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"Lobbying is a legitimate activity. It is a basic element of democracy. Representative democracy can function only when citizens communicate with their elected representatives and ask them to promote their interests. From this perspective, it is not important whether citizens approach politicians as individuals, associations, trading companies or manufacturing firms. No regulation should therefore restrict one of the basic rights of citizens. However, the reasons for which an elected representative decides to prefer one interest ahead of another must be based on his convictions, and not on personal gain. The transparency of an MEP’s work in contact with people who are promoting their own interests is the instrument that will perhaps best prevent corruption in the making of laws. I therefore support the proposed common register, which takes account of the varying nature of interest groups, and distinguishes between those that lobby with the aim of boosting their profits and those that address elected representatives with the aim of achieving the greater good of society as a whole."@en1
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