☑️ We pay. ❌ They don’t. Why? 👀 Any guess who "they" are? Find out who - sign up here👇🏾 forms.gle/jwmY5ASNaBof...

🔥 Europe is burning. Yet @eib.org is loaning hundreds of millions of Euros to ENI, an oil major, to convert refineries into biofuels. We wrote to the EIB, explaining why this is a dangerous step that endangers the climate and communities. Read our letter 👇 www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2026/civil-s...

📢 We're hiring! Counter Balance is looking for a Junior Policy and Advocacy Officer to join our team. If you're passionate about public finance, climate action and social justice, this could be the role for you. See the full job description: counter-balance.org/uploads/file...

Do you know what the Social and Green EIB campaign is about? 👀 The campaign is led by Counter Balance and supported by 15 organisations. Together, we want the @eib.org to serve people and the planet 🪴🌏, instead of corporate interests 💸

#Mining sites and/or infrastructure could be financed by EIB & other European public investors in #Haiti #GlobalGateway. Will they pay attention to the high risks of corruption, human rights violations, and environmental pollution? counter-balance.org/news/blog/pr...

Promoting European investments but not debate: the case of Haiti and Global Gateway - Counter Balance

On 29th June 2026, Haiti hosted its first Global Gateway Business Forum. Global Gateway is the new ideology of the European Union to support the ‘sustainable development’ projects of European multinat...

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How can Europe tackle the climate crisis while making everyday life more affordable? 🎙️ In today’s #EUWatchdogRadio episode, Marilisa Marigliano and Frank Vanaerschot from Counter Balance discuss why affordable housing, clean energy and public transport should be at the heart of public investments.

🌍 Europe is facing another energy crisis driven by its dependence on fossil fuels — while millions already struggle with rising costs. Shielding societies from these crises requires stronger public investment tackling decarbonisation and affordability together 👇🧵

The EU and big business want access to lithium, copper, cobalt, and much more. 🌍 But do you know who is bearing the costs of this? Well.. communities, mainly in the Global South, who are rarely given a real say over mining projects on their own land. ⛏️❌

📢 Counter Balance, together with 14 civil society organisations, has sent a joint letter to the @eib.org on the implementation of the second phase of the Climate Bank Roadmap. Here’s what we call for 🧵👇

🌎 ¿Qué es el #GlobalGateway y cómo afecta a América Latina y el Caribe? Lanzaremos un manual para personas formadoras sobre el Global Gateway. 📖 ¡Únete a nosotros el 11 de junio a las 16:00 CEST a través del enlace!" 🌐 En español 👉 ¡Regístrate y comparte! buff.ly/qsCBnO9

Lanzamiento del Manual Sobre Global Gateway Para Personas Formadoras

NB: El evento se desarrollará integramente en español.Regístrese a través del enlace.CIDSE Contacto: Susana Hernández Torres, Responsable de Regulación Corporativa, CIDSE (h

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📢 Our 2025 Activity Report is out! Throughout 2025, Counter Balance pushed for European public finance to serve people and the planet instead of corporate interests. Read it here 👇 counter-balance.org/publications...

Activity Report 2025 - Counter Balance

Today, Counter Balance launches its 2025 Activity Report,  a year-in-review of our work challenging European public finance to serve people and the planet, not corporate interests. In 2025, we coordin...

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🌍 ¿Qué implica el Global Gateway para América Latina? Te invitamos al webinario sobre el Manual para personas formadoras elaborado por @counter-balance.bsky.social , CIDSE y la Red EU-LAT. 📅 11 de junio | 🕓 16h (CEST) 🔗 Inscripciones: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The @eib.org is about to approve its new Complaints Mechanism Policy. Together with 20 civil society organisations, we reviewed the draft and shared recommendations to strengthen accountability and transparency. 👇 Read more in the joint comments: bankwatch.org/publication/...

The EIB funds massive projects worldwide, and when those projects harm communities, people can file a complaint to its Complaints Mechanism. Its rules are currently being reviewed. Some wins: ✅ More independence ✅ Clearer procedures ✅ Early dispute resolution tool But communities still need more.

After channelling taxpayer money into Paragon spyware, the EIF announced yesterday at the European Parliament it will stop funding non-EU spyware companies. But the new policy does not resolve the main problem — EU-based spyware companies remain eligible for funding. ⚠️💻🔎

The @ec.europa.eu @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social understand workers' income is squeezed We have an economic/ social/ #publicservicesemergency We need measures to go with it End austerity, promote higher wages & pensions Invest in public services @neweconomics.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's great that the EU finally recognised the #PublicServicesEmergency. But if it's an emergency, first stop the #austerity. The #Commission must show that "#emergency" is not a rhetoric; now it's time for action. 📣Suspend the Stability and Growth Pact.

In April, the European Parliament voted on its annual report on the control of the financial activities of the @eib.org Group for 2024. 🏦🇪🇺 Check out Counter Balance’s latest blog about it, highlighting its key contractions 👇

A European parliamentary report on the EIB riddled with contradictions: Untangling The Bad, the Ugly, and even some Good - Counter Balance

In April, the European Parliament (EP) discussed and voted on its annual report on the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group for 2024. The report welcomes the...

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🎙️ In today’s EU Watchdog Radio episode, Marilisa Marigliano from Counter Balance, speaks with Laëtitia Sédou, EU Project Manager at the European Network Against Arms Trade, about how public finance is being mobilised to serve militarisation.

The EP voted for a bigger Global Europe — EUR 225bn. This is the right signal on scale, given rising development needs, deepening fragilities, and the climate challenge. Now the question is what the money is actually for.

🔴 ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an attempt to silence its representatives. 👇 www.recommon.org/en/new-slapp...

New SLAPP lawsuit by ENI against ReCommon over licences awarded to the fossil fuel multinational in Palestinian waters. The organization: “This is yet another attempt to silence us; we will not back d...

Rome, April 15, 2026 – ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an

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Have you registered yet? ❓ Tomorrow at Buen Vivir: celebrate TWO big wins 🎉 🚫 No more public money for fossil fuels 🚫 No funding for a deadly gas project in Mozambique Let’s learn the tactics behind this successful campaign and explore how these lessons can be applied to other campaigns.

Today, Librex, Rethinking Economics ULB, and Revue politique are hosting the conference ‘Belfius: Who Benefits from privatisation? 🎤🏦 The aim is to examine the government’s plan to privatise the Belgian state-owned bank, Belfius 🇧🇪 📅 9 April 🕖 7:00 PM 📍 Paul Hatry Lecture Theatre (R42.4.402)

(1/3) 💸💣 Defence spending is having its moment. In the EU, military budgets are growing fast and with little public debate about where the money comes from or what it funds. The @eib.org is playing its part. 🧵👇

Billions are being shifted away from fossil fuels, and that’s worth celebrating 🎉 ✅ The UK ended public finance for fossil fuel projects abroad. ✅ Millions were stopped from funding a harmful LNG project in Mozambique 🎉 Join us in the celebration: bit.ly/4sFaC8G

70 organisations have written to MEPs asking them to vote against the #PCIlist proposal for a new generation of hydrogen and fossil fuel pipelines. We call on the Commission to draw up an electricity-only list of projects to avoid fossil fuel lock-in. www.foodandwatereurope.org/wp-content/u...

Scandal alert! 🖋️ VDL has officially declined to meet the people. While she’s busy with the industry, she has declined the 270+ groups waiting for her. We’re withholding our ball because we don't talk to empty chairs. Stay tuned: the ton isn't going anywhere, and we have a lot to say about this snub.

📣 270+ organisations gathered. A ballroom prepared. And the Guest of Honour? She has declined the dance. 👀 It seems @vonderleyen only has eyes for her industrial suitors. 😱 The @EU_Commission has officially refused to meet the people. #AntwerpCounterSummit A scandal, truly.

🇪🇺🏦 A new blog on the @eib.org Forum 2026 is out! For three days, bankers, ministers and CEOs from big companies discussed Europe’s investment future. But behind the panels, speeches and networking, something else was happening: contracts were being signed.

🌍⚖️ The @eib.org claims to be the Climate Bank. But financing fossil-linked infrastructure and companies while ignoring international legal obligations tells a different story. We joined 14 CSOs in demanding the EIB act NOW. Read the letter👇

🌍🤝 At the recent EIBF Forum, “win-win partnerships” dominated discussions around EIB Global. Yet the focus remained largely on advancing EU commercial interests, supply chains and strategic priorities, raising questions about whose interests are shaping development finance. 🇪🇺💰 More below 👇

Devex@devex.com · 5mo ago

Development leaders framed Europe as a defender of climate action and multilateralism in an increasingly fragmented development landscape.