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• European Parliament 2024 Agenda in Google Calendar [unofficial, free]

  July 13, 2023 Category: EU Affairs

  By popular demand, here it goes again!   I often got frustrated that I had to download the PDF calendar of the European Parliament’s website to find out when are the Strasbourg plenary sessions, the committee weeks in Brussels and …

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• European Parliament 2023 Agenda in Google Calendar [unofficial, free]

  September 2, 2022 Category: EU Affairs

  By popular demand, here it goes again!   I often got frustrated that I had to download the PDF calendar of the European Parliament’s website to find out when are the Strasbourg plenary sessions, the committee weeks in Brussels and …

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• European Parliament 2022 Agenda in Google Calendar [unofficial, free]

  December 16, 2021 Category: EU Affairs

  By popular demand, here it goes again!   I often got frustrated that I had to download the PDF calendar of the European Parliament’s website to find out when are the Strasbourg plenary sessions, the committee weeks in Brussels and …

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• European Parliament 2018 Agenda in Google Calendar [unofficial, free]

  November 13, 2017 Category: EU Affairs, Public Affairs

  By popular demand, here it goes again!   As I often got frustrated that I had to download the PDF calendar of the European Parliament’s website to find out when are the Strasbourg plenary sessions, the committee weeks in Brussels …

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• European Parliament 2017 Agenda in Google Calendar [unofficial, free]

  December 9, 2016 Category: EU Affairs, Public Affairs

  I often got frustrated that I had to download the PDF calendar of the European Parliament’s website to find out when are the Strasbourg plenary sessions, the committee weeks in Brussels and other details.   As a result, I’ve created …

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• Kissinger and the EU phone number

  August 10, 2016 Category: EU Affairs, Public Affairs

  One of the most commonly held urban legends in EU circles is the saying attributed to Henry Kissinger of “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?”. As the FT revealed [*paywall], he never actually said it.     …

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• The State of European Digital Advocacy

  October 27, 2015 Category: Public Affairs

  An interview published on the blog WagTheDog on the Public Affairs Council survey discussing Digital Advocacy Trends 2015.    

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• The Rise of Digital Advocacy in the EU

  October 8, 2015 Category: EU Affairs, Marketing

      “I don’t see myself as a lobbyist on EU regulations. I consider my job as a corporate diplomat, someone who needs to shape the discussion on the big environmental topics”, said a senior Brussels representative of an energy …

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• Newcomers’ Guide to EU Lobbying

  May 10, 2015 Category: Corporate communication, EU Affairs

  In a corporate context, virtually no one would define themselves as a “lobbyist” and only a handful would do so even off the record. This is not out of political correctness or any negative connotation that go with the term but rather due to the fact that, in most cases, their job is far broader than just lobbying. It might include any or all of the following: [see the full article for details]

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• Public Affairs, Transparency and the EU: The Latest Trends

  February 26, 2015 Category: EU Affairs

  This article originally appeared on the Public Affairs Council’s website.   Transparency is a topic that will shape EU public affairs in 2015. It is in all stakeholders’ best interests to put stronger emphasis on being politically transparent. Doing so …

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