Meanings of fierce lobbying in English

After fierce lobbying, it conceded that the heaviest polluters could have free permits.

Labour accuses the government of caving in to fierce lobbying by the financial sector.

The proposed suspension has prompted fierce lobbying on both sides.

But fierce lobbying forced the department to scrap its first draft in 2011 and start from scratch.

Amending the law had been an uphill battle because of fierce lobbying by the gaming industry, according to lawmakers.

There will be fierce lobbying by the housing and mortgage industries to protect the mortgage deduction, for one thing.

MPs can expect fierce lobbying as the countdown begins to the first reading of a bill to legalise gay marriage.

Amid fierce lobbying against the bill by the National Rifle Association and gun industry groups, the measure failed in April, 2013.

Retailers are hoping the fierce lobbying they have done will counterbalance whatever ground financial services lobbyists have gained with the Fed.

It then faced fierce lobbying by conservative and religious groups until its eventual passage by politicians in September, nearly five years later.

The government formally abandoned plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes after a fierce lobbying campaign by Philip Morris and the tobacco industry.

Again the government was accused of being out of touch with ordinary people, and was subject to fierce lobbying from the Caravan Club.

Those sectors include energy and power generation, including refineries, despite fierce lobbying by European oil majors BP and Shell to go easy on refineries.

European policymakers insist they have already proven they can overcome internal disagreements and resist fierce lobbying by the financial industry to score several victories.

Fierce lobbying by the industry forced the Labor Department to scrap its original proposal in 2011.

Fierce lobbying is underway to persuade the British government to reverse huge increases in departure taxes out of the UK.