The Brussels Business

The documentary is about the lobbying business in Brussels. The city is the centre of the European Union. Decisions are taken there. Fifteen thousand lobbyists work in the city. Public relations firms are there as well. Think tanks sit in the same circle. These bodies have close ties to politicians. The documentary follows that tie. It shows which decisions the companies have a hand in. It asks on whose behalf the work is done. The account is built like a thriller. The film takes a stand against the lobbying order. It gives little room to the opposing view. The claims it makes are the film’s own claims. Friedrich Moser and Matthieu Lietaert directed the eighty five minute documentary. It is a Belgian and Austrian production finished in 2012.