Organized interest in the European Union: Actors and processes in two-level game

Abstract

The goal of this article is to provide an overview of organized interest intermediation in the EU: interest representation actors, their access to the legislative process and relation with key institutions - European Commission, Council and European Parliament. Several models of interest representation exists in the EU - corporative, pluralist and neopluralist. EU political process has led to proliferation of lobbying at the European level, while at the same time interest groups continued their national activities.

Cilj rada je da predoči pregled razvoja delovanja organizovanog interesa u Evropskoj uniji (EU), i to kako u pogledu aktera koji ovaj interes zastupaju, tako i njihovog pristupa zakonodavnom procesu i odnosa sa ključnim institucijama - Evropskom komisijom, Savetom i Evropskim parlamentom. Politički proces u EU, u kojem je zastupljeno više modela interesnog predstavljanja - korporativni, pluralistički i neopluralistički, doveo je do proliferacije lobiranja na nivou EU, ali se paralelno sa tim nastavlja delovanje interesnih grupa na nacionalnom/nacionalnim nivoima.