On the left: "Now you have had a break in the cafe…”
On the right: "I expect you have been given all the elements you need to understand what is at stake in this dossier!”
There are two stages in the public decision making process – the dialogue stage and the decision-making stage. Lobbying takes place during the first of these….
Brown haired girl: "My darling and I don’t understand each other any more….”
Blond girl: “Have you thought about lobbying?”
Understand the positions of the various parties and identify the players and their expectations….
Man in white: "The state doesn’t do enough for curly-haired thirty-something socio-professional+s..."
Man in black: "Well, the hardest thing will be to win over the forty-something MPs with straight hair"
Any responsible lobbyist is committed to transparency of interests
Dictator: "I want you to defend my democratic, parliamentary, constitutional, popular republic"
Lobbyist: "That’s what you call a challenge"
A lobbyist? A mediator who can find a compromise
Man on the left: "Your screen’s fab!"
Man on the right: "Two years lobbying my wife….but I gave in over the doily..."
All players whose activity or image could be affected by public debate can make use of lobbying
Man on the left: "When I think no lobby defends the poor"
Woman on the right: "Thank heavens! Otherwise they might get rich!"
And what if effective lobbying expressed individual interests and the collective good?
Marianne (French republic symbol): "Sometimes we find it really difficult to understand each other…."
Lobbyist: "Have you considered lobbying?"
