2014 wird ein entscheidendes Jahr im Bestehen der Institutionen der Union. Grund hierfür sind mehrere Entscheidungen, die im kommenden Jahr anstehen: Die Wahlen zum Europäischen Parlament sowie die Ernennung seines Präsidenten, die Wahl eines neuen Präsidenten der Europäischen Kommission und die Ernennung der neuen EU-Kommissare, darunter auch die neue Hohen Vertretung der Union für die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik sowie die Ernennung eines neuen Ratspräsidenten duch die Mitgliedstaaten.

Today the structure of the European Union is much too complex and not transparent enough to create a public discourse on and within it. Although the EU will always remain a complex polity individual citizens cannot be expected to get themselves acquainted with all procedural details. The overall aim and the overall structure of the EU has to become clear to the citizens.

Although nearly 4,000 persons are estimated to represent Italian interests in Brussels, Italian public policy advocacy methods suffer from the structural problems of the Italian system. Italian public policy advocacy work reflects the fragmentation and the parochial nature of Italian interests.

Before embarking on public policy advocacy and influencing at EU level, whether you are influencing in Brussels or from your own country, you should consider the following key questions:

The EU Public Policy Advocacy Checklist

Representation of Austrian “Länder”

• Burgenland
• Kärnten
• Niederösterreich
• Oberösterreich
• Salzburg
• Tirol
• Wien

Other Austrian Representations

The Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU publishes regularly provides an updated listing of ‘Deutscher Vertreter Politischer und Wirtschatlicher Interessen bei der Europäischen Union’ German Representatives of Political and Economic Interests to the European Union. This  listing is very comprehensive and includes German nationals working for European Trade Associations as well (which we've excluded)

Based on our research we provide below is the representation of German interests to the EU broken down into the following 13 categories

Regional Offices:

Les enjeux liés aux politiques européennes (règlements, instruments, programmes, financements) ont conduit depuis plusieurs décennies les principaux acteurs économiques français à s’implanter à Bruxelles.

The Permanent Representations of the Member States to the EU are an extended arm of their governments. Their main task is to ensure that their country’s interests and policies are pursued as effectively as possible in the EU. An important task of the Permanent Representations is to supply analyses and assessment to their government offices, which are responsible for shaping EU policies. Permanent representations also act as their governments day-to-day communication link with the EU institutions.

On June 27, 2013 Vice-President of the European Commission Mr. Maroš Šefčovič delivered the following remarks on the occasion of the OECD Forum on Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying held in Paris, France.