Tag: Iskander De Bruycker
How the EU elite publicises its high-profile work and stays silent about the rest
The EU policy process is often criticised for being distant from its citizens. Part of this criticism is rooted in a lack of media coverage of EU legislative decision-making, says Iskander De Bruycker. Drawing on a recent study, he illustrates that the extent to which politicians in Brussels address citizens’ interests in the media over a […]
Birds of a feather flock together: why EU party and interest group alignments reflect the left-right political cleavage
The role of lobbying in the EU legislative process has been the subject of numerous studies, but to what extent do party political lines affect the nature of the relationship between interest groups and parties in the European Parliament? AsJan Beyers, Iskander De Bruycker and Inger Baller write, there is generally an expectation that business […]
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