Belén Balanyá

“The MCC festival, with its line-up of far-right propagandists, is a disturbing example of how the Orbán regime is working to promote its reactionary ideology"

“Behind the hip image, the festival is organised by a think tank that attacks climate policy, civil society and gender rights”

By failing to sanction Israel, EU leaders are complicit in its crimes. They must act now | Josep Borrell Europe’s silence has allowed the genocide of Palestinians to continue unchecked – undermining all it stands for, says Josep Borrell, a former EU high representative

By failing to sanction Israel, EU leaders are complicit in its crimes. They must act now | Josep Borrell

Good news. We've helped improve the EU lobby register - although major flaws remain of course!

🚨New video!

Communities impacted by green hydrogen projects in South Africa finally had their voices heard by MEPs and the European Commission for the first time.

🤥 Incredibly disappointing: the Commission denied the EU was involved in any of the projects shown

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🔎 Check out LobbyFacts (our data platform with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social) which has a lot more functionality than official register, incl. lobby archive:
www.lobbyfacts.eu

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On the left of this cartoon is a small box labelled ‘small company’ with an arrow labelled ‘over-declares lobby spending’. Below this is a large box labelled ‘massive company’ with an arrow which says ‘under-declares lobby spending’. On the right is a distorted picture of a man with a tie holding a briefcase and it is labelled ‘EU lobby register – A distorted picture of lobbying’. Cartoon by @CartoonRalph.

In Feb we & @lobbycontrol.bsky.social complained about likely under- & over-reporting in EU lobby register.

Secretariat has now come back with outcome which shows €47 millions-worth of changes

💶 €2,450,000 added
💶 €23,145,000 taken off
💶 €22,150,000 removed

corporateeurope.org/en/complaint...

Albanese pide a todos los países revisar y suspender sus lazos con Israel | lamarea.com Albanese recomendó romper «las relaciones militares, estratégicas, políticas, diplomáticas y económicas» con el Estado de Israel.

Romper relaciones con la banca, los fondos de pensiones privados y las universidades.

Esto pide la relatora de la ONU a todos los países 

Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! Open Letter: Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement!  To: High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas CC: President of…

🚨 Urgent call to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and end trade and cooperation with Israel, in light of the continuing genocide in Gaza and Israel’s long-standing violations of international law.

Read it here 👉 europeantradejustice.org/open-letter-...

@eurtradejustice.bsky.social

Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

The parties that voted for her Commission on the basis that it would not be deregulation should withdraw their support and vote her down.

ℹ️ For more info on deregulation: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

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A crash course on the EU’s deregulation wave | Corporate Europe Observatory The European Commission’s deregulation wave means attacks on labour rights, climate policies, nature protection, public health, and more. We explain the basic scheme behind this wave of destruction – ...

The most burning reason why VDL should resign is that she has unleashed an irresponsible & antidemocratic deregulation wave (resulting in unprecedented levels of corporate capture) & violated promises she made to the EP that it was only 'simplification'.

ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/c...

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An image of a bus stop with a sign saying ‘omnibus’ and waiting for the bus are: a person representing the arms industry, another representing big energy, another representing big tech, and another representing big polluters. A bus approaches and where the destination is normally displayed, it says: disaster. On the bus stop, where the advertisements are normally displayed, it says: Omnibus: gutting sets of protective rules in one go, get yours now!

It's been quite a week for the 🇪🇺 #deregulation agenda after the publication of the 6th #omnibus - this time on chemicals.

The whole #chemicals package delivered a huge gain for the industry, with very few obligations in return.

Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

report summary quote: "The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives." https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5923-economy-occupation-economy-genocide-report-special-rapporteur

Solidarity w Francesca Albanese who faces threats of US sanctions, right after the special rapporteur to the UN human rights council published a grim new report on companies profiting from genocide.
Big Tech names like Palantir feature, along with ag & construction giants.
#Gaza

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The meeting began w/ a special screening of our unreleased documentary, which tells the story from the ground through the testimonies of fisherfolk, farmers & indigenous leaders paying the true price of Europe’s so-called green transition

🎬Check out the teaser👇
ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/ScrambleF...

Great news! If your Dutch is as bad as half the people in CEO's team, you can now watch the excellent Dutch investigation by @zembla-bnnvara.bsky.social on how the pesticide industry influenced the approval of #glyphosate in English!

👉 youtu.be/KOkWahiUgQ4?...

🚨 Good news! The European Parliament’has decided to maintain the Amazon lobby ban 👏

Additionally, it rejected a closed-door hearing with Amazon representatives. It also committed to holding another hearing and organise a visit to Amazon warehouses.

@uni-europa.bsky.social ✊

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Although 🇪🇺 leaders praise green hydrogen as a climate solution, communities in 🇿🇦 are being displaced, silenced and polluted in its name.

Today, for the first time, impacted communities had their voices heard by MEPs and the European Commission.

Read more 🔗 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/h...

And we're outta there! Hasta la vista Strasbourg 🇫🇷

Was an absolute privilege to be able to bring the voices of 🇿🇦 communities fighting #greenhydrogen into the heart of EU decision-making.

Thanks to @udobullmann.bsky.social @tillymetz.bsky.social for making it happen 🙏🏼

This is just the first step ✊🏼

@groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley to the European Parliament:

"Green hydrogen has been marketed as a promised panacea for all our energy transition woes.... But there are critical flaws in this hypothesis – there is no empty land in my country, and energy is never free."

2/2 Correia says that the CTIP is responding to South Africa's coal dominated energy sector (80+%).

Yet building vast quantities of renewable electricity to be used to produce green hydrogen, which is then exported, is NOT going to clean up the grid.

Predictably disappointing.

DG TRADE's Dora Correia responds to comments on the #CTIP by saying very little of substance that's not already in existing documents.

Avoids criticisms brought up by South Africa's communities or trade unionists. Says the EU is responding to a call by South Africa ("not our fault, gov").
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The EU's dirty hydrogen push in South Africa - revealed | Corporate Europe Observatory EU politicians are presenting green hydrogen as a win-win fuel, claiming it will lead to low-carbon industrialisation in the Global South while decarbonising economies in Europe.

This clip is from our 'No Anglo' event with @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social on 1 May bringing together communities affected by mining giant Anglo American from Chile, Zambia and Peru.

You can read @corporateeurope.org's report 'The EU's dirty hydrogen push in South Africa - revealed' here:

2/2 The Parliament's Delegation to South Africa 🇿🇦 will follow the 🎥 with a hearing on the #CTIP + #greenhydrogen, featuring the DG TRADE + @groundworksa.bsky.social

Tomorrow marks the first time the voices of 🇿🇦's impacted communities are heard by EU decision makers - but definitely not the last 📢✊🏼

1/2 We've made it to Strasbourg 🇫🇷🥖🧀 👔

Tomorrow @corporateeurope.org will be in the EU Parliament for a preview screening of our new documentary 🎥 The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa 🎥 See the teaser here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AATC...

If you're in Strasbourg, join us! Deets below

YouTube video by CEO | Corporate Europe Observatory Teaser: The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa

While EU leaders hail green hydrogen as a climate solution, communities in South Africa are being displaced, silenced and polluted in its name.Our doc tells the story from the ground –through the testimonies of those paying the true price of Europe’s so-called green transition
👉 youtu.be/AATCdoIQ1yU

🚨Live now the EU Parliament for a preview screening of our new documentary 🎥 The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa

Follow it live here 👉 ep.interactio.eu/ccfy-x95-vvp...

Investor-State Dispute Settlement lets companies run away from the harm they cause and blocks a just fossil fuels phase-out. ⛔️

It allows foreign investors to sue governments when their actions are alleged to harm their investment.

Here's a stark example of why governments must dismantle it:

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Shell and ExxonMobil are suing the Dutch government for shutting down the Groningen gas field.

They want billions to compensate for their lost profits.

They want the public money that should be used to repair the damage they have caused.

The ISDS system needs to end: www.somo.nl/aftershock-i...

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🚨CIEL sounds the alarm: New #EUClimateLaw’s 90% target is climate action in name only. It leans on #FalseSolutions including international offsets, which lets polluters evade responsibility.

You can’t offset your way to a livable future!

🔴 The EU’s updated Climate Law falls short of delivering the real solutions needed to reach real zero.

The new proposal rely on international carbon offsets and #CDR — approaches that undermine climate ambition and delay real emission cuts.

Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...

🔴 The EU's Climate Law must not be a lifeline for polluters!

79 NGOs from Europe & beyond call on the EU to reject international offsets & risky #CDR in the Climate Law!

These false solutions delay #ClimateAction & harm vulnerable communities.

Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/st...