Lobbying and transparency Every particular interest, provided it is legitimate, has the right to be represented, protected and must be able to participate in the democratic process. It is from this need that the professional figure of the lobbyist was born, i.e. the person who represents the interests of one or more stakeholders and protects […]
On September 13, the State of the Union Speech (Soteu) was delivered by European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen as it is every year. The Soteu is the occasion to assess and present to the European Parliament the progress made by the Commission in a year of work, to outline the key priorities of […]
Spanish presidency of the Council Spain will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2023. This is the fifth time, the last in 2010. The arrival of the new semester marks the change of the presidency of the Council, a role that, in turn, all member states are called […]
On the night of March 19-20, the ship Golar Tundra docked at the port of Piombino, in the province of Livorno. The vessel is a regasifier, that is, an instrument through which Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is returned to a gaseous state and then fed into the grid. The infrastructure-which will become operational in mid-May-will […]
The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has helped shape the Middle East as we have known it in recent years. To limit ourselves to the period after the so-called Arab Springs of 2011, Riyadh and Tehran, besides being the ‘champions’ of two politically, religiously, culturally and economically different worlds, found themselves on opposite sides […]
Mario Draghi presented his report to the European Parliament
Lobbying in the EU: Access Channels to Representation