Enterprise Note No. 46 Political action and influence Political Engagement, Collective Action, and Influence of Private Firms in the European Union* David C. Francis Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized his Brief studies patterns of political engagement among private rms in the European Union (EU). Using representative data, allowing for analysis at the level of NUTS2 regional groupings (EU regions varying from about 800,000 to 3 million inhabitants), various patterns of engagement emer ...