Desc: The Brussels Business: Directed by Matthieu Lietaert, Friedrich Moser. With Catherine Ashton, Leon Brittan, Maria Green Cowles, Etienne Davignon. THE BRUSSELS BUSINESS is a docu-thriller that dives into the grey zone underneath European democracy. An expedition into the world of the 15,000 lobbyists in the EU-capital, of the PR-conglomerates, think tanks and their all embracing networks of power and their close ties to the political elites.