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*[[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 Chemical Industry Council]] CEFIC | *[[European Chemical Industry Council]] CEFIC | ||
*[[European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations]] | *[[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 | + | *[[Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue]] |
*[[UNICE]] | *[[UNICE]] | ||
| + | *[[International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)]] | ||
==Front Groups== | ==Front Groups== | ||
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*[[European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum]] | *[[European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum]] | ||
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*The [[Stockholm Network]] | *The [[Stockholm Network]] | ||
*[[Tech Central Station]] | *[[Tech Central Station]] | ||
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*[[Public Affairs Newsletter]] | *[[Public Affairs Newsletter]] | ||
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BBC Radio Four, File On Four, documentary on EU lobbying | 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 | 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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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.
Contents
Lobbying industry organisations
- Association Francaise des Conseils en Affaires Publique
- European Public Affairs Consultants Association
- EUlobby.net
- Society of European Affairs Professionals - SEAP
Peak Business Associations
- European Civil Society Groups
- European Chemical Industry Council CEFIC
- European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations
- European Roundtable of Industrialists - ERT
- European Services Forum
- Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue
- UNICE
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
Front Groups
- Bromine Science and Environment Forum
- Campaign for Creativity
- European Partnership for Energy and the Environment
Policy planning lobby groups
Think Tanks
- Afidora
- Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory
- Centre for the New Europe [1]
- Civita [2]
- Copenhagen Institute [3]
- European Science and Environment Forum
- Edmund Burke Foundation [4]
- Studienzentrum Weikersheim
- Federation of European Employers [5]
- Istituto Bruno Leoni
- Libres [6]
- Open Republic Institute [7]
- Real Instituto Elcano
- CASE - the Center for Social and Economic Research
- Timbro [8]
- The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
- The European Policy Centre (EPC)
- Friends of Europe
- Health Consumer Powerhouse
- Institut Economique Molinari
- Institut Hayek
- Institut Thomas More Brussels
- The International Council for Capital Formation
- The International Policy Network
- The Lisbon Council
- New Defence Agenda
- The Stockholm Network
- Tech Central Station
- Transatlantic Institute
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
