Most of the lobbies, are the remnants of where the EU was started, as a trade cartel, that evolved into what we have today. :D
It's just another continuation of the Enlightenment extending towards all of the peripheries of empire. :D
It's a good start, but it's just another step on the way to creating The Culture. :D
@BillySmith @IzzyOnDroid I would say the immense power of lobbies are a part of all member states and more of a sing of our current age of too big to fail mega cooperations. It's facinating and impressive how much more the EU is nowdays but you are right, there are many areas where you notice the rather extreme focus on trade over everything, still without them we would all have catasrophic laws that the EU court prevented!