Ecommerce giant Amazon’s lobbyists are to be banned from the European parliament as part of an escalating dispute over transparency and working conditions.
The European parliament confirmed on Tuesday that the access badges that give Amazon lobbyists permission to be on its premises will be withdrawn after a group of MEPs called for the move, saying the company had repeatedly refused to engage with it about its approach to workers’ rights and labour conditions.
It is only the second time that a company’s lobbyists have been banned from entering the European parliament, after agrochemical company Monsanto’s representatives were barred in 2017.