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The European Union is increasingly at the forefront of neoliberal reforms in Europe.  Much of this is taken forward as a result of the close relationship between corporate lobbyists and European civil servants.  Corporate lobbyists now outnumber EC officials by a factor of about 5 to one, according to conservative estimates.
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==Lobbying industry organisations==
 
==Lobbying industry organisations==
  
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*[[Association Francaise des Conseils en Affaires Publique]]
 
*[[European Public Affairs Consultants Association]]
 
*[[European Public Affairs Consultants Association]]
 
*[[EUlobby.net]]
 
*[[EUlobby.net]]
 
*[[Society of European Affairs Professionals]] - SEAP
 
*[[Society of European Affairs Professionals]] - SEAP
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==Peak Business Associations==
 
==Peak Business Associations==
 
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*[[European Civil Society Groups]]
 
*[[European Chemical Industry Council]] CEFIC
 
*[[European Chemical Industry Council]] CEFIC
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*[[European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations]]
 
*[[European Roundtable of Industrialists]] - ERT
 
*[[European Roundtable of Industrialists]] - ERT
 
*[[European Services Forum]]
 
*[[European Services Forum]]
*[[Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue]]
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*[[Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue]]
 
*[[UNICE]]
 
*[[UNICE]]
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*[[International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)]]
  
 
==Front Groups==
 
==Front Groups==
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*[[European Partnership for Energy and the Environment]]
 
*[[European Partnership for Energy and the Environment]]
  
==Trade press==
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==Policy planning lobby groups==
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*[[European Corporate Governance Institute]]
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*[[European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum]]
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==Think Tanks==
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*[[Afidora]]
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*[[Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory]]
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*[[Centre for the New Europe]] [http://www.cne-network.org/] 
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*[[Civita]] [http://www.civita.no/civ.php?mod=content&id=6]
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*[[Copenhagen Institute]] [http://www.coin.dk/]
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*[[European Science and Environment Forum]]
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*[[Edmund Burke Foundation]] [http://www.burkestichting.nl/]
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*[[Studienzentrum Weikersheim]]
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*[[Federation of European Employers]] [http://www.fedee.com/]
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*[[Istituto Bruno Leoni]]
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*[[Libres]] [http://www.libres.org/]
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*[[Open Republic Institute]]  [http://www.openrepublic.org/]
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*[http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/ Real Instituto Elcano]
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*[http://www.case.com.pl CASE - the Center for Social and Economic Research]
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*[[Timbro]] [http://www.timbro.com/]
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*The [[Centre for European Policy Studies]] (CEPS)
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*The [[European Policy Centre]] (EPC)
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*[[Friends of Europe]]
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*[[Health Consumer Powerhouse]]
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*[[Institut Economique Molinari]]
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*[[Institut Hayek]]
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*[[Institut Thomas More Brussels]]
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*The [[International Council for Capital Formation]]
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*The [[International Policy Network]]
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*The [[Lisbon Council]]
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*[[New Defence Agenda]]
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*The [[Stockholm Network]]
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*[[Tech Central Station]]
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*[[Transatlantic Institute]]
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==Trade Press==
  
 
*[[Public Affairs Newsletter]]
 
*[[Public Affairs Newsletter]]
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*[[Robin Pedler]]
 
*[[Robin Pedler]]
 
*[[Tom Spencer]]
 
*[[Tom Spencer]]
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==Foundations==
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*[[Friedrich Ebert Foundation]]
  
 
==Key lobbyists==
 
==Key lobbyists==
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*[[Bruce Naughton Wade]]
 
*[[Bruce Naughton Wade]]
 
*[[Burson Marstellar]]
 
*[[Burson Marstellar]]
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*[[Edelman]]
 
*[[EPPA]]
 
*[[EPPA]]
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*[[Houston Consulting]]
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==Further reading==
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BBC Radio Four, File On Four, documentary on EU lobbying
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issues (broadcast 22 November 2005) Transcript: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/22_11_05_lobbying.pdf
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[[Category:Lobbying]]

Latest revision as of 21:33, 29 April 2008

The European Union is increasingly at the forefront of neoliberal reforms in Europe. Much of this is taken forward as a result of the close relationship between corporate lobbyists and European civil servants. Corporate lobbyists now outnumber EC officials by a factor of about 5 to one, according to conservative estimates.

Lobbying industry organisations


Peak Business Associations

Front Groups

Policy planning lobby groups

Think Tanks

Trade Press

Academic connections

Foundations

Key lobbyists

EU lobbying consultancies

Further reading

BBC Radio Four, File On Four, documentary on EU lobbying issues (broadcast 22 November 2005) Transcript: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/22_11_05_lobbying.pdf