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Company profile Dr2 Consultants is a dynamic Brussels-based consultancy firm that provides companies, organizations and NGOs with guidance on EU and B...
Mr. Johan Goossens, who holds a master’s degree in business administration from Vlerick Business School and an engineering degree from the Katholiek...
Public Affairs Consultant Dr2 Consultants is a dynamic Brussels-based consultancy firm that provides companies, organizations and NGOs with guidance o...
Company profile Dr2 Consultants is a dynamic Brussels-based consultancy firm that provides companies, organizations and NGOs with guidance on EU and B...
DR2 Consultants opens offices in Copenhagen and New York, in addition to the existing offices in The Hague, Brussels and Shanghai. With this, DR2 Cons...
By electing Boris Johnson as their new leaders, the Conservatives have made a clear choice: the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October, with o...
Dimanche le 28 juillet, plus de deux mois après les élections, les plus grands partis politiques belges se sont réunis afin de poursuivre les négo...
We zijn meer dan twee maanden na de verkiezingen, maar pas op zondag 28 juli zaten de grootste partijen samen om de federale regeringsonderhandelingen...
In his first statement as new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson repeated on 26 July that the UK shall leave the EU by 31 October, but that he is also p...
Company profile Dr2 Consultants is a dynamic Brussels-based consultancy firm that provides companies, organizations and NGOs with guidance on EU...
About us Dr2 Consultants is a Brussels-based consultancy with headquarters in The Hague (part of the Dr2 network) specialized in EU Public Affairs and...
About us Dr2 Consultants is a Brussels-based consultancy with headquarters in The Hague (part of the Dr2 network) specialized in EU Public Affairs and...
Dr2 Consultants is a Brussels-based consultancy with headquarters in The Hague (part of the Dr2 network) specialized in EU Public Affairs and corporat...
Dr2 Consultants is a dynamic Brussels-based consultancy firm that provides companies, corporate organizations and NGOs with guidance on EU affairs (ww...
Dr2 Consultants is een adviesbureau middenin het hart van het Europese kwartier in Brussel. Plezier in ons werk, betrokkenheid bij onze opdrachtgevers...
In light of Dr2 Consultants’ flourishing growth, we are looking for a senior consultant with a proven track record in EU Public Affairs and who is a...
In samenwerking met het instituut Clingendael biedt Dr2 Consultants op 28-29 januari 2019 een training aan omtrent belangenbehartiging en lobbyen in d...
The future of Digital. Made in China Explore China with a group of digital innovators and meet the Chinese digital giants. Like Alibaba, Ping An, Tenc...
On Tuesday 16 October, Dr2 Consultants celebrated the recent move to its new offices together with our colleagues, clients and international network i...
Dr2 Consultants Shanghai specializes in market entry and –expansion services for European companies in China, and Chinese companies in Europe. We he...
Dr2 Consultants Shanghai has agreed on a partnership with Bank of Shanghai. Dr2 Consultants will be a preferred partner for Bank of Shanghai clients l...
In 2016, China’s Internet users added up to 731 million, with 685 million mobile Internet users below the age of 25. Purchasing online via ...
EU Member States have agreed to speed up the implementation and complete the Digital Single Market (DSM) legislative package by the end of 2018. Of th...
Dutch coalition partners have struck a government deal after the longest negotiations in Dutch post-WWII history. Exactly 208 days were needed to form...
Last week, Ecommerce Europe officially kicked off the Global E-commerce Summit in Barcelona, Spain. For the 9th edition of the annual conference, over...
Together with three other leading firms in EU-China business relations, Dr2 Consultants organizes a practical workshop on exporting innovation to Chin...
The decision taken by the UK Members of Parliament to approve their government’s triggering of Article 50 on 9 March, which will initiate the proces...
This week saw the first concrete steps taken towards the Brexit process, as on 1 February, UK Members of Parliament (MPs) voted to approve the trigger...
With a year of Brexit negotiations ahead, we can look back on eventful weeks in which the battle lines between the various players were increasingly d...
Together with the Clingendael Institute, Dr2 Consultants organizes a course on how to influence EU policy in an effective way in early 2017. Active an...
Issues related to the EU’s relationship with Russia and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine have come to the fore in recent days, ahead of a European ...
The past fortnight has seen growing difficulties related to Brexit, as the potential economic costs of leaving the EU have been made clearer. The Autu...
Margreet Lommerts (1980) has been appointed as Managing Director at Dr2 Consultants. Lommerts has more than 11 years’ experience in European pub...
This week, the European Commission announced its plans to launch the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS). On the US’ ES...
The past two weeks the focus has been on the other side of the Atlantic, and new British-American relationships might be changing over the next weeks ...
As a part of President Xi Jinping’s greater plan to fasten control and power over the internet, the National People’s Congress Standing Co...
The Brussels bubble has this week been engulfed in a growing political storm over comments made by Gunther Oettinger. Oettinger is the European Commis...
The past two weeks have provided a preview of the political battles that are tied to Brexit, both within the UK and between the UK and the EU. However...
Being under fire already because of domestic issues, the EU has faced some tough trust related issues internationally lately. The CETA signing being t...
Those with an interest in international politics will recognize the images in the press each spring; the red “Great Hall of the People” fi...
The last few weeks, former Commissioners of the Barroso Commission have been criticized for roles they have taken up after leaving office. Barroso him...
In the coming months, the future nature of the British relationship with the EU will be carved out, in crucial negotiations between the UK government ...
The 16th European-China Summit which took place in Beijing in November 2013 was a historic one. During this Summit, the EU and China formally launched...
The European Commission’s First Vice-President Frans Timmernans on 28 September presented new plans to make lobbyists register before meeting with t...
Thousands of protesters marched through Brussels on Tuesday (20 September) to call on the European Union to abandon the planned transatlantic free tra...
Yesterday Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addressed the annual State of the European Union speech (SOTEU) to the European Parliament. Modelle...
In addition to its offices in The Hague and Brussels, public affairs and corporate communication consultancy Dr2 Consultants is now opening an office ...
It’s been more than two months since the UK voted to leave the EU, and yet we still know very little about the long-term implications for EU-UK ...
On 1 July, the European Commission launched a new consultation mechanism in line with the Better Regulation principle. Concretely, the Commissio...
After yet another turbulent post-Brexit week, which saw Nigel Farage step down as the leader of UKIP, both Brussels as well as London are being kept b...
Slovakia is today becoming the new President of the Council of the European Union (EU) for a period of six months. It is following The Netherlands and...
Brexit: the direct aftermath By the close of play on Friday, 24 June, in the wake of the announcement that the British people had voted to leave the E...
23 June 2016 will go down in history as a tumultuous day for Europe. The day when Europe’s second largest economy, and financial centre, chose to ju...
Decision day is today. The polls have the Brexiteers almost neck-and neck with the Bremainers. The case of a vote to remain is a little more straightf...
Marlene ten Ham (1983) has been appointed as a partner at Dr2 Consultants. Ten Ham has worked for Dröge & van Drimmelen for more than five ye...
European agriculture is facing a perfect storm lately, with farmer protests in several EU Member States lamenting the current rock-bottom prices, espe...
Slovakia will be the next EU Member State to hold the 6-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, taking over from the Netherlan...
Hubert Védrine, policy adviser to François Mitterand during the 1990s, is the latest high-profile European old-timer to call for a pause...
In order to boost job creation in Europe, the Juncker Commission last year launched several initiatives, including the Digital Single Market. Nowadays...
The low total numbers of refugees accepted by the European Union member states illustrates the lack of political will to take responsibility for the h...
Anyone who has been to Athens recently will be able to testify about the transformation of the Piraeus port and its current distinctive Chinese mark. ...
On Monday the 25th of April the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) officially la...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, 15 April that, while she will permit a criminal investigation into the comedian Jan Böhmermann on charge...
This week, after more than four years of negotiations, the European Union finally adopted the new legislation on data protection. The European Parliam...
The Netherlands held this week, on 6 April, a referendum on Ukraine’s association agreement with the European Union (EU). The association agreem...
Since its introduction, Europe’s Passport-free Schengen area has greatly complimented the EU’s Single Market, giving a tangible reality to...
On Tuesday 23 March the 9th Annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) met in Brussels to discuss the challenges facing the agri-food system and...
On Tuesday 15 March the Ukrainian Parliament passed a crucial anti-corruption bill which the country hopes will convince the EU to grant visa-free tra...
Since its introduction in 1999, the euro has been the symbol of European integration. Today, it is the legal tender in 19 of the 28 Member States of t...
This month, Germany’s Karlsruhe based Constitutional Court hears arguments on a proposed ban of Germany’s far-right extremist National Dem...
Monday 22 February marked the first day of the 12th round of negotiations on the Transatlantic and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in Brussels. The prop...
On 18-19 February, a European summit takes place in Brussels. European leaders gathered to tackle two major crises the European Union (EU) has been fa...
Last week, in his ongoing criticism of the European Union’s budget deficit rules, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi deployed some interesting,...
DR2 Consultants is pleased to announce the appointment of Sekhar Lahiri as our new senior consultant Public Affairs. Sekhar will focus on circular eco...
The State of the Union speech is the annual address by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament. It has been instituted by ...
Ecommerce Europe-Generalsekretärin über die Hürden für den elektronischen Handel in der EUPublished in: Letzeburger Journal Zu den...
Published in: Twinkle Magazine Ecommerce Europe is the association representing 25,000+ companies selling products and/or services online to consumers...
Dr2 Consultants is the new name of the Brussels-based consultancy firm Russchen Consultants. Dr2 Consultants supports its clients with interest repres...
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The Flemish Government Agreement 2019-2024 was announced on Tuesday 1 October and was negotiated by N-VA, CD&V and Open Vld. Although the coalitio...
Already in July, Ursula von der Leyen made clear that the new European Commission has bold ambitions to tackle climate change: The European Union must...
Between early leaks from DG CONNECT to the individual grilling of Commissioners-designate, the digital agenda of the next European Commission is slowl...
Now that the President-elect of the new European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team of candidate-Commissioners and the subsequent port...
On 16 September, Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker met for the first time in person since Johnson became Prime Minister. Both parties saw the meet...
La semaine dernière, Elio Di Rupo (PS), Willy Borsus (MR) et Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo) ont présenté l’accord de coalition de la région wallon...
Vorige week presenteerden Elio Di Rupo (PS), Willy Borsus (MR) en Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo) het regeerakkoord van het Waals Gewest en van de Franstalig...
Today, Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced her proposed team of European Commissioners. If approved by the European Parliament, ...
Il y a plus de trois mois, les Belges se sont rendus aux urnes. Cependant, peu de choses ont depuis lors changé. Bien qu’un gouvernement se soi...
Meer dan 3 maanden geleden trokken de Belgen naar de stembus, maar veel lijkt er sindsdien niet veranderd te zijn. Hoewel er vrij snel een regering wa...
At the moment, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is travelling through Europe. Johnson already met with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in ...
By electing Boris Johnson as their new leaders, the Conservatives have made a clear choice: the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October, with o...
Dimanche le 28 juillet, plus de deux mois après les élections, les plus grands partis politiques belges se sont réunis afin de poursuivre les négo...
We zijn meer dan twee maanden na de verkiezingen, maar pas op zondag 28 juli zaten de grootste partijen samen om de federale regeringsonderhandelingen...
In his first statement as new UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson repeated on 26 July that the UK shall leave the EU by 31 October, but that he is also p...
It was no real surprise, but with 66% of the votes Boris Johnson became the new leader of the Conservative Party this week. The other contender, Jerem...
Depuis les élections de mai 2019, aucun autre gouvernement n’avait été formé en Belgique (si l’on ne compte pas celui de la communauté german...
De eerste regering in België, als je de Duitstalige gemeenschap niet meetelt, is een feit. Op woensdag 17 juli presenteerde de onderhandelaars van PS...
Ces dernières semaines, la situation politique belge (tant au fédéral qu’au régional) s’est relativement calmée, et ce notamment à cause des...
Nu het de laatste weken wat rustiger is geweest op het federale en regionale niveau heeft vooral het Europese niveau veel aandacht gekregen in de medi...
That a no deal Brexit will damage the British and European economy was already clear. The Catholic University of Leuven even calculated that a no deal...
After long and difficult negotiations, the European leaders have come to an agreement on the four top jobs in the European Union. After all, none of t...
Les négociations sont dans une impasse. Les informateurs fédéraux Didier Reynders (MR) et Johan Vande Lanotte (sp.a) semblent jeter l’éponge...
De impasse is compleet. De federale informateurs Didier Reynders (MR) en Johan Vande Lanotte (sp.a) lijken de handdoek in de ring te gooien en op maan...
The past mandate has heavily contributed to shaping the future of the payment landscape in the EU. Among public affairs professionals involved in paym...
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, the two remaining candidates in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party and the position of Prime Ministe...
Aujourd’hui, alors que les Parlements régionaux se sont déjà réunis en plénière au cours des jours précédents, c’était au tour du nou...
Vandaag komt het nieuwe federale parlement samen en al eerder waren de regionale parlementen plenair samengekomen. Op het Europese parlement is het no...
On 20 and 21 June, European Union leaders met in Brussels for a two-day summit to reach an agreement on who the next leaders of the EU institutions wi...
As the end of the term of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU approaches, several files, which are key to boosting the sustainability of ...
Ces derniers jours, les négociations en vue de former des coalitions gouvernementales aux différents niveaux de pouvoir battent leur plein, particul...
De laatste dagen zijn de coalitiegespreken op de verschillende politieke niveaus volop bezig. Vooral dan op het niveau van de deelstaten. Federaal bli...
The race to fill the position of leader of the Conservative Party, and as a consequence, that of next Prime Minister of the UK, sees a full list of 10...
Gisteren woonde Dr2 Consultants de academische workshop ‘Measuring the circular economy’ bij. Het Beleidsonderzoekscentrum Circulaire economie, ee...
Despite loud protest and prior insults on both sides, the President of the United States Donald Trump visited the UK for a state visit on 3 and 4 June...
Circular economy has been a priority for the European Commission, and it will continue to be high on the agenda of all the European Institutions and M...
The resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May last week could not save the Conservative Party in the European elections. It was quite clear that the B...
Yesterday, 28 May, EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an informal summit following the European Parliamentary elections. Under the first agenda item,...
Les dés sont désormais jetés. Deux jours après les élections, les résultats sont là. Bien qu’une augmentation des partis extrémistes des deu...
De kaarten zijn geschud. Twee dagen na de verkiezingen blijven de resultaten nog even nazinderen. Een stijging van de extreme partijen aan beide kante...
Les sondages sont clairs : ce sont les partis du gouvernement qui, indéniablement, perdront le plus de votes. Mais quels sont les partis qui en prof...
De peilingen zijn duidelijk: verlies voor de regeringspartijen. Dit valt niet te ontkennen, maar welke partijen profiteren daar nu juist van en wat be...
After weeks of talks between the Conservatives and Labour to find a compromise Brexit deal to pass in the House of Commons, the dialogue collapsed wit...
Today, the European Parliamentary elections kick off with citizens going to the polls in two Member States, namely the Netherlands and the United King...
Poland has become increasingly polarized in recent years by liberal and conservative views. The European elections on Sunday, 26 May, will see Poland&...
After Florence (2 May) and Maastricht (29 April), the European parties’ Spitzenkandidaten debated yesterday in the European Parliament in Brussels...
As the European elections are approaching, French political parties have a lot to debate about in the upcoming days. This time however, the issue...
Hungary joined the EU in 2004. The country’s political landscape, however, has drastically changed since then. Hungary was at the forefront of the e...
On 9 May, Europe Day, European leaders gathered in Sibiu, Romania, for a special summit on the Future of Europe. All European leaders (except Theresa ...
While the local elections in England and Northern Ireland last week were devastating for the Conservative Party, as they lost more than 1300 Councilor...
With less than three weeks to go before the European Parliamentary elections, which will take place across the 28 EU Members States between 23 and 26 ...
Another (national) election? After the Dutch Senate elections on 27 March, new elections will be held at the end of this month for the European Parlia...
Whilst it is very likely that the United Kingdom will have to participate in the European elections, Prime Minister Theresa May is still trying to fin...
On 29 April, and for the first time in the current European Parliamentary elections campaign, Spitzenkandidaten of the European political parties deba...
With federal and regional elections coming up in Belgium, some might forget that on the very same date, 26 May, the European elections take place as w...
The word on the streets of Brussels is that the next European Commission will welcome a Commissioner whose portfolio will focus on Artificial Intellig...
Whilst the House of Commons is in recess until 23 April, Government officials have indicated that talks with the Labour Party will continue. The g...
In an attempt to ease British citizens last week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May recorded a video where she said that the Government and the Labour Par...
The Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force in late 2009, introduced several changes to the EU’s constitutional architecture. Among other innova...
As no agreement has been reached after three votes on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal last week, this week a second round of indicatives votes als...
One thing is certain: today, 29 March is not the long-expected divorce date. The European Council decided last week to delay Brexit until 22 May if th...
With just a week to go before the originally established exit date of the United Kingdom from the European Union of 29 March, the situation looked sti...
A lot has happened this week in the House of Commons regarding Brexit. Because all the possible Brexit scenarios still seem to be on the table, it is ...
On Monday, 11th March, Prime Minister Theresa May and Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker secured a last-minute legally binding joint instrume...
Ahead of the second vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement next week, both the United Kingdom and the European Union are t...
Digitalisation, innovation and decarbonisation. These key words have been an integral part of the European Commission’s transport strategy in the l...
At the end of last week Prime Minister Theresa May was clear: there will be no delay of Brexit and so the withdrawal of the European Union (EU) remain...
Another turbulent week has passed and still, no substantial progress was made that could reassure citizens and companies on both sides of the canal. Q...
On 14th February, the Dutch government launched the ‘Brexit-monster’, a campaign that aims at advising companies to check the online Brexit...
With only 50 days left until Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May returned to Brussels for yet another round of talks desperately seeking “alternative...
In January, Dr2 Consultants joined over 38,000 stakeholders in retail and e-commerce who attended the National Retail Federation’s Big Show, an impr...
One thing is sure: neither the EU, nor the UK wants to further delay Brexit and no one wants to have a no-deal scenario. At least that was the feeling...
There are only 71 days left until Brexit and the situation could not be more chaotic. The vote in the House of Commons on the Withdrawal Agreement pre...
Over the course of the weekend, on 7 and 8 December, the Party of European Socialists (PES) held its party conference in Lisbon, Portugal. With the ev...
Over the course of the weekend, on 7 and 8 December, the Party of European Socialists (PES) held its party conference in Lisbon, Portugal. With the ev...
As of 1 January 2019, Romania will hold the presidency of the Council the European Union. This will be the first time Romania takes the helm since joi...
With the European elections of May 2019 only six months away, most European parties are announcing their Spitzenkandidat...
On 7-8 November, the European People’s Party (EPP), a party in the European Parliament (EP), held its party congress in Helsinki. Since the EPP ...
On Tuesday 23 October, the European Commission unveiled the details of the annual Work Programme for 2019, thereby outlining its policy plans for the ...
With less than six months before the UK exits the European Union, Brexit negotiations enter their hot phase. Adding...
On 12 September, in his fourth and final State of the Union speech – “The Hour of European Sovereignty” – European Commission ...
At the beginning of its mandate in 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker made progress toward a connected European Digital Single Market (DSM) a key priority for ...
On 1 July, Austria took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU, amid, one could say, a very turbulent time for Europe. On the one hand, there is...
How will the new European Parliament look like? Who is going to be the next President of the European Commission? Should the European Commission and t...
June is crucial month for the Brexit negotiations. It may even be decisive. At least, that is what many political pundits, businesses leaders and othe...
2018 marks the 15th anniversary of the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership. Chinese investment in the European Union has been increasi...
At the time of writing this article, it is a little less than 402 days until the United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. W...
While the European Parliament elections are still more than a year away, the elections, scheduled for 23-26 May 2019, are about to bring yet another c...
The chessboard is being set for round two of Brexit negotiations. 2018 will be make-or-break time for the United Kingdom’s (UK) post-Brexit rela...
Only a few days young, 2018 is set to be a crucial year in European politics. In 2018, European businesses and citizens will see some of the most revo...
When in the morning of 8 December, the news broke that a deal had been brokered between the governments of the Republic of Ireland and the United King...
On Wednesday 13 September, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, gave his annual State of the Union address to Members of the Eur...
The EU is slowly but steadily climbing out of economic crisis: economic growth in Europe is expected to continue at a moderate pace in the coming peri...
Last night, after almost two years of campaigning, the US finally voted to elect its next president. By voting for Trump for the office of President, ...
According to reports in German magazine “Der Spiegel” last month, Germany plans to ban the sale of internal combustion engines by 2030. In additio...
Disagreements about who should occupy the key positions at the top of the EU institutions risk undermining the stability of the EU political system. T...
Effectiveness, efficiency, simplicity and costs minimization are all essential elements of the European Commission’s Regulatory Fitness and Perf...
The European Union (EU) offers the opportunity for stakeholders to contribute their views to the policy-making process through a very elaborated syste...
European associations: Intermediary between businesses and policy makers At Dr2 consultants we have experience in association management for sectors l...
With the referendum on British membership of the European Union nearing, the sequel to the 1975 unanimous decision to remain, the two camps – ‘in...
Hate speech and hate crime incidents, including those committed online, are on the rise in Europe. This is why, in October last year, the European Com...
On 1 March, the European Commission launched a 12-week public consultation for a mandatory transparency register. The Commission is seeking the views ...
While internally the EU is entangled in various discussions on refugees, the euro and a possible Brexit, the EU is externally making headway in forgin...
At a time when the European Union (EU) is facing a series of challenges, from the refugee crisis to economic woes in Greece and elsewhere, Eurosceptic...
Starting on 1 January, the Netherlands has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) for the next six months. It also marks ...
The Netherlands will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) for six months as of January 2016 when the EU is facing crucial cha...
Brussels is not only the capital of Belgium, but also the capital of Europe. In fact, in an area of a few square kilometres, the Belgian city gathers ...
Keeping clients in the loop What I like about being as consultant is that we act as intermediary between the European institutions and our large range...
Why influence European policy? European policy makers aim to make policy that stimulates economic growth and jobs by opening up the European market to...
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