The coordinates for business activity in Germany have fundamentally shifted. The ever increasing number of regulations from Brussels and Berlin are either directly or indirectly influencing the decisions companies are making. At the same time, the influence of public opinion, the media and societal groups on how corporations implement their goals has grown.
Currently, the political response to the consequences of climate change and the ongoing coronavirus crisis are demonstrating how quickly the fundamentals of business activity in Germany and Europe can change. All the more important therefore to understand societal and political developments in good time and make the necessary decisions for corporate management. Communicating the corporate standpoint to political decision-makers can however only succeed if companies, policy-makers and civilian society are at eye level and speak the same language. It is also becoming ever more important to be able to communicate corporate concerns in the pre-political and public space.
Our strategic advisors analyse the issues that are important to our clients in political, economic and societal contexts. The focus of our work is on dialogue.
We assist our clients in navigating through what is happening in the political arena and help them build networks in the political, media and social spheres. Our colleagues in Berlin have worked in the past for parties, political groups, the German Bundestag or in the federal ministries and have a wealth of practical experience. They bring political thinking into the internal opinion-making and decision-forming processes of our clients, thus helping them to make corporate interests and content “politically acceptable”.
In collaboration with our colleagues from the AMO network in Brussels, we deliver detailed assessments of the impact European policy decisions have on Germany as a business location. We are practiced in evaluating current developments in the Parliament and Commission as well as the debates in national and international media.
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Political analysis & navigation
Our range of services includes:
- Stakeholder analysis
- Issues management
- Navigation through the political and societal arenas
- Access to relevant policy-makers
Media work, dialogue formats & positioning
Our range of services includes:
- Communications strategies
- Political media work
- Social media campaigns
- Dialogue formats in the political and pre-political sphere
- Third-party endorsement
- Positioning
- Coaching
- Representative and liaison office