Regulacja prawna lobbingu w państwach europejskich — najnowsze przykłady i pierwsze podsumowania na tle tendencji światowych

• Authors: Marcin Michał Wiszowaty

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LEGAL REGULATION OF LOBBYING IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES — RECENT EXAMPLES AND PRELIMINARY. SUMMARIES ON THE BASIS OF GLOBAL TRENDS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The issue of legal regulation of lobbying has traditionally been associated with the United States where the first legislation concerning this matter was enacted. In the past few years, it has become an important topic of scientific discussion and attracted the interest of legislators in Europe. The relatively short history of legal regulation of lobbying in Europe originates from the adoption of first two acts in Georgia and Lithuania, respectively, in 1998 and in 2000. At this time, especially in the recent period, more than a dozen attempts to adopt the statutory regulation of lobbying activities were undertaken in different parts of Europe. Successful passing of lobbying legislation was noted in Poland, Hungary, Macedonia and Slovenia. Legislators are working on draft legislation in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, the United Kingdom and Ukraine. In June 2011, the European Union launched the Transparency Register. The article aims to present the recent achievements in the field of legal regulation of lobbying in Europe in view of preliminary summaries and trends in other parts of the world. Generally, it can be said that a global regulatory standard on lobbying has now been designated, based on specific elements to be found also in Europe. Research shows that the least effective lobbying regulations are those that ignore the most of standard elements, and thus the effectiveness of regulation is proportional to the degree of application of this standard. It is to be hoped that European legislators will benefit from an atmosphere conducive to the regulation of lobbying and achieve the desired objective. This would happen if, using the U.S. experience, they are able to avoid making mistakes of their predecessors, while keeping in mind the significant differences in the political system, history and mentality that exist not only between America and Europe, but mainly between Eastern and Western Europe.

Keywords

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Legal Regulation of Lobbying; European Countries

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Przegląd Sejmowy
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 5(112)
• Pages: 51-65

Contributors

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Marcin Michał Wiszowaty

• University of Gdańsk