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Catherine Martin, « Le lobbying européen, encore loin du système américain », Revue Française d'Études Américaines, ID : 10.3406/rfea.1995.1571
Lobbying in Europe is not limited to lobbyists : regions, industries, unions and European Union institutions all participate in the decision-making process. Their action starts with information gathering and includes grass-roots operations. The development of such practices has led to abuses (« revolving door » for instance) of which the Commission and Euro M.Ps are well aware and that they try to limit.