The Brussels Business (2012)
The Brussels Business is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates, think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political elites.
- Date of release
- 2012-03-13
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Matthieu Lietaert, Friedrich Moser
Casting
- Catherine Ashton — Self - European Union Trade Commissioner (2008-2009)
- Leon Brittan — Self - European Commissioner for Trade (1993-1999)
- Maria Green Cowles — Self - Political Scholar, American University, Washington
- Étienne Davignon — Self - European Commission (1977-1985), European Round Table of Industrialists (1986-2001)
- Olivier Hoedeman — Self - activist, Corporate Europe Observatory
- Craig Holman — Self - lobby consultant, Public Citizen, Washington
- Siim Kallas — Self - vice-president of the European Commission
- Pascal Kerneis — Self - lobbyist, European Services Forum
- Keith Richardon — Self - Secretary General (1988-1998), European Round Table of Industrialists
- Christoffer Taxell — Self - Finnish politician
- Erik Wesselius — Self - activist, Corporate Europe Observatory
Interesting facts
The Brussels Business is a documentary film by Friedrich Moser and Matthieu Lietaert about the lack of transparency and the influence of lobbyists on the decision-making process in Brussels, the European Union capital. It also underlines the instrumental role of the European Roundtable of Industrialists in the making of the European Single Market as well as the construction of the European Services Forum, a core actor in the structuration of the service industry lobbying in Brussels. The film has been very popular in Brussels and Austria.
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