If you want to play, you pay! Lobbyists at the EU in Brussels Summary

If you want to play, you pay! Lobbyists at the EU in Brussels Summary 想玩就付費! 布魯塞爾歐盟遊說者摘要:

  • More than half of the EP passes belong to belgian citizens, most of them working for foreign organisations.
  • China has only 8 organisations with lobbyists in Brussels: Huawei Technologies, Lenovo Group Ltd., Ant Group Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., DJI Europe B.V., European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, China Chamber of International Commerce, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
  • The USA has 666 organisations, doing lobbywork in Brussels.
  • The US lobbying budget is overwhelming. The biggest spenders are: (Top 8) FTI Consulting, Microsoft Corporation, Apple Inc., Google, Teneo, Penta (formerly Hume Brophy), QUALCOMM Inc.,APCO Worldwide, Intel Corp., International Swaps and Derivatives Association, IBM Corp., Covington & Burling LLP, Cisco Systems Inc., Investment Company Institute, General Electric Company, Pfizer Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme (Top eight: 57 million EUR, 230 FTE, 2204 badges, 1460 meetings)
  • The average yearly budget per American lobbyist is 136 000 EUR, for other countries average is 69 000 EUR.
  • The average budget per meeting with a member of the EU parliament or commission is 34 900 EUR.

With 34 900 EUR per dinner, they’re eating quite well in Brussels. American lobbyists have on average double the budget of other lobbyists.

  • 一半以上的 EP 通行證屬於比利時公民,其中大多數為外國組織工作。
  • 中國在布魯塞爾只有8個組織有遊說者:華為技術有限公司、聯想集團有限公司、螞蟻集團杭州海康威視數位技術有限公司、DJI Europe B.V.、中國歐盟商會、中國國際商會、中國工商聯促進國際貿易。
  • 美國有 666 個組織在布魯塞爾進行遊說工作。
  • 美國的遊說預算是壓倒性的。支出最大的機構有:(前8 名)FTI Consulting、微軟公司、蘋果、Google、Teneo、Penta(原Hume Brophy)、高通、APCO Worldwide、英特爾公司、國際掉期和衍生性商品協會、IBM 公司。(前八名:5700 萬歐元、230 個 FTE、2204 個徽章、1460 次會議)- 每個美國遊說者的平均年度預算為 136,000 歐元,其他國家的平均預算為 69,000 歐元。
  • 與歐盟議會或委員會成員的每次會議平均預算為 34,900 歐元。
  • 每頓晚餐 34,900 歐元,他們在布魯塞爾吃得很好。美國說客的平均預算是其他說客的兩倍。

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