Daniel Gueguen

Le train du BREXIT à petite vitesse vers le mur de l’OMC

June 27, 2018

Je l’ai écrit 1.000 fois, le BREXIT n’est pas un dossier politique, mais un dossier technique. On le voit bien avec le casse-tête de la frontière entre les deux Irlande. Ne pas rétablir une frontière physique est un but politique ; ne pas y parvenir relève d’obstacles techniques. Déjà en décembre 2016 une conversation approfondie… » read more

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The low-speed Brexit train heading for the WTO wall

As I have said 1,000 times, Brexit is a technical issue, not a political one. We see this with the headache of the Irish border. Not re-establishing a physical border is a political goal; failing to do it is a technical obstacle. Already in December 2016, an in-depth conversation with one of the EU negotiators… » read more

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PACT - EPPA image Daniel Guégen Article Pourquoi une fusion entre PACT et EPPA ?

May 30, 2018

Sur les 10 dernières années, trois ruptures ont affecté les capacités d’influence des lobbyistes à Bruxelles :   La première au carrefour 2010 trouve son origine dans le Traité de Lisbonne et les accords inter-institutionnels connexes : création des actes délégués, complexité redoutable des actes d’exécution, généralisation des trilogues en première lecture. Il en résulte… » read more

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PACT - EPPA image Daniel Guégen Article Why a merger between PACT and EPPA?

Over the past 10 years, three ruptures have affected the ability of Brussels lobbyists to influence. The first rupture took place in 2010, with the Treaty of Lisbon and related inter-institutional agreements: the creation of delegated acts, remarkably complex procedures for implementing acts, and systematic use of trilogues at first reading. The result was an… » read more

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EPPA et PACT European Affairs fusionnent leurs services et leurs réseaux et relancent ‘The European Training Institute’ (ETI)

May 18, 2018

EPPA et PACT European Affairs sont deux consultances en affaires européennes volontairement ‘continentales’ dans une Union Européenne post-Brexit. Culturellement proches, les deux cabinets disposent d’une expertise à la fois technique, politique et stratégique, d’une clientèle internationale et d’équipes multiculturelles, d’une longue pratique de la médiation et d’une connaissance intime du système communautaire à Bruxelles et… » read more

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EPPA and PACT European Affairs merge their services and networks and relaunch ‘The European Training Institute’ (ETI)

EPPA and PACT European Affairs are two ‘continental’ EU affairs consultancies in a post-Brexit EU. Operating on the basis of a very similar culture, both firms are built upon technical, political and strategic expertise, an international clientele, multicultural teams, long-standing advocacy experience and an intimate knowledge of EU decision-making both in Brussels and in the… » read more

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Brexit under the radar

April 24, 2018

If the House of Commons, Council and European Parliament are to approve any deal by 29 March 2019, negotiations will need to be done by the end of October 2018 at the latest. Taking into account the summer break, that is basically tomorrow! Not only have talks been advancing at a snail’s pace for months,… » read more

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Brexit ? Sous le radar, …

Pour permettre à la Chambre des Communes, au Conseil des Ministres et au Parlement européen d’approuver le paquet de négociations avant le 29 mars 2019, celles-ci doivent se terminer fin octobre 2018 au plus tard. Compte tenu des mois d’été, fin octobre 2018, c’est demain ! Non seulement les négociations avancent depuis des mois à… » read more

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Législation européenne : les clichés l’emportent sur la science et les faits

April 20, 2018

Il y a comme une fatalité dans l’exercice par la Commission de son droit d’initiative législatif et réglementaire. Plus les procédures sont encadrées par des études d’impact, des consultations et des avis scientifiques et plus l’UE s’oriente vers une approche subjective de la loi et du règlement. Aujourd’hui, ce sont les clichés, les idées reçues,… » read more

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In EU law-making, cliché wins over science and facts

There is a kind of inevitability when the Commission uses its right of legislative and regulatory initiative. The more the process is framed by impact assessments, consultations and scientific opinions, the more the EU moves towards a subjective approach to law and regulation. Today, it is clichés, conventional wisdom and public opinion that rules in… » read more

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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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