Dear @politico.eu @gabrielgavin.bsky.social @maxgriera.bsky.social if you copy @ftm.eu reporting, it'd be nice to mention the original source
"After the raids, Huawei was formally blacklisted from lobbying EU officials and suspended from membership in the tech industry’s flagship association, Digital Europe. Yet other Brussels players, such as the thinktank Bruegel and [CERRE], have kept Huawei on as a paying corporate member."
A year ago, the Huaweigate scandal rocked Brussels.
But the prosecution of MEPs allegedly involved has hit a few roadblocks - including an embarrassing mistake by Belgian authorities:
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
I increasingly feel that illustrating real research (of any kind) with AI images is a mismatch. If your findings are real, don't show fake pictures with them.
Bravo!
Nicht immer so dyspeptisch, Herr Kollege.
This is myopic. Obviously the situation in Iran is dire, but that does not mean any change is for the better. After Saddam was toppled, Iraq descended into sectarian civil war. All I am saying is - think of the consequences. Trump has no game plan.
That is not my claim, not even implicitly. I just think what happened is a reckless gamble that has killed civilians and risked peace for a completely unpredictable outcome.
I think you can well imagine how this war will turn into a total disaster, too. I haven't heard any convincing theory how removing Khamenei, however call there might be, would lead to a more stable or democratic Iran. Have you?
Die Stadthalle hat laut ihrer Umwelterklärung "diverse Radabstellplätze in unmittelbarer Umgebung".
Aus Sicht der Stadt Wien handelt es sich dabei aber um eine geheime Info. Denn während das Dokument ungeschwärzt im Internet steht, wurde die Passage in einer Antwort auf meine IFG-Anfrage geschwärzt.
Es war kurz nach 6 Uhr früh am Ende eines langen Nachtdienstes, war etwas schlafdepriviert und habe aus dem Bauch entschieden. 😁
Eine Richtlinie gab es zumindest damals nicht.
Der Castro-Blitz war ich
International law is perhaps not the point. Saddam was toppled, but what came after was a steep price to pay.
Nice scoop!
I'd be interested in hearing more about that. Find me at alexander.fanta@ftm.nl
Can MAGA stop Europe’s Big Tech crackdown? Trump allies are ramping up pressure on the EU’s tech laws. The U.S. imposed visa bans on NGO leaders and a former EU commissioner. Congress wants NGOs to hand over documents. If watchdogs are silenced, Europe’s ability to hold Big Tech accountable weakens.
MAGA's war on European civil society is escalating. Visa bans for NGO leaders and former EU officials, plus congressional demands for documents - it's all about undermining the Digital Services Act to protect Big Tech.
If Europe doesn't push back hard, "the law is dead."
www.ftm.eu/articles/tru...
Who cares if Trump & his allies attack a few European NGOs?, you might ask.
You're wrong. We are seeing a campaign that doesn't just hurt a few NGOs. It strikes at the heart of the EU's tech laws, and European sovereignty.
Inside MAGAs quiet campaign to undermine the EU:
www.ftm.eu/articles/tru...
Puzzling as I would have assumed that moderating illegal content under the DSA is more time-consuming and potentially troublesome to a platform than TOS moderation. It must have another reason, such as an ideological one as you mentioned.
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀: the EU attends Trump’s Gaza initiative after our reporting on the Tony Blair Institute’s lobbying, four years after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, the conflict endures – as does our scrutiny – and a Dutch government-backed report challenges EU migration plans.
Also, a big shoutout to @lucasamin.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale and @lighthousereports.com with whom we cooperated on this story.
A lobby success for Blair, one can surmise. But who funds the bill?
Support @ftm.eu while we dig deeper into this story.
Lo and behold, Blair's institute did indeed meet with Commission officials in Munich days before the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, a spokesperson told Follow the Money. And indeed, the day our story published, the Commission announced Suica would attend Trump's shindig.
Last week, we scooped that Tony Blair's institute had lobbied the EU Commission to take a role in post-war reconstruction of Gaza under the mantle of Trump's Board of Peace. Blair's people pushed for a meeting with the EU's commissioner for the Mediterranean, Croatian Dubrovka Suica.
This is Reuters footage of Tony Blair arriving at this year's Munich Security Conference.
All eyes are on Orbán’s main challenger for Hungary’s premiership, Péter Magyar. What does he stand for? Our research shows his party Tisza maintains an ambiguous voting record on Russia and rule-of-law — the two issues driving disputes between Orbán and the EU.
Am Aschermittwoch!!!
It’s now official: the EU will attend Trump’s Board of Peace. But what about the lobbying behind it?
Yesterday, we revealed via an internal Commission document obtained through FOI that representatives of the Tony Blair Institute urged the EU to join, saying it “should not be shy.”
News update: The EU announced that Commissioner Suica, who Tony Blair wanted to meet according to the document we obtained, has agreed to join the first meeting of the "Board of Peace". No sh*t. Their lobbying actually worked!
Our publication partner Democracy for Sale has a longer story including some background from within TBI about their lobbying on Gaza and the Board of Peace (HT
@lucasamin.bsky.social ) - find their excellent reporting here:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...
