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1049NOTTroyFallHorse_Moser

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Homer Od. 11.593-600

Friedrich Moser and Matthieu Lietaert, The Brussels Business, a documentary film (2012) uses the image of the Trojan Horse in its advertizing.

For more information on the film itself, see their websites:
www.thebrusselsbusiness.eu
and
facebook.com/-TheBrusselsBusinessMovie

The film is all about the development of lobbying for special interests groups within the European Union, how the culture of lobbying came into existence and how recent efforts have tried to curb the influence of lobbies.

When Frankling D. Roosevelt undertook similar curtailment in 1945, he addressed the matter in a televised address. In that speech, the U.S. President likened the efforts of lobbyists to the Greek gift of the Trojan Horse outside besieged Troy. For the FDR speech, you must watch 2/3 of this careful (but slow-moving) docuementary film ... or click here.

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