"Monitoring" — the trade term for detailed surveillance of EU institutions — accounts for 60 to 70 percent of EU lobby companies' activities in Brussels, contacts at leading firms say.
"You can't do anything unless you monitor what the EU institutions are doing," David Earnshaw, the EU chief of Burson-Marsteller, one of the biggest lobby companies in the city, told this website.
"Our clients are with us because we are their eyes and ears in Brussels and sometimes their mouth, bu...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew 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.
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.