At a time when Europe and business stand at crossroads, this study provides a perspective
into how business representation in the EU has evolved and valuable insights into how to …

Purpose Under the unique context of COVID-19, this paper aims to analyze how the
Government of Pakistan (GoP) provides financial and non-financial support to women …

Purpose We analyse lobbying behaviour by using Machine Learning approaches. In the
context of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), we gain detailed insights …

Lobbying has never been as sophisticated, complex, and well‐funded as it is today.
Significantly, interest group strategies are more advanced than the regulatory practices …

European Political Parties and Party Finance Reform Page 1 Wouter Wolfs European Political
Parties and Party Finance Reform Funding Democracy? Page 2 European Political Parties and …

This article examines the role of interest mobilization in strengthening or weakening
congruence between elected representatives and citizens on EU policy issues. It argues that …

This article focuses on how the 20 main Italian interest groups evaluated the contents of the
Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). In comparing its two versions (Conte …

A rich literature examines the links between politics, money and corruption across the globe.
Somewhat surprisingly, this topic has not found much attention in European Union studies …

Political parties and interest groups are alternative intermediaries and both impact public
policy outcomes in democracies (Almond and Powell 1966; Dür and De Bièvre 2007; Klüver …

The bank indebtedness of political parties and the economic connections they maintain with
their foundations can influence the quality of democratic processes and the independence of …