Privileged access by industry to the European decision-making structure has resulted in an increasingly corporate and competitive Europe, in which the components of a »Social Europe« -- social security, strong environmental, labour and safety standards, a multi-disciplinary education system, promotion of the rights of minorities, the elderly, the disabled, children, women and so on and so forth can hardly be considered a priority. There are an estimated 7,000-10,000 lobbyists in Brussels, but only a small part of these represent social concerns. This chapter looks at these other voices, and attempts to assess how far they carry in the European political apparatus.