CROATIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

On January 1st 2020, Croatia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time. For six months Croatia will be the main driving force for the tasks on the agenda of the Union.

Croatia prepared its six-month presidency program based on four priorities under the motto "Strong Europe in a World of Challenges", taking into consideration the Council's EU Strategic Agenda for 2019-2024 and the programme of the new European Commission.

STOPPING THE HORRIFYING RESURGENCE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

Author: Moshe Kantor is president of the European Jewish Congress and the World Holocaust Forum Foundation

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS/PUBLIC POLICY/ADVOCACY FOR ASSOCIATIONS

Associations engage in government relations, public policy, and advocacy activities for a variety of reasons. These activities can enable an association to:

NATIONAL-LEVEL SCREENING MECHANISMS IN THE EU FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

Source: MERICS and Rhodium Group research

No national investment screening mechanism in place or planned

  1. Belgium
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Croatia
  4. Cyprus
  5. Estonia
  6. Greece
  7. Ireland
  8. Luxembourg
  9. Malta
  10. Slovakia
  11. Slovenia

Group 1

TOP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS IN THE EU

Industry Associations (General)

EC WORK PROGRAM FOR 2020 IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION

1.Information for the media and audiovisual productions: EUR 6,418,000.

In 2020, these activities will focus on the European Commission's priorities as set out in the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2019-2024 and the Commission Work Programme 2020. In 2020 the main activities are:

1.Video news

  • Production of European Commission-centred video news (live and recorded coverage, edited news), mainly intended for use by the media.

2. Photographs

MAJOR CLIENTS OF PA EU CONSULTANTS

  1. 3M
  2. 4Finance
  3. 5GAA
  4. AB InBev
  5. ABB
  6. Abbott GmbH
  7. AbbVie
  8. Acciona
  9. ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association)
  10. Aceto Corporation
  11. Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
  12. Adecco
  13. AENA (Aeropuertos Espanoles y Navegacion Aérea)
  14. AES Corporation
  15. AESGP (Association of the European Self-Care Industry)
  16. AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)
  17. Agence Marocaine de Coopération Internationale
  18. Agilent Technologies
  19. Airlines 4 America

YEAR-AHEAD PREDICTIONS 2020

Source: ATKEARNEY GLOBAL BUSINESS POLICY COUNCIL (GBPC)

FOREIGN LOBBYING IN THE EU- NUMBER OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

  1. USA: 414
  2. Switzerland: 264
  3. Norway: 86
  4. Canada: 32
  5. Japan: 26
  6. Turkey: 25
  7. Ukraine: 16
  8. Russia: 12
  9. Serbia: 12
  10. Australia: 12
  11. Brazil: 11
  12. Argentina: 9
  13. China: 8
  14. India: 7
  15. Malaysia: 6
  16. South Korea: 6
  17. Iceland; 6
  18. Morocco; 6
  19. UAE: 6
  20. Philippines: 5
  21. Israel: 4
  22. Mexico; 4
  23. South Africa: 4
  24. Bolivia: 3
  25. Palestinian Territories: 2
  26. Albania: 2
  27. Indonesia; 2
  28. Qatar: 2

BREAKDOWN OF EU COUNTRIES’ORGANIZATIONS REGISTERED IN THE TRANSPARENCY REGISTER

Source: Transparency Register

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