Printing The importance of the following activities in informing MEP thinking on policy issues

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Digital contact is making inroads as a trusted information source

Personal contact is the most influential form of interaction according to MEPs, followed by media coverage, written communication, events and then digital forms of communication.

Personal contact with stakeholders (e.g. lobbyists) ranks as the second most informative form of contact if very important and important scores are added together.
While information found on stakeholders websites was considered to be one of the least important information sources, 48% of MEPs still felt it to be an important or very important source of information in informing their thinking on policy issues.