Strengths of Lobbying. How Lobbying Influences the Legitimacy of the European Union

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, Maastricht University, language: English, abstract: Over the past 20 years, the number of lobbyists in Brussels increased rapidly. The Lisbon treaty of 2009 reinforced this effect drastically as EU institutions became more powerful. Consequently, there was a shift in the lobbying strategy of many interes...