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Affluence, congruence, and lobbying success in EU climate policy

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  • De Bruycker, Iskander
  • Colli, Francesca
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Strong climate policy is vital to tackling climate change, but even the best proposals can get watered down when lobbying occurs. This article analyses which interest groups lobby on EU climate policies and under which conditions these groups achieve their policy goals. We expect that both economic and political resources are important. Economic resources give groups the capacity to mobilise expertise, but an interest group’s success also depends on its congruence with public opinion, especially in a politicised area such as EU climate policy. To test our hypotheses, we focus on six EU climate policy issues for which we conducted expert surveys with lobbyists and a content analysis of 737 media statements in eight European news outlets, combined with Eurobarometer data. Our results show that interest groups with higher economic resources and with public opinion on their side are more likely to achieve their preferences on EU climate policy issues.

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  • De Bruycker, Iskander & Colli, Francesca, 2023. "Affluence, congruence, and lobbying success in EU climate policy," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 43(3), pages 512-532, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:43:y:2023:i:3:p:512-532_6
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