Abstract
The European Commission recently counted that there were over 900 organizations interested to operate in Brussels. Most interested groups emerged after the post-war in Europe. The construction of organizations developed in the early 1990s which is the prime growth period in the European terrain. This growth phase coincided with the relaunch of the European integration through the Single European Act in 1986 followed by the treaty of Maastricht in 1992. The special institutional character of the EU and in particular its fragmented system of power creates a unique environment in which private and public interests can operate simultaneously. As the range of European policy-making has been extended, and the European legislation has become more technical and detail oriented more and more interests have been created paving the way for recognition with regard to the European public policy being a key feature of their organizational environment. Both private interest groups, (profit organizations), and public interests (non-profit interests) are prevalent in Brussels with the aim of influencing the process of decision making and the European legislation. The European interest group system is now extremely extensive and widespread.
