Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PG's and
the EU
- PG's turn to
the EU when
- Faced with an
unsympathetic
national
government
- The EU is an
important
access point
- Their cause or
interest is
supranational
- Environmental
PG's and the EU
- Environmental
issues affect those
internationally
- EU committed
to environmental
protection
- More
sympathetic
- Greater progress
made through EU
- E.g. improvement
of water quality
- Growing power
of the EU
- EU law takes
precedence
over UK
- QMV means pressure
groups must work
harder to broader
European support but
they know that with the
EU's consent the UK
government must oblige
- The importance
of Europgroups
- Aggregation of
like-minded
pressure groups
- More resources and
represent greater
amount of people
- Voices are
better heard
- EU recognises Eurogroups as
legitimate source of information
- NFU have
permanent
office in
Brussels
- COPA-COGECA
represent over 15
million farmers
across the EU