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The EU in hibernation

January 31, 2019

The bear is sleeping soundly in its lair. The Parliament is in a kind of early recess. The Commission is waiting for the next College. The Member States are self-centred. Elsewhere, everything is moving. Here, nothing is moving. Brexit: when things are beyond us, let’s pretend we are the instigators Nobody has control over this… » read more

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L’ Union européenne en hibernation

L’ours dort profondément dans sa tanière. Le Parlement vit son « recess » par anticipation. La Commission attend son futur Collège. Les Etats membres sont auto-centrés. Ailleurs, tout bouge. Ici rien ne bouge.   Brexit. Quand les choses nous dépassent feignons d’en être les instigateurs ! Personne n’a de contrôle sur ce dossier. Ni à… » read more

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La carte jaune : un concept de l’UE pour reformater les économies en développement à coût zéro L’exemple de la pêche au Vietnam

December 19, 2018

Au cours des 60 années de son histoire, l’Union européenne s’est souvent distinguée par des mécanismes innovants. Deux viennent immédiatement à l’esprit : les quotas et les mécanismes de la Convention de Lomé offrant aux exportateurs des PVD non le prix de dumping pratiqué sur les marchés mondiaux, mais le prix intérieur de l’UE. Depuis,… » read more

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The Yellow Card: an EU concept for reshaping developing economies at no cost The example of Vietnam fisheries

In its 60-year history, the European Union has often distinguished itself by the use of innovative tools. Two come immediately to mind: the quotas and mechanisms under the Lomé Convention that offer developing country exporters the internal EU price rather than the dumping price practised on world markets. The regulatory innovation that was the rule… » read more

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Brexit, Brex-in, Brex-out et autres dossiers connexes

November 30, 2018

Il est rare qu’un éditorialiste débute son texte en demandant aux lecteurs de lire d’abord les articles situés en pages intérieures. C’est le cas ici ! Les articles publiés en pages 2 et 3 de la présente Comitology Newsletter sont éclairants de l’impasse bureaucratique où s’enferme l’Union. Manipuler la frontière entre actes délégués et actes… » read more

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When leaders become followers (and vice versa!)

October 3, 2018

Last week the US magazine Newsweek had Emmanuel Macron on its cover as the “Last Man Standing”. Why not? But in an EU looking for direction, the boundary between leaders and followers seems to be reversed. Curiously, the leaders fall into distinct groups, while the followers are individuals. It seems the EU is being driven… » read more

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Quand les leaders deviennent followers (et l’inverse !)

La semaine passée, le magazine américain Newsweek consacrait sa couverture à Emmanuel Macron « the last man standing ». Expression que l’on pourrait traduire par « le dernier porteur du souffle européen ». Certes, mais dans une Union européenne à la recherche de sens, la frontière entre leaders et followers semble s’inverser. Curieusement les leaders… » read more

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Aligning contrasting views and interests in the European Union: a triple failure

September 19, 2018

Representing interests (more commonly known as ‘lobbying’) is a complex profession founded on a simple choice: either you try to convince and build consensus via mediation, or you work to impose one side’s view upon the other. The European Union, so long a beacon of mediation, is slowly drifting towards the second option. This is… » read more

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EU Commission, EU Council, EU Parliament, Lobbying, UE

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Daniel Guéguen

In these times of complexity, opacity and political correctness, speaking openly is now more important than ever.

With 40 years of experience in EU public affairs, Daniel Guéguen is founder and Head of Strategy and Lobbying at PACT European Affairs.

In 1996 he created CLAN Public Affairs and the European Training Institute. Before this, Daniel was Head of the European sugar industry and Secretary General of COPA-COGECA, the EU farmers’ union lobby. Guéguen is Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Natolin, as well as at SciencePo Paris and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He previously taught at Georgetown University and Harvard Kennedy School. He is a renowned author of 15 books translated into 20 languages. Recent publications include: “Comitology: Hijacking European Power?” (2010), “Handbook on EU Secondary Legislation” (2012), “Reshaping European Lobbying” (2013) and “The New Practical Guide to the EU Labyrinth” (2015).


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