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Francesca Colli

@fscolli.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University & Associate Research Fellow at the Egmont Institute, Brussels. I research and teach NGOs and environmental and climate policy in Europe. she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Francesca Colli@fscolli.bsky.social · last yr.

New article out with @franziskapetri.bsky.social in @jei-publication.bsky.social. We look at how and why EU Delegations - the EU's 'embassies' - engage with civil society organisations in third countries in climate diplomacy. 🇪🇺🌏 doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Partners for the climate? How and why EU Delegations engage with civil society organisations in climate diplomacy

European Union (EU) Delegations play an important role in implementing the EU’s climate diplomacy ambitions, representing the EU’s values and interests around the globe, and promoting ambitious cli...

doi.org

Mike Walker@maerkelig.bsky.social · 2y ago

“From Commission staffers “depressed” to see years of work being speedily undone, to Cabinet officials straining for influence under von der Leyen’s centralized working style, the speed and top-down nature of the new deregulation drive has transparency alarm bells ringing in Brussels.” 🤦🏽

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 2y ago

Ursula von der Leyen has begun her second term as European Commission president with a lightning-fast deregulation drive — and almost no one in Brussels knew about it until it was already happening.

Francesca Colli@fscolli.bsky.social · 2y ago

In case we needed any more evidence that the simplification omnibus was a poorly-disguised excuse for member states and corporations to delay implementing due diligence rules ⬇️

WWF EU@wwf.eu · 2y ago

Climate change doesn’t pause – neither do human rights.🌱 As France joins Germany in pushing the EU to make hasty & irrational decisions and delay laws protecting EU citizens, we emphasise: ❗Less corporate reporting & due diligence doesn’t mean fewer problems, but fewer solutions tinyurl.com/cfpxt3tb

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 2y ago

🌏CEO's @kennethhaar.bsky.social & Hans van Scharen op-ed sounding the alarm re the Commission's latest attack on NGOs to prevent EU funds being used for "advocacy". 💰Leaving the space clear for corporate lobbyists – who already vastly outnumber and outspend public interest groups in EU lobbying.

Defunding NGOs that lobby the EU will be profoundly undemocratic

The EU Commission’s new policy guidelines state EU money can no longer be used for civil society’s advocacy work. It’s clear this could have a huge impact, not just for so-called ‘green NGOs’, but for...

euobserver.com

Francesca Colli@fscolli.bsky.social · 2y ago

A commentary I wrote about climate advocacy under the second Von der Leyen Commission. Even more relevant with recent news about the restriction on lobbying activities by EU-funded NGOs.

Egmont Institute@egmontinstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @fscolli.bsky.social "Climate Policy Integration and Von der Leyen 2.0: Climate Advocacy in Changing Time" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 👉 bit.ly/3BnIDFe #ClimateChange #GreenDeal #ClimatePolicy #ClimateAction #EUPolitics #EU #GreenTransition #Advocacy #FrancescaColli #Environment #Economy

Kira Taylor@kirataylor.bsky.social · 2y ago

❗️Key dates for people following competitiveness, climate and energy from the Commission's indicative agenda: - 15.01.25 Competitiveness Compass - 26.02.25 Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus simplification package

Iskander De Bruycker@iskanderdebruycker.bsky.social · 2y ago

A sad decision for green NGOs: The European Commission is restricting €5.4 billion in LIFE funds for lobbying activities. This echoes anti-green positions pushed by VDL’s center-right EPP, limiting the influence of environmental groups on EU policy.👇 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Commission tells NGOs EU money is not for lobbying

A €5.4 billion fund for green projects can no longer be spent on lobbying, says Commission.

politico.eu

Mike Walker@maerkelig.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lowering the level of protection for #wolves 🐺 in the 🇪🇺 would be a purely cynical ploy to win political favour, baseless and unscientific, it would be clearly positioning the EU on the wrong side of #history - apex predators are such an important part of any healthy #ecosystem, ask a 🦈

NGOs, experts make last push to uphold wolf protection status

While NGOs claim that the decision to lower the protection of wolves is unlawful and led the EU Ombudsman to open an investigation, experts have been called to oppose the proposal by 30 November.

euractiv.com