In Brussels lobbying is the oil that makes the wheels go round. No institution, no member state, no political group, no special interest can push a policy through unaided. Everyone needs allies, and everyone needs to lobby. But while Brussels has many lobbyists – only Washington is said to compare − only a few operate on the level of the superlobbyist.

Step by step, and with many revealing and candid anecdotes of his own successes and failures, Brussels public affairs specialist Milos Lab...

The Ultimate EU Test Book Assistants 2020 is specially designed for candidates preparing for European Personnel Selection office (EPSO) competitions at Assistant (AST and SC) level. It is relevant to all Assistant-level EPSO open competitions and CAST selections.

The 2020 edition is the biggest Assistants edition ever and full of strategies, advice and practice exercises. The focus is on the computer-based multiple choice question tests which prove an obstacle to so many. Included are methodo...

EU legislation has major impacts on virtually every aspect of life in the EU Member States, as well as on many businesses and other stakeholders in non-member countries. However the EU decision-making process, with its complex and unique interplay between institutions and stakeholders, can seem an impenetrable mystery.

This book is a foundation text explaining systematically and comprehensively how this decision-making works. Successive chapters explain the role of each of the EU institution...

In an era of information overload, great ideas alone aren’t enough — how you communicate them determines whether they shape decisions or get ignored. This book gives you the tools to ensure your policy briefs are read, understood, and acted upon.

The book is designed to help policymakers, researchers, advocacy professionals, communications specialists, and anyone who needs to turn complex ideas into clear, compelling, and actionable policy communications.

The coverage includes:

• Strate...

Jacobs’ EU Guide Book is a new concept that brings the European Union alive!

It features a country-by-country gazetteer of both the “places of memory” of European integration and the current “places of work” that will help you make sense of what the EU is all about. It includes coverage of every EU member state plus the UK and Switzerland.

This is a book for:

● visitors to the EU institutions, museums, historic houses and other places of memory

● people working for or with the ...