Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
P.S. Don't for one minute think that Thales, Michelin & Alcatel have more to do with your policies then you think they do. They might be better at hiding it, but wherever you have open campaigns, you have corporate influence (and I would argue, again, as long as it's balanced, you should).
Oh, yes. They certainly find a means to voice their concerns about many subjects, but I doubt they're heard concerning environmental issues. The reason for this is simple: it's the EU that set environmental policies and the measures are quite drastic (many companies complain but that doesn't make the EU change its policy). I can think of only one consortium being powerful enough to influence the European decisions: EADS (AIRBUS is part of it). The firms you quoted have an influence on France's policies but they aren't yet big enough to be able to do the same with the EU.