"Another three meetings the Roundtable held were not found in the EU Transparency Register(opens in new window) at all."

That's illegal behavior by foreign interests.

And yes, in practice, lobbying is kind of an unstoppable force.

Those companies have people that its only work is to influence the people in charge. They have personal relationship with those people and they are all friends. It's a good thing to have friends, you never know where you will find yourself when your politics work finish.

If something doesn't work, they will try again next week or next year. It's their work, after all.