Lobbying facts for kids

A campaigner from the environmental group Greenpeace lobbying the Finnish government

Lobbying is the act of trying to persuade governments to make decisions or support something. Lobbying can be done by many sorts of people, alone or in groups. Often it is done by big companies or businesses. Sometimes people are given jobs to lobby for big businesses. These people are called lobbyists.

Images for kids

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  1891 cartoon about lobbying an American assemblyman

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  Gift offered by tobacco industry lobbyists to Dutch politician Kartika Liotard in September 2013

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  Wiertzstraat in Brussels. This 'lobby tree' in front of the main entrance of the European Parliament was planted in 2001 at the initiative of SEAP, the professional organization of lobbyists.

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  K Street NW at 19th Street in Washington D.C., part of downtown Washington's maze of high-powered "K Street lobbyist" and law firm office buildings.

See also

In Spanish: Grupo de presión para niños