[Ecommerce] More on lobbyists in Brussels

[Manon Ress]

Brussels:  There are 15,000 lobbyists working on media and the
European Union according to Kallas, European Commissioner for
administrative affairs, audit and fraud.  The budget for activities
of lobbyists and the 2600 large interest groups that have offices in
the European capital is between 60 to 90 million euros.  This is much
less than in Washington where lobbyists spend about 2 billion of
dollars per year according to an estimate by Roberta Baskin, Director
of Center for Public Integrity.

See:

A Bruxelles, 15 000 lobbyistes s'activent dans les coulisses des
m=E9dias et de l'Union europ=E9enne

LE MONDE | 28.01.06 | 14h34

Bruxelles compte d=E9sormais 15 000 lobbyistes. Le chiffre est avanc=E9
par Siim Kallas, commissaire europ=E9en charg=E9 des affaires
administratives, d'audit, et de fraude. M. Kallas estime que
l'activit=E9 des lobbies et des 2 600 grands groupes d'int=E9r=EAt qui
disposent de bureaux dans la capitale europ=E9enne draine un budget "de
60 =E0 90 millions d'euros". C'est beaucoup moins qu'=E0 Washington, o=F9
les groupes de pression disposent, chaque ann=E9e, de quelque 2
milliards de dollars, selon l'estimation de Roberta Baskin,
directrice de l'ONG Centre for Public Integrity.

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