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". − Mr President, the Committee on Legal Affairs was very supportive of the Commission’s initiative and of the rapporteur’s stance. I think we supported without question that there should also be a coordinated approach between all the institutions. But, having said that, we would wish to emphasise the particular openness of this institution as a democratic decision-making body; further, that lobbyists should be treated equally. In that sense, in the longer term, we would want to move towards a mandatory register where everybody is treated equally.
I would like to return, if I may, to the issue of lawyers as lobbyists, which Mr Turmes has just raised. There is an issue here, and I would ask everybody to have careful regard to the very nuanced definition that the Committee on Legal Affairs gave in relation to when is a lawyer a lawyer, and when is a lawyer a lobbyist? That definition was very carefully thought through, and I would ask that that is the one that be taken into consideration."@en1
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