Brussels bubble: "the US is pulling ahead, the EU is lagging behind and must deregulate to remain competitive"

Reality:

YouTube video by Robert Reich Food Stamp Fraud, Debunked

Trump is launching us into what could be another costly and deadly forever war.

Meanwhile, he and Republicans are making devastating cuts to food assistance programs that help millions of people.

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

»Meloni versteht es, Macht klug einzusetzen.«, Maike Albath, Blätter-Podcast

Italien stimmt Ende März über eine umstrittene Justizreform ab. Dies könnte zum Einfallstor für politische Einflussnahme auf die Staatsanwaltschaft werden. Die geplanten Reformen unter Meloni beleuchtet Maike Albath 👉 www.blaetter.de/podcast

“The Secret Agent”: Kleber Mendonça Filho on His Oscar-Nominated Film Set During Brazil’s Dictatorship The Secret Agent is one of the most celebrated international films of the year. It has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. The film stars Wagner Moura and is set in ...

The Secret Agent, which has been nominated for four Oscars, is set in Brazil in 1977 during the final years of the military dictatorship. We speak with the film’s director and screenwriter, Kleber Mendonça Filho.

As we mark #IWD2026 and engage in #CSW70, we’re putting women’s access to justice in the world of work at the centre.

✊ Unions defend freedom of association & collective bargaining
🌍 Trade must serve people before profit
🕊️ Safe & healthy workplaces are a fundamental right

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What is not legal offline should not be legal online.

Violence against women in the digital sphere is not an isolated phenomenon: it is simply offline patriarchy amplified by a screen.

@linagalvez.eu

The Spaniards are right to be angry.

🚨 The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act #IAA is finally out:

🚘 The result of heavy lobbying, led by the steel + car industries (Séjourné's door was always open)

🏭 Claims to promote the green transition, but really is about slashing permitting rules that protect people + nature.

Expect ⬆️ pollution 💨

EU’s Simplification Saga Set to Continue Despite Legal Warnings | Agricultural and Rural Convention Lawyers have declared it unlawful. The EU’s watchdog has found maladministration. And yet it’s full steam ahead for the EU’s simplification train – or ‘omnibus’, to be more precise. As one simplificat...

Full steam ahead for the #Omnibus despite warning from @ombudsman.europa.eu 😤
@natashafoote.bsky.social simplifies the #deregulation saga for us
www.arc2020.eu/eus-simplifi...
@clienteartheur.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @alemanno.bsky.social @paneurope.bsky.social @umwelthilfe.bsky.social

Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns

Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns

✍️ Anna Hubert et Anca Gurzu

Austrian union Vida @oegb.bsky.social organised second #strike action in Ordens hospitals

Workers want a decent pay rise and measures to deal with stress and staffing shortages

Success and #solidarity

You deserve that higher pay and those better conditions

@epsu.bsky.social

Ein internationales Gremium sollte Ungleichheit bekämpfen Gegen globale Ungleichheit hilft nur Zusammenarbeit. Europa sollte ein internationales Gremium für Ungleichheit unterstützen.

Gegen globale Ungleichheit hilft nur Zusammenarbeit. Europa sollte ein internationales Gremium für Ungleichheit unterstützen.

Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative calling for a European social media platform Today, the European Commission has registered a European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI), entitled ‘European Public Social Network\'.\nThe initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legisla...

@ec.europa.eu registers European Citizens' Initiative calling for a European social media platform that “would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight” ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Algeria: Free jailed trade unionist Ali Mammeri now Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

Algeria: Free jailed trade unionist Ali Mammeri now bit.ly/free-ali-mam...

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Many thanks ! And thanks to the EFJ contribution to the report

Iran Crisis Proves Europe Cannot Delay Its Industrial Transformation The US–Israeli strikes on Iran lay bare every fault line in Europe's energy dependence, industrial fragility, and strategic exposure — and demand an immediate policy response.

Driven by corporate lobbying and conservative leadership, the @ec.europa.eu is driving ideologically for deregulation--just when the #polycrisis demands public investment in, and an industrial policy for, a Europe which can offer a safe haven in a troubled world: www.socialeurope.eu/iran-crisis-...

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

NEW: Researchers at Google and @iverify.bsky.social discovered a set of iPhone-hacking techniques that has the characteristics of hacking tools made for the US gov't. Apple patched the 23 vulnerabilities in its latest version of iOS. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/coruna...

We’re a coalition of 50+ organizations challenging the power of Amazon: the corporation posing the single greatest threat to our economy and democracy today. The company is a symptom of billionaires hoarding wealth and power at everyone else’s expense.

UN chief warns of Israeli-made humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid war on Iran Crossings have been shut since Saturday as the displaced population of Gaza remains dependent on humanitarian aid.

Israel’s closure of most of Gaza’s border crossings is forcing humanitarian organizations to ration life-saving supplies and fuel, putting hospital operations and water and sanitation services at risk of closure.

What the 2022 energy crisis taught us about inflation — and why it matters now with Iran

Commissie wil Europese industrie stimuleren – maar wat is Europees? Door een Made in Europe-eis te stellen aan uitgaven van publiek geld, wil de Europese Commissie kritieke sectoren beschermen.

Commissie wil Europese industrie stimuleren – maar wat is Europees?

Brussels Airport cancels departing passenger flights on 12 March due to national strike No passenger flights will depart from Brussels Airport on 12 March because of the national trade union demonstration taking place in Brussels that...

Brussels Airport cancels departing passenger flights on 12 March due to national strike

Qui veut la peau de la lanceuse d'alerte ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE Lourdement sanctionnée pour avoir dénoncé de potentiels détournements de fonds publics, Houria Aouimeur, reconnue par plusieurs instances comme lanceuse d'alerte, s'est heurtée à un mur judiciaire. Re...

Sanctionnée pour avoir dénoncé de potentiels détournements de fonds publics, Houria Aouimeur, reconnue comme lanceuse d'alerte, s'est heurtée à un mur judiciaire ⤵️

What impact would omnibus measures have on workers? Thanks to @foeeurope.bsky.social, the #deregulator simulator shows the one-two punch of big business lobbying!

Will the Commission continue their capitulation to corporate interests? Or will they reverse course and side with European citizens?

🕵️ Ist das der Durchbruch im Kampf gegen #Finanzkriminalität? Am Mittwoch hat die Bundesregierung einen Aktionsplan gegen Organisierte Kriminalität und Finanzkriminalität vorgelegt. Kriminellen Netzwerken soll es künftig konsequent ans Geld gehen. Ermittlungsbehörden bekommen dafür mehr Befugnisse. ⬇️

Une fois encore, le Rassemblement national a investi aux municipales des dizaines de candidats ayant tenu des propos xénophobes, sexistes ou homophobes. Le parti d’extrême droite continue pourtant de se prétendre intransigeant vis-à-vis de ses membres problématiques.

Accès libre 🟢 | Le RN n’a toujours pas fait le ménage dans ses rangs

Une fois encore, le Rassemblement national a investi aux municipales des dizaines de candidats ayant tenu des propos xénophobes, sexistes ou homophobes.

Recensement sur les têtes de liste 👉‍ www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

🌐 Today is #WorldObesityDay

- 3 billion people
- 400 million school-aged children
- 1.7 million premature deaths from NCDs/year

📃More details: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...

📈 Infographic: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Learn more about the "Roadmap for Eradicating #Poverty Beyond Growth" - our decisive break from growth-at-all-costs in the name of poverty eradication - and register to follow next month's conference at which it will be presented (22 April): www.neep-poverty.org