Lobbying

There is no sure thing in lobbying

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If you want to change public policy or decisions the odds are stacked against you. Your chances increase if you start early in the process. The best start at the ideation phase.  Most people step in late, usually at 2 minutes to midnight or more often, 2 minutes after midnight. If you are serious about … Read more

Location, location, location

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  If you are serious about influencing European public policy you need to be based in the Brussels EU Quarter. It makes as much sense to set up your US Federal public policy and lobbying HQ in  Casper, Wyoming,  as it is to set up your European lobbying and policy HQ  in Vienna, London or … Read more

Designing EU Lobby Strategies

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Designing EU Lobby Strategies From time to time, I give presentations on designing EU lobby strategies. The easiest way for me to keep a track of them is to post them. So, here it is. What follows are the notes I use for my talk. I dislike the word ‘strategy’. It means “a plan of action … Read more

Do the liberals divide on the environment?

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All European Political Parties are broad churches. Some are broader than others. An important part of a group’s influence is their loyalty to the group line when they vote. In the last Parliament, the Liberal GRoup ALDE, now Renew, on environmental issues were often divided. That division looks like it has returned. Renew is a … Read more