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Maria Maggiore

@maggiore.bsky.social

Reporter for Investigate Europe (IE) from Brussels and Italy. Former EuroparlTV, La Stampa, Radio Popolare. I love Europe, this is why I ask it every day to become better. Tips welcome: maggiore@investigate-europe.org

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Norwegians charged with corruption in oil deal revealed by Investigate Europe A transnational investigation has charged individuals and subsidiary of oil giant Petronor over dealings in Congo-Brazzaville

Two Norwegian nationals and a Petronor subsidiary have been charged over an oil deal Investigate Europe reported on.

The case is now part of a transnational probe involving authorities in Norway, France and the US. The oil fields are majority-owned by Perenco, a company we’ve tracked since 2022.

29.01.2026 11:08 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Lawyers file case against EU Commission and Council for 'failure to act' on Gaza genocide Lawyers specialising in international law will file an “action for failure to act” with the European Court of Justice on Thursday for the inaction of the EU Commission and Council in the massacres per...

For the first time, EU institutions face legal action for inaction on Gaza. Under Article 265 of the EU Treaty, lawyers from JURDI are taking the Commission & Council to court. Investigate Europe’s @maggiore.bsky.social reports for @euobserver.com.

Our work is part of the case → bit.ly/3RZcQ8I

15.07.2025 12:53 — 👍 19    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 0
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European Defence Fund millions benefiting Israeli state-owned drone manufacturer A European subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries is currently involved in 15 EU defence projects, including a multi-million euro drone development programme co-funded by European governments.

www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...

15.07.2025 07:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ricorso a Comm e Consiglio Ue cita, tra le altre prove, i 15 progetti del Fondo Europeo per la Difesa che la Comm tiene aperti con la società greca Intracom Defense, di proprietà dell'israeliana IAI, per sviluppare armi, come svelato da @investigate-europe.eu e @reportersunited.gr 👇

15.07.2025 07:18 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Sono stati approvati 17 pacchetti di sanzioni verso la Russia, il 18° è in discussione. "Non vogliamo punire Israele" ha detto Kaja Kallas all'ultimo Consiglio Affari esteri Ue. Ora la Giustizia deve fare la sua parte.

15.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

L'art 265 del Trattato Ue, impone a un'istituzione europea di agire per il rispetto di dir internazionale, dignità umana, diritti fondamentali.

15.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Lawyers file case against EU Commission and Council for 'failure to act' on Gaza genocide Lawyers specialising in international law will file an “action for failure to act” with the European Court of Justice on Thursday for the inaction of the EU Commission and Council in the massacres per...

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

15.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Gaza, il ricorso dei giuristi di Jurdi: “Ue complice di Israele: va processata” - Il Fatto Quotidiano La Commissione europea rischia un processo alla Corte di giustizia Ue per non aver impedito lo sterminio a Gaza. Mentre a Bruxelles si attende di sapere quali iniziative contro Israele Kaja Kallas, l’...

www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/a...

15.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I giuristi passano all'azione: giovedi parte il ricorso contro @EU_Commission e @EUCouncil per non-azione su #Gaza. Senza scomodare Convenzioni su genocidio, solo con Trattato Ue. Basta doppio standard con Russia. Oggi
@euobserver.com @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social @reportersunited.gr @publico.es 👇

15.07.2025 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

@mommunism.bsky.social
Please can you share the message for. Staff at Nasser Hospital?

11.07.2025 08:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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La France et l’Europe financent, sans le dire, l’industrie militaire israélienne Un projet de développement de drones militaires financé par l'Europe et sept gouvernements européens, dont la France, a obtenu, en mai 2024, un financement de 59 millions d’euros d'argent public. Pro...

Quand le ministère des armées de Lecornu et l'Europe co-financent le développement d'un drone-tueur au profit de la société d'armement d’État israélienne, salement impliquée à Gaza. Ma dernière enquête @investigate-europe.eu pour @disclosengo.bsky.social #Gaza #Eu

disclose.ngo/fr/article/l...

12.06.2025 06:47 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

grazie a @investigate-europe.eu @reportersunited.gr @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social @disclosemedia.bsky.social @euobserver.com @infolibre.es @maltepioti.bsky.social‬
@leilaminano.bsky.social‬

11.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

La Commissione finanzia 15 progetti di sviluppo di armi con società pubblica israeliana IAI. Sette lanciati dopo 7 ottobre. Rispetto del diritto internazionale, Carta diritti umani, UN Convention per Prevenzione genocidio? Niente, al Palazzo Berlyamont, business as usual. Oggi 👇

11.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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European Defence Fund millions benefiting Israeli state-owned drone manufacturer A European subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries is currently involved in 15 EU defence projects, including a multi-million euro drone development programme co-funded by European governments.

A European subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries is currently involved in 15 EU defence projects, including a multi-million euro drone development programme co-funded by European governments.

11.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 15    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 3

Uh!

05.03.2025 12:18 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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En pleine guerre en Ukraine, des milliers de composants Airbus et Boeing équipent l'aviation russe Trois ans après le début de l’invasion de l’Ukraine, la Russie importe du matériel aéronautique fabriqué par Airbus et Boeing, en dépit des sanctions internationales et du risque d’utilisation par l’a...

Trois ans après l’invasion de l’#Ukraine, la Russie importe des milliers de pièces aéronautiques Airbus et Boeing, en dépit des sanctions et du risque de détournement militaire. Notre enquête @investigate-eu.bsky.social est à lire chez @disclosengo.bsky.social 🧵
disclose.ngo/fr/article/e...

20.02.2025 10:06 — 👍 37    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 0
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Read the latest issue of Secrecy Tracker! The newsletter from Investigate Europe, @ftm.nl & @euobserver.com exposing how the EU institutions fail to fulfill their duty of transparency. This time, @hsc55.bsky.social reveals how secrecy erodes democratic accountability.

bit.ly/4jQmLn0

07.02.2025 08:27 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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🔥JOIN THE CALL: Open letter to EU institutions to safeguard EDPS’ independence — Digihumanism On Data Protection Day, Digihumanism, together with other experts in the field of data protection, artificial intelligence, EU law, fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, are calling EU in...

URGENT: EU Data Protection Supervisor risks being full of conflicts of interest, coming from the Commission to control the Commission. Please, sign this open letter to stop that. I did. @investigate-eu.bsky.social @reportersunited.gr @journalismarena.eu www.digihumanism.eu/publications...

29.01.2025 11:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Intelligence artificielle: la France ouvre la voie à la surveillance de masse en Europe. Une enquête coécrite par notre @leilaminano.bsky.social et @maggiore.bsky.social pour @investigate-eu.bsky.social et @disclosengo.bsky.social.

23.01.2025 11:56 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Nel testo finale è passata un'eccezione generale per le forze di polizia che potranno per TUTTE le loro indagini categorizzare gli individui sulla base dei loro segni distintivi. Acquisiti legalmente.. almeno.

23.01.2025 08:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Negoziati AI Act, 24/11/2023, Francia: "E' molto importante preservare la possibilità di ricercare una persona..che esprime un credo religioso o un'opinione politica, come l'indossare un distintivo o un accessorio, se coinvolta nell'estremismo violento o presenta un rischio terroristico”.

23.01.2025 08:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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France spearheads member state campaign to dilute European AI regulation Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investig...

The European Commission says the Artificial Intelligence Act will "create an AI ecosystem that benefits everyone." But internal docs obtained by Investigate Europe reveal France and others successfully lobbied for various loopholes, giving authorities greater powers to use AI-powered surveillance:

23.01.2025 07:09 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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France spearheads member state campaign to dilute European AI regulation Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investig...

This investigation was led by Investigate Europe reporters @maggiore.bsky.social, @leilaminano.bsky.social & @hsc55.bsky.social. The findings are published with our media partners across Europe: Disclose, Efsyn, EU Observer, Il Fatto Quotidiano, InfoLibre, Netzpolitik, Publico and Reporters United.

23.01.2025 07:09 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Παρακολουθήσεις Μητσοτάκη 2.0 - Αυτή τη φορά με AI Από τις 2 Φεβρουαρίου οι κυβερνήσεις της ΕΕ θα χρησιμοποιούν εργαλεία τεχνητής νοημοσύνης (ΑΙ) κατά των πολιτών τους σε δημόσιους χώρους.

Νέα αποκάλυψη!
🔸Παρακολουθήσεις #Μητσοτάκη με #AI
🔸Μη ενημέρωση ανεξάρτητων αρχών
🔸Τεχνολογίες αναγνώρισης προσώπων & συναισθημάτων

@investigate-eu.bsky.social @reportersunited.gr & ΕΦΣΥΝ
✍️ @ebersi.bsky.social @maggiore.bsky.social @leilaminano.bsky.social @boublis.bsky.social @hsc55.bsky.social

22.01.2025 15:35 — 👍 49    🔁 37    💬 1    📌 1
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France spearheaded successful effort to dilute EU AI regulation Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investigate...

Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investigate Europe reveal.

22.01.2025 06:20 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

La France ouvre la voie à la surveillance de masse en Europe. Mon enquête avec Maria Maggiore pour @investigate-eu.bsky.social et @disclosengo.bsky.social sur les négociations secrètes sur la loi européenne sur l'intelligence artificielle

22.01.2025 14:08 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0

Happy to have contributed to this very important work on the #AIAct exemptions and national lobbying by @investigate-eu.bsky.social

22.01.2025 11:24 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

- Intanto la "Tecnopolice" è sancita per legge. Evvai!

22.01.2025 09:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

- si aspetta il casus belli in qualche paese per portare l'AI Act alla Corte di Giustizia europea;

22.01.2025 09:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

- Ong e esperti legali pensano che la prima legge europea sull'AI vada contro una montagna di diritti fondamentali: non rispetto del diritto all'anonimatoe all'oblio, diritto di manifestare liberamente, diritto a un giusto processo, presunzione di innocenza..

22.01.2025 09:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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