EU Superlobby - Winning in Brussels

In Brussels lobbying is the oil that makes the wheels go round. No institution, no member state, no political group, no special interest can push a policy through unaided. Everyone needs allies, and everyone needs to lobby. Brussels has many lobbyists but only a few operate on the level of the superlobbyist.

Step by step, and with many examples of successes and failures, Brussels public affairs specialist Milos Labovic shows what is needed to raise your game to superlobbyist level. Knowing the “animals in the EU jungle”, understanding how the legislative process works and when and how to engage, building your networks strategically – these are among the keys to success. The book includes expert insights from a range of politicians and Brussels public affairs practitioners.

This book is for aspiring superlobbyists, students, journalists, academics, civil servants and anyone who wants to understand how Brussels really works.

First published in Dutch as EU Superlobby: Winnen in Brussel, Milos Labovic’s book, expanded and revised, is now available for the first time in English.

PART I: ORGANISING YOUR SUPERLOBBY
1. Why lobby in Brussels?
2. Your EU superlobby starts at home
3. Learn from my mistakes
4. Write it down: the role of the position paper
5. Get yourself a super-intern

PART II: GET TO KNOW THE ANIMALS IN THE EU JUNGLE
6. The empty cockpit: no-one “runs” the EU
7. The European Commission
8. The European Parliament
9. The Council and the Permanent Representations
10. National parliaments
11. Everyone else

PART III: MASTER THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURES
12. EU strategic planning
13. Impact assessments
14. The ordinary legislative procedure
15. Trilogues
16. Delegated acts and implementing acts
17. EU international trade policy: what you need to know about anti-dumping
18. Lobbying through the European Parliament
19. Lobbying through your national capital