Report: Who Gets to Talk to Brussels?

The WHO wants to limit contact between politicians and companies in the alcohol and food sectors, just as has already been done with the tobacco industry. Does this protect decision-making from undue influence, or does it risk excluding large parts of the business community from the democratic process?

In EPHI’s latest report, *Who Gets to Speak to Brussels*, the author, Seth Engellau, examines how limited access to decision-makers affects the quality of the decisions made in Brussels.

The report is available on both English language and Swedish

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About the report in Almedalen

Don’t miss our seminar on the report at Almedalen.
Date and time: Thursday, June 25, at 1:00 p.m.
Address: S:t Hansgatan 47, Visby (Gotlands Bryggeri courtyard)

Guests: Anders Lindberg, political editor-in-chief at Aftonbladet, Joar Forssell, a member of the Riksdag for the Liberal Party,
Katja Werner, Public Affairs & Communications at the Swedish Brewers Association and Lars Appelqvist, CEO of Scan Sweden. 

The discussion will be moderated by Marie Söderqvist and Henrik Jönsson

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