Doru P. Frantescu, CEO and Founder of EU Matrix, shares his insights as co-author in this John Harper Publishing book – How to Work with the EU Institutions: A Practical Guide to Successful Public Affairs in the EU.

The book, edited by Dr. Alan Hardacre, is full of real-world insights, timelines for how legislation is adopted, checklists of key points and actions, flowcharts, and explanatory diagrams.

Doru P. Frantescu signs the chapter Working with the European Parliament where he provides objective expertise, collected over 15 years of direct and continuous interaction with EU Parliamentarians, their staff, the other EU institutions, private stakeholders, academia and think tanks.

In this systematic and practical handbook, seasoned Brussels practitioners who have been engaging with EU institutions for years share their strategies to successfully become part of the law-making process. The authors show how lobbying is a multi-stage end-to-end process and explain the opportunities, challenges and risks at each step.

Section 1, which takes a comprehensive approach to public affairs management, reviews innovative methods for building influence, setting issue priorities, employing IT tools, communicating with the news media, attracting a social media following, and advancing issues through third-country advocacy.

Section 2 helps the reader apply these strategies to dealings with EU institutions. It covers the roles of the European Commission, Parliament and EU Councils, following Ordinary Legislative Procedure, and working with Delegated and Implementing Acts.

Section 3 sums up the various insights from contributors and provides guidance for successful EU advocacy.

This book is not about how the EU works in theory, but how institutions function in real life. It serves as a practical guide on how to efficiently select your sources, filter, and interpret the information to correctly understand EU Parliamentarians’ mindsets and the (bigger) driving forces that shape their legislative behavior, while observing ethics and respecting privacy.

The content of the chapter is backed by visual materials and concrete examples that make it easier to catch the reader’s attention in a very interactive and practical way.