A ‘rockwool layer’ of lobbyists has fundamentally changed Danish politics
The explosive growth of the lobbying industry over the last 20 years has created a new rockwool layer in Danish politics, which blurs the connection between the population and politicians, concludes the Power Inquiry.
Discrete lobbying firms and a new class of ‘policy professionals’ have, over the past two decades, largely established themselves as a new ‘rockwool layer’ in the political process.
Some of this rockwool group does not have a popular mandate and does not represent any specific political interests. Others are employed by interest groups, but the rockwool group has grown into a significant power factor in the political process because it intervenes “outside the media spotlight in the early stages of legislative preparation and in connection with political negotiations”.
