Aaron

Why a lobbyist needs to come forward with a solution

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Organisations and lobbyists love to gripe, complain and moan about Commission proposals.  Most hate to come forward with real solutions until it is too late. Experienced policymakers need ‘operational’ solutions. A good lobbyist needs to hand them over when the time is right. A new law or policy will take three to five years to … Read more

A check list for answering Better Regulation Public Consultations

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Evidence-based policymaking needs evidence. With good evidence, you are more likely to arrive at ‘timely and sound policy decisions.  Better Regulation’s public consultation gives you the opportunity to feed in evidence to the policy deliberations and change the outcomes.  You can find out what makes a good input by looking at the Commission’s own guidelines … Read more

How to control the Commission during a crisis – secondary legislation

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You’d think that during the crisis, that the Commission would put on hold the flow of non-COVID 19 proposals. You’d be wrong. The work putting forward new, but non-critical,  secondary legislation continues. It would seem that many departments have taken up the deep green mantra that ‘everything is connected to everything’.  They reason that if … Read more

How you can to improve your thinking by writing

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A lobbyist in Brussels who can write clearly and persuasively is valuable. Few can. Most writing in the Brussels bubble is gibberish. How you can persuade through writing This is strange. Lobbying is about persuasion. Perhaps the most effective way to persuade a decision-maker or influencer is by sending them a well written, clear and … Read more