Film
The Brussels Business
Belgium · United States · Switzerland · United Kingdom · Austria · Indonesia- Age rating
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- Director
- Matthieu Lietaert
- Year
- 2012
The Brussels Business is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates, think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political elites.
Top cast
Catherine Ashton
Self - European Union Trade Commissioner (2008-2009)
Leon Brittan
Self - European Commissioner for Trade (1993-1999)
Maria Green Cowles
Self - Political Scholar, American University, Washington
Étienne Davignon
Self - European Commission (1977-1985), European Round Table of Industrialists (1986-2001)
Olivier Hoedeman
Self - activist, Corporate Europe Observatory
Craig Holman
Self - lobby consultant, Public Citizen, Washington
Siim Kallas
Self - vice-president of the European Commission
Pascal Kerneis
Self - lobbyist, European Services Forum
Keith Richardon
Self - Secretary General (1988-1998), European Round Table of Industrialists
Christoffer Taxell
Self - Finnish politician
Erik Wesselius
Self - activist, Corporate Europe Observatory
Directed by
Matthieu Lietaert, Friedrich Moser
