My SOP and Checklist for Public Consultation Submissions

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Below is my SOP and checklist for preparing a Commission Better Regulation public consultation submission. This seems like a lot of work. It is. You may as well get this right at the start. If you don’t, you’ll be scrambling around for data and evidence to support your case in front of the MEPs and … Read more

The most effective, yet least used, lobbying techniques I know

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There are two lobbying techniques that are extremely effective in persuading officials and politicians to support you.  They are  rarely used in Brussels. The most popular model A lot of lobbyiing seems to amount to a variation of  one of two  stories. Story 1: If you do this, my industry’s profits will collapse, even though … Read more

A checklist for an ideal EU lobbying team

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Yesterday I caught up with two very smart and accomplished lobbyists/campaigners from an industry and NGOs. For some reason, both conversations landed on  what’s the ideal way to influence EU decision making.  If you want to influence EU public policy this is what I’d recommend: Identify the number of countries that are important in making  … Read more

How Do Member States Vote on Chemical Substances

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  The data experts at EU Matrix kindly crunched the numbers of votes in the REACH Member State Committee. They looked at Authorisation votes. The numbers are useful to look at. The bottom block – Sweden, France, Belgium, and Germany – vote against proposals because they think the proposals is too lenient. Whatever authorisation proposal … Read more