Some lobbyists are "burning the phones" to EU officials in Brussels, as industry reacts to the pandemic shutdown.
Activity is less intense than in national capitals, where the big bailout money is up for grabs.
But EU institutions are also rewriting laws and policies on the hoof as the crisis develops, creating opportunities for industry to make its mark and prompting NGO concern on public scrutiny.
For Alber & Geiger, a German law firm in Brussels, the situation was "i...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.