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Freelance Journalist & Podcast Maker - Brussels Based @ Follow the Money EU | Brusselse Nieuwe | Euperspectives

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European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 24/09/2025 · 19m

Ep.11 of the @ftm.eu podcast: European companies are plundering Senegal's seas. Local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. The culprit? European fishing companies. With livelihoods disappearing, many young West-Africans see no option but to migrate to Europe. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

24.09.2025 09:16 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Podcast | Meloni's €70-million migration fiasco When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ran her election campaign in 2022, she promised a bold solution to Italy’s migration issues: building offshore migrant centres in Albania. But three years la...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to solve Italy’s migration challenges by building offshore migrant centres in Albania to process asylum seekers. Three years on, the hubs are half-empty, construction costs have ballooned into millions and courts keep stalling progress.

17.09.2025 09:19 — 👍 6    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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Meloni's €70 million migration fiasco Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 17/09/2025 · 24m

In ep.10 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist James Imam tells us all about Meloni's €70M migration fiasco: alleged human rights abuses, half-empty hubs, ballooning costs and legal chaos.

"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"

17.09.2025 07:34 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Von der Leyen’s secret texts with Pfizer Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 10/09/2025 · 24m

In 2021, von der Leyen texted Pfizer’s CEO ahead of a multi-billion € vaccine deal. When @alexfanta.bsky.social
asked to see the texts, the Commission refused. In episode #9 of the @ftm.eu podcast, we unpack #Pfizergate with @lise-witteman.bsky.social
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11.09.2025 05:56 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Daniel Křetínský is a Czech billionaire businessman who built his fortune on coal – all the while receiving hundreds of millions of euros for green subsidies from the EU. In our latest podcast episode, journalists Hazel Sheffield and Sofia Cherici unpick his vast empire: www.ftm.nl/s/50a39

08.09.2025 07:38 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Interview | Anne-Marijke Podt (D66) over koerswijziging op migratie: inspiratie uit Canada, maar een-op-een toepassen in Europa kan niet - Brusselse Nieuwe D66 wil migratie hervormen met een systeem naar Canadees model: legale routes, minder bootvluchtelingen. Anne-Marijke Podt legt uit wat dit voor asielzoekers en Europa betekent.

Veilige routes vergroten, gevaarlijke overtochten beperken – naar het Canadese voorbeeld. Dat is de verkiezingsinzet van @d66.nl op migratie. Maar kan dat wel in Europa? Voor @brusselsenieuwe.bsky.social sprak ik met @annemarijke.bsky.social over de nieuwe migratiekoers van haar partij:

28.08.2025 14:12 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Record number of corporate lawsuits target climate action in controversial tribunal Behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., fossil fuel and mining companies are suing governments over lost profits. Follow the Money has analysed how a system built to protect foreign investors poses a...

2025 is a record-breaking year for claims filed by fossil fuel and mining firms against democratic policies – marking a grim milestone in a surge of polluting industries seeking compensation for lost profits via a secretive tribunal.

For @ftm.eu with contributions by ao @anilyilmaz.bsky.social

28.08.2025 07:43 — 👍 194    🔁 96    💬 3    📌 8
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Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels found a very different story. Watch the full episode here: www.ftm.nl/s/f37b9

27.08.2025 13:33 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs
YouTube video by Follow the Money EU How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

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26.08.2025 08:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

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26.08.2025 06:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 26/08/2025 · 30m

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26.08.2025 06:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast | How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, Follow the Money journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wet...

🎙️ Episode #7 of the @ftm.eu podcast:
After the @eppgroup.bsky.social claimed Brussels was secretly funding green lobbyists, @lise-witteman.bsky.social & Hans Wetzels uncovered a very different story.

The EPP is scapegoating NGOs as it backpedals on the Green Deal.

🔗 www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

26.08.2025 06:36 — 👍 23    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0
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When French distributors faced a crop shortage, they used cheap Spanish bulk wine and falsely labeled it as Vin de France. Watch our latest podcast episode to find out how this "solution” quickly became one of the biggest wine frauds in recent years: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

21.08.2025 14:52 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Podcast | Bottled lies: Europe’s wine industry is tainted by fraud The bottle of wine on your dinner table might not be what it claims. Journalists Barnaby Eales and Dominique Mesmin took a deep dive into how fraudsters sold millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine, p...

Your “French” wine might not be French at all. 🍷 In episode #6 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist & wine connoisseur Barnaby Eales dives into how fraudsters passed off millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine as premium French bottles.
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19.08.2025 12:54 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Forever chemicals are everywhere, even in our drinking water. And they're not going anywhere.

In this episode of FTM The Podcast, hosts Emma du Chatinier and Alexander Fanta discuss the risks of these chemicals with physicist Thomas Goorden.

Watch the full episode here: lnkd.in/dyXYyACc

18.08.2025 16:13 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Are EU health laws purely based on scientific evidence? In the case of ‘forever chemicals’ in our drinking water, industry lobbying appears to have influenced the EU to weaken vital regulation of a to... TikTok video by Follow the Money EU

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14.08.2025 10:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The corporate campaign to weaken Europe’s fight against forever chemicals Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 12/08/2025 · 25m

In episode #5 of the @ftm.eu podcast, investigative journalist Thomas Goorden reveals how the EU — swayed by industry lobbying — is disregarding alarming levels of “forever chemicals” in our food and drinking water:
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12.08.2025 08:04 — 👍 0    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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How a vulture capitalist quietly took over Europe’s festival scene Follow the Money: The Podcast · Episode

Episode #4 of the @ftm.eu Podcast with @henkwillem.bsky.social and @salsabilfayed.bsky.social: How a vulture capitalist that profits from stolen Palestinian land got a hold of Europe's festivals, @boilerroom.tv, and many more cultural spaces. open.spotify.com/episode/5Vpb...

05.08.2025 06:36 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Western oil tankers that fund Putin's war Follow the Money: The Podcast · Episode

Episode #3 of the Follow the Money podcast is out now! @birteschohaus.bsky.social tells us how Western shipowners have made billions by selling rusty oil tankers to Russia’s shadow fleet — helping Putin dodge sanctions and fund his war in Ukraine.

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30.07.2025 08:35 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Shein calls itself sustainable, but can a fast-fashion empire truly be eco-friendly? Listen to the full story in the first episode of Follow the Money: The Podcast. #ftm #followthemoney #europe #shein... TikTok video by Follow the Money EU

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25.07.2025 08:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Podcast | Inside the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels
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22.07.2025 07:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 22/07/2025 · 29m

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22.07.2025 07:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels Follow the Money: The Podcast · Episode

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22.07.2025 07:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Podcast | Inside the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels The Huawei corruption scandal has cast a long shadow over Brussels. Several individuals have been charged over allegations that lobbyists for the Chinese tech giant bribed members of the European Pa...

A new episode of the @ftm_eu podcast is out! @alexfanta and @simonvandorpe unpack the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels.

Available on FTM.EU, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts 👉
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22.07.2025 07:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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Podcast | Shein’s toxic business model Millions of people across Europe buy their clothes on the fast fashion app Shein. But the Chinese company’s aggressive tactics for recruiting users have attracted the attention of European regulators....

Who really pulls the strings in Europe? In our brand new podcast we uncover the hidden players shaping the continent. In the first episode, out now, we dive into the toxic tactics of fast fashion giant Shein. Reporter Yara van Heugten reveals how the Chinese app may be losing its shine.

15.07.2025 06:53 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Podcast | Shein’s toxic business model Millions of people across Europe buy their clothes on the fast fashion app Shein. But the Chinese company’s aggressive tactics for recruiting users have attracted the attention of European regulators....

Big news! @ftm.eu has launched a podcast, with @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social and yours truly as co-hosts.

Our first episode zooms in on Shein’s toxic business model. Tune in for free:
www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

15.07.2025 06:26 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 1
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Wiersma in Brussel: “De wind waait positief voor Nederland” - Brusselse Nieuwe De nieuwe Landbouwvisie van Eurocommissaris Hansen, die hij in februari presenteerde, werd vandaag besproken in Brussel. "De wind waait positief voor Nederland”, stelde de aanwezige Nederlandse Landbo...

De nieuwe Landbouwvisie van Eurocommissaris Hansen, werd vandaag besproken in Brussel. “De wind waait positief voor Nederland”, stelde de aanwezige Nederlandse Landbouwminister Femke Wiersma (BBB) na afloop van de Raad voor Landbouw en Visserij.
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24.03.2025 17:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Veiligheid & Defensie | Over wat oorlog en hybride oorlogsvoering op het Europese continent voor Nederland betekent – Brusselse Nieuwe

Europese #defensie staat op een kruispunt. 800 miljard investeringen, steun voor Oekraïne en groeiende zorgen over de VS.

In mijn nieuwsbrief Defensie & #Veiligheid duik ik in de #EU defensieplannen en wat ze voor Nederland betekenen. Abonneren kan hier 👇

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14.03.2025 09:40 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Nieuw corruptie­schandaal Europees Parlement: invallen bij lobbyisten van Huawei In een grootschalig corruptieonderzoek naar het Chinese Huawei deed de Belgische politie donderdagochtend invallen in woningen van lobbyisten van het techbedrijf. Ze worden onder meer verdacht van het...

BREAKING: De Belgische politie viel vanochtend binnen bij woningen van Huawei-lobbyisten in een grootschalig corruptieonderzoek. Zij zouden Europarlementariërs hebben omgekocht om Huawei’s belangen te behartigen. In totaal werden 21 adressen doorzocht. #HuaweiGate

13.03.2025 08:31 — 👍 56    🔁 18    💬 3    📌 2
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Hoe Huawei’s lobby voor 5G ontspoorde Ooit was de Chinese telecomgigant Huawei verzekerd van een plek in Europese telefoonnetwerken en broekzakken. Maar het succes verbleekte toen Europa zich zorgen ging maken over mogelijke spionage. In ...

Luxe reizen, cadeaus en mogelijk contant geld in ruil voor publieke steun voor Huawei. Belgische autoriteiten verdenken de lobbyisten van het omkopen van Europarlementariërs. FTM onthult hoe Huawei via slimme connecties en gerichte lobbycampagnes in Europa invloed vergaarde. #HuaweiGate

13.03.2025 09:31 — 👍 35    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 3

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