussels. Help us expose the worst lobbying in
Brussels! Vote online at www.worstlobby.eu