"We hold these truths to be self-evident: European lobbyists are as suave, subtle and sophisticated as their American counterparts are loud, brash and willing to step on toes to achieve their goals."
An article on Politico today outlined the similarities and differences between lobbyists in Europe (with a focus on Brussels) and the US. It discredits the idea that differences are a product of cultural divergence, and argues instead that the driving factors are the inherently different institutional contexts in which lobbyists must work. In the US, lobbyists can exert influence at multiple points in the legislative process (influencing when bills are drafted, who presents them, who votes for them, etc) whereas the influence of the Commission in the EU requires lobbyists to exert their influence before, and often only before, bills have even been written. The US context therefore requires more active, quick paced lobbying, while slower, more "consensual" lobbying has better results in Europe.
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