NGOs and the EU
An Emerging European Civil Society Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or interest groups, represent European interests and public interests. ... The number of interest groups has always been rising so that by the early 1990s about 3,000 NGOs, mostly business and labour groups, have been founded trying to influence European affairs. ... The Changing Character of the EU The EU is not a ‘state’ but shows some features of an international organization, e. ... An even better description for the EU is that it is an ideal, a process, a regime, or even a network.