"The paper trail is striking. Once again, we can trace pesticide-industry demands into the Omnibus proposals and parliamentary amendments, in some cases almost word for word", @nina-holland.bsky.social , CEO researcher. The committee vote is 5 November. There is still time.

🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇

Food & Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby | Corporate Europe Observatory

The pesticide lobby’s dirty fingers are all over the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. Omnibus X is paving the way for the dismantling of EU pesticide regulations by allowing harmful pesticides to remain in u...

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Eine Unternehmensgründung für unter 100 €, vollständig digital, kein Mindestkapital: so plant die EU-Kommission die #EUInc. Für Startups vielversprechend. Für Branchen, die jetzt schon mit Briefkastenfirmen, #Sozialbetrug und Subunternehmerketten zu kämpfen haben, weniger: ➡️ igbau.de/EU-Inc.-neue...

💥 Ever wondered why it is so hard to kick the global addiction to toxic pesticides? Check this webinar that will provide answers: 'Toxic Dependency: How Agrochemicals Lock-In Food System Vulnerability' Organised by @futureoffood.bsky.social Register here: futureoffood.org/events/webin...

Report Launch—Toxic Dependency: How Agrochemicals Lock-In Food System Vulnerability

Join us for a webinar launching Toxic Dependency, exploring how agrochemicals drive food systems vulnerability and pathways toward resilient alternatives.

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The EU Commission is pushing its #EUInc proposal through at record speed But when it comes to #transparency about meetings with #lobbyists re this disputed law, the Commission uses delay tactics We complained, and today the Commission informed us they're delaying their response to our complaint 🤯

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 3w ago

The EU Commission wants to push its #EUInc proposal through decision-making at record speed But when it comes to #transparency about meetings with #lobbyists about this controversial law, the Commission uses delay tactics 🐌🐢🤔 We've filed a complaint ⬇️ @ec.europa.eu www.asktheeu.org/request/meet...

Diego Marins appell mot Palantir forrige uke:

More on the tax avoidance of #Palantir in Europe Podcast of @opendemocracy.net with @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social of @cictar.bsky.social One of the reasons 120 organisations have called for ending public contracts with the company No need for Palantir in a democratic Europe @epsu.bsky.social

Palantir and the art of Tax Avoidance

Despite reporting 55% profit margins and over $1.6 billion in net income, Palantir maintains an effective global tax rate of just 1.4% and pays zero federal income tax in the United States.

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We @epsu.bsky.social support the European network against Racism @enareurope.bsky.social The Commission has withdrawn funding at a moment racism and extreme right increase in Europe We want @ec.europa.eu to restore funding and the fight against racism and against the extreme- right

European NGOs rally behind leading anti-racism network after Commission withdraws its funding - Civic Space Watch

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#France 🇫🇷: 39 journalists' societies have responded to Marine Le Pen’s remarks targeting Mediapart journalists. A collective response defending press freedom and journalists’ right to do their work without intimidation.

'Kevlar suit': 39 journalist societies respond to Marine Le Pen's serious remarks

OP-ED. Le Monde's journalist association joins several other media outlets in condemning statements made by far-right presidential election candidate Marine Le Pen. Following an investigation by the i...

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European trade union leaders visited the Norwegian island of Utøya remembering the deliberate extreme-right attack on young workers and people 22 July 2011 So many lives were taken We honour them. We are united in our resistance to the extreme right @epsu.bsky.social @lonorge.bsky.social

De gen*cide gaat door. Soor straffeloosheid breidt het uit naar de West Bank en Libanon. En de wereld kijkt nog steeds weg. Laat je horen en kom met nog meer dan ooit naar de Rode Lijn op 8 november. 👉 paxvoorvrede.nl/acties/de-ro...

Today I challenge the Draghi Consensus in the @financialtimes.com “Faster uptake of AI is not an economic strategy if the benefits concentrate while its costs fall on workers and communities” www.ft.com/content/40cc...

En wie zich afvraagt, wat is dat dan dat EU Inc. Het is een nieuwe Europese bedrijfsvorm (lees: brievenbusfirma) die het mogelijk maakt overal in de EU aan de laagste wettelijke normen te voldoen. We noemen het dus liever FraudeInc. Lees hier meer: www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberich...

Nieuwe Europese bedrijfsvorm gaat werknemersrecht fors uithollen

De FNV maakt zich grote zorgen over Europese plannen voor een zogenoemd ‘28ste regime’ dat een nieuwe Europese bedrijfsvorm creëert: de EU-Inc. Bedrijven die daarvoor kiezen, mogen aan lagere standaar...

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“Fossil fuel corporations are destabilising our climate. Working people are paying the price.” At the Pre-COP31 meeting, ACTU President Michele O'Neil highlighted the human cost of the climate crisis. “Many people pay with their wallets, too many pay with their lives.”

La proposition visant à créer une structure d’entreprise européenne baptisée "EU Inc." met en péril toutes les conquêtes sociales obtenues depuis un siècle.

Opinion | EU Inc. ouvre la porte au dumping social en Europe

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Once more the @ec.europa.eu is backing capital rather than European citizens with its 'omnibus' package of deregulation for #pesticides, despite their toxic threat to human health, especially that of children: euobserver.com/240266/europ...

Europe’s children will inherit public-health crisis from new EU pesticide approvals

By extending pesticide approvals and keeping hazardous products on the market, Brussels is bending to Big Pharma and causing a food-system and public-health burden for decades to come.

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The EU corporate lobby league 2026 - corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/e...

The EU corporate lobby league 2026 | Corporate Europe Observatory

Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising, according to new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl. Big Tech spending tops them all.

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“The number of digital lobbyists has risen from 699 to 890 full-time equivalents (FTEs), surpassing the 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). A total of 437 lobbyists now have continuous access to the European Parliament.” corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/r... @corporateeurope.org

Revealed: Tech industry now spending record €151 million on lobbying the EU | Corporate Europe Observatory

The EU’s digital rulebook is under unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration and a homegrown deregulation wave. A new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, based on the...

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Trump has: -Cut protections for national monuments to open them up for mining -Pushed to open up our national forests for construction and logging -Proposed building data centers on thousands of acres of federal lands Nothing is sacred to this regime. It acts solely on behalf of the oligarchy.

Here's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players.

This Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. (Gift Article)

The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.

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JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.

We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️

This corruption must be investigated.

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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"Swedish trade unions are signing a major appeal calling on Europe to cut ties with the controversial tech company Palantir. One of the signatories, the ST Trade Union, organizes employees of the police – an agency that itself works with Palantir."

Dagens ETC@etc.se · 5d ago

Svenska fackförbund skriver under ett stort upprop där Europa uppmanas klippa banden med det kontroversiella techbolaget Palantir.

One aspect of Manchester City story massively underplayed is that England now has an independent football regulator Premier League lobbied against it - even hired Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm Global Counsel Tufton Street think tanks lobbied against it But now the regulator exists - and can act

Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside Palantir's London HQ to demand an end to their #NHS contract. The rally closed a day of protests at 40+ locations across England, and a week of action against Palantir around the world. ✊ #PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause

The key points behind our decision: Fundamental shortcomings in governance and methodology could pave the way for weakening key EU health, environmental and climate safeguards. 🛡️ Protecting the status quo ⚠️ A push for deregulation 🏭 Industry in the driving seat eeb.org/en/eeb-pull-...