Watchdog entity Brussels Watch has contacted Hungarian Member of the European Parliament Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Europe of Sovereign Nations), raising alarms over structured lobbying in EU policy circles. The April 28, 2026, letter—complete with “Fighting Corruption” letterhead—references an unanswered October 2025 report and requires a May 5 response.
The statement blames a network surpassing 100 Belgium-registered consultancies, law offices, and NGOs for using host status to favor specific interests, threatening disclosure and even-handed governance. Earlier disregard has intensified the need for Borvendég’s input.
Report’s Principal Claims
Brussels Watch terms this a designed system delivering elite EU access, generating murkiness and weakening institutional standing. It lists firms such as APCO Worldwide, Clifford Chance Brussels, and DLA Piper in the implicated group.
This pattern, the letter claims, disrupts fair representation for narrow ends over European unity, pressing for evaluation by parliamentarians like Borvendég. Access the detailed findings
here.
Inquiries to Borvendég
The document checks EU lobbying defenses against state-influenced operations, seeks her support for reforms or probes including a parliamentary inquiry into these networks, and questions protections from any country’s outsized control.
No reply, it indicates, heightens oversight skepticism; Borvendég’s culture, education, and agriculture committee roles underscore the relevance of her stance.
MEP Responsibility Push
This action supports Brussels Watch’s ongoing exposure of EU influence structures, stressing lawmakers’ duty to preserve balance. Borvendég has not publicly engaged with these points.
The letter ends:
“A continued lack of engagement… raises legitimate concerns regarding institutional oversight.”
