Is there a large lobbying blogging community across Europe? Which countries are most active?
My blog is about lobbying. This is different from a “lobby blog” which would be a PR tool to artificially complement a lobbying campaign. It’s not difficult to find them. However, I recently came across an interesting example of another political blog, this time maintained by a PR company (the Fleishman-Hillard team in Brussels). Its name is PA 2.0 and it carries quite a lot of interesting political content. Can blogging really influence policy? Blogs are much influential in the US than in Europe. However, I think blogs are starting to have an increasing influence on European politics. This is one of the reasons we launched Blogactiv – a blogging platform dedicated to European affairs developed by EurActiv which aims at becoming the premier platform for opinions, discussions and views on EU policies. Do you see an important role for social media generally in European policy making? Not yet, even if social media is growing in terms of influence. But certainly, there could be a role even
