Established in 2007, the ECFR Council has grown from 50 founding members to over 270 members from across Europe.

Currently chaired by Carl Bildt, Emma Bonino and Mabel van Oranje, ECFR's unique European strategic community includes serving foreign ministers, former prime ministers, members of national parliaments and European Parliament, EU Commissioners, former NATO secretaries generals, thinkers, journalists and business leaders. The Council gathers once a year as a full body for the Annual Council Meeting ,hosted in a different European capital each year.

Austria

The European Parliament appointed Sven Giegold as Rapporteur for an initiative report for transparency, integrity and accountability in the EU institutions. Here below is the Draft Report (2015/2041 (INI) Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Subjects Covered

Results of a survey undertaken by MSL Group

Major businesses cannot afford to be without organized and effective government relations operations. Elected officials and regulators increasingly are introducing more aggressive and more wide-ranging measures that significantly impact business interests. Government relations also can help a business advance its own interests and improve profitability.

Overview

• Subject of engagement-scope
• Strategic objectives- intended outcomes
• Engagement approach-methods
• Targeted stakeholder
• Primary contact for engagement plan
• Date

Strategy

1. Assess the Problem/Issue

Infuence Revenue as a percentage of firmwide gross revenue (2014)

The total net worth of all outstanding derivatives contracts is a staggering 552.9 trillion dollars according to the Bank for International Settlements. Total US debt right now stands close to 19 trillion dollars. The entire economy of the world in real goods and services is evaluated at around $78 trillion annually. The derivative market is 7 times the value of every good and every service provided around the world in an entire year.

Based on Country Headoffice

Austria (2)

1. CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH
2. Rechtsanwalt Dr. Anton Schaefer

Belgium (18)