Lobbying in the European Union: Current Rules and Practices
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01-04-2003
This working document provides a photography of the current state of affairs in EU lobbying, addressing questions such as the number of organisations involved, their main strategies and working methods; this description is based on an analysis of recent academic work on lobbying and special interest representation. Moreover, the paper gives an overview of current rules and practices concerning lobbying in the parliamentary institutions of the Member States, based on research done with the help of the Parliamentary Documentation Centre of the European Parliament.
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- application of EU law
- Brussels region
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- consultancy
- decision-making
- documentation
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- European construction
- European Union
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- GEOGRAPHY
- INDUSTRY
- information service
- interest group
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- labour law and labour relations
- management
- miscellaneous industries
- non-governmental organisation
- non-governmental organisations
- parliamentary proceedings
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- professional association
- public hearing
- regions of EU Member States