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What is lobbyism?

Andreas Neuhaus
March 14, 2017

The job of lobbyists is to persuade governments to act in line with the interests they represent. They seek to influence legislation and steer policy. There are 20,000 lobbyists in Brussels. What exactly are they doing?

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