Lobbying in European Union institutions, Case study: Republic of Poland

Glavna tema ovog diplomskog rada je lobiranje Republike Poljske unutar Europske unije i njenih institucija. Republika Poljska jedna je od rijetkih država koja posjeduje Zakon o lobiranju, te iza sebe ima niz uspjeha na području lobiranja. Ali, unatoč svim uspjesima tu tehniku lobiranja prate negativne konotacije među građanima Republike Poljske. Osim lobiranjem, rad se bavi i procesom donošenja odluka u Europskoj uniji, te mogućnostima koje pruža ta tehnika odnosa s javnostima. On- line upitnikom provedeno je istraživanje među građanima Republike Poljske nastojeći potvrditi hipotezu kako je razlog, negativnih konotacija o lobiranju u Republici Poljskoj, neinformiranost građana te države. Hipoteza je potvrđena, te je dokazano kako građani Republike Poljske malo znaju o lobiranju bez obzira na goleme uspjehe svoje države. Unatoč činjenici da posjeduju pravno donesen Zakon o lobiranju, ne postoje mehanizmi kontrole, te se taj Zakon i ne poštuje.The main focus of this Master thesis is lobbying of Republic of Poland within European Union and its institutions. Republic of Poland is one of the few countries which comes on force Lobbying Law and behind it, there is also a huge number of lobbying successes oft hat country. But, despite all the successes, this lobbying technique is followed by negative connotations among the citizens of the Republic of Poland. Apart from lobbying, this Master thesis also deals with the decision-making process in the European Union and the possibilities provided by this public relations technique. An on-line questionnaire in this Master thesis conducts a survey among the citizens of the Republic of Poland, trying to confirm the hypothesis- the reason for the negative connotations of lobbying in the Republic of Poland was the lack of information of the citizens of that country. The hypothesis has been confirmed, and it is proven that the citizens of the Republic of Poland know little about lobbying regardless of the enormous successes of their country. Despite the fact that they have a Legislative Lobbying Law, there are no control mechanisms, and this Law is not respected