Apple spent $8M lobbying the EU last year and had 76 meetings

A new report by a corporate watchdog says that Apple spent €7M ($8.1M) lobbying the EU in the past year, making it the joint second-largest spender in the tech sector. It says tech giants now spend more on EU lobbying than Big Pharma and the automotive industries combined.

It also reveals that Apple held a total of 76 meetings with Members of the European Parliament and high-level European Commission staff …

Corporate Europe Observatory examined spending by tech giants on…