Day: 2 April 2018

Can a lobbyist block secondary legislation?

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  One of the greatest professional challenges any lobbyist will face is to stop a piece of secondary legislation being adopted. If the European Commission has tabled a piece of secondary legislation you oppose your chances of getting the European Parliament or Council to block it are slim. Your chances are slim. The best thing … Read more

Everything you wanted to know about trilogues, but were afraid to ask

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  Today, EU legislation – ordinary – is adopted earlier and faster. Today,  it seems that 100% of ordinary legislation is completed at first reading agreement. Ordinary legislation is now agreed to over trilogues.   Gone are the days of waiting for the plenary to vote in 2nd reading to get your issue taken up. … Read more

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