Daniel Gueguen

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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Rapprocher les points de vue dans l’Union européenne : un triple échec

La représentation d’intérêts (dit vulgairement le « lobbying ») constitue un métier complexe qui repose sur un choix simple : ou l’on s’efforce de convaincre, de rapprocher les points de vue via une médiation, ou l’on s’oppose pour imposer la position d’un camp à un autre. L’Union européenne longtemps phare de la médiation glisse progressivement… » read more

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EurActiv.fr, Euro & Finances, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Lobbying, ONG

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Vicky Marissen article blogactiv - Single-use plastics: the political calendar cannot exclusively define long-term environmental ambition Les plastiques à usage unique: l’ambition environnementale à long-terme de l’UE ne peut pas exclusivement dépendre du calendrier politique

July 25, 2018

Auteur: Vicky Marissen Une task-force du “bon sens” créée par la Commission Le 10 juillet, la task-force «Faire moins mais plus efficacement» a publié son rapport. Constituée fin 2017, l’objectif principal de la task-force était de faire des recommandations sur une meilleure application des principes de subsidiarité et de proportionnalité, en recensant les domaines d’intervention… » read more

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Vicky Marissen article blogactiv - Single-use plastics: the political calendar cannot exclusively define long-term environmental ambition Single-use plastics: the political calendar cannot exclusively define long-term environmental ambition

Author: Vicky Marissen A task force of ‘common sense’ On 10 July, the report of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’ was published. Set up at the end of 2017, the taskforce’s objective was to make recommendations on how better to apply the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, identify policy… » read more

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Agriculture & Food, Industry, InfoSociety, Lobbying, Sustainable Dev.

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Les mystères du Parlement européen (Première partie)

July 18, 2018

L’on n’ignore pas les défaillances techniques du Parlement européen. Je parle des bâtiments de Bruxelles. Faut-il les rénover ? Les restaurer ? Les reconstruire ? Un vent favorable nous transmet une note sûrement confidentielle qui examine chacune de ces trois options et en évalue le coût. Pour une « simple » rénovation il faudrait compter… » read more

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Mysteries of the European Parliament (Part One)

Everyone knows the European Parliament (EP) is deficient in terms of technical knowledge, but let’s forget that and talk instead about the Parliament buildings in Brussels. Do they need to be renovated? Restored? Or rebuilt? This month a friendly bird dropped onto our desk a memo – undoubtedly intended to be confidential – that examines… » read more

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Quitter l’Union ou changer l’Union ?

Un nombre très significatif d’Etats de l’Union sont en crise : le Royaume-Uni avec le Brexit; l’Allemagne et ses immigrés; l’Italie, l’Espagne, la Grèce victimes d’un Schengen inabouti ; les 4 de Visegrad trop régionalistes ; la France trop française, … Faut-il quitter l’Union ? Tenir dans la tempête en espérant qu’elle se calme ?… » 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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