Interest Groups in a Multilevel Governance Environment

Abstract

The specific multilevel setup in the European Union provides distinct ‘routes’ to influence EU policy initiation, decision-making and implementation. It also activates governments themselves to engage in lobbying, most notably sub-national governments lobbying higher levels of government. The contributions to this panel evaluate the ways in which the activities of interest groups are shaped by these institutional opportunities, and, vice versa, the ways in which policy makers at distinct levels search the input of certain organized interests.

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