Worst EU Lobbying Award 2005

On December 14th, which is two days from now, the winner of the Worst EU Lobbying Award 2005 will be announced in Brussels. Since then everybody can vote on his or her favourite. Or, as the organisers of the award put it:

This is your opportunity to decide which of the ten cases deserves to be remembered as the most ruthless influence peddler, the fastest spinner of spin, the grand master of disguise, in short who will become the ‘Worst EU Lobbying’ Award 2005 champion.

As of today, the Campaing for Creativity (C4C) is leading with 87 percent. C4C is lobbying pro software patents and - although backed up by SAP, Mircosoft and others - claims to be an initiative supported by individuals. It was nominated as "a fake NGO brilliantly disguising corporate demands as grassroots concerns".