FOCUS: EUROLOBBYING - The new wave of EU policy makers. EU policies should see a dramatic change of focus next year as Germany assumes the presidency with new Chancellor Gerhard Schroder at the helm. Nick Purdom reports

When European governments change, it isn’t just the voters in their own countries that watch the new boys with interest. Change ripples through the whole EU as some policies get knocked off-course and others, previously unthought of, suddenly go to the top of the agenda.