🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...

Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report

A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.

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Captured! Published today with @eeb.org check out our new report and find out how industry captured the EU Commission’s Critical Chemicals Alliance, which is really bad news for action on chemicals & climate crises. www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/07/c...

🚨 Corporate interests now don't only have a seat at the table, they have an office in the Berlaymont. The appointment of Siemens chairman as the EU's AI envoy is an extraordinary conflict of interest, and will allow industry to shape the EU's AI policies. Read our op-ed on @euobserver.com

The EU’s new AI envoy is a tech CEO with extraordinary conflicts of interest

The EU Commission's decision to appoint the chair of Siemens, Jim Hagemann Snabe, as AI envoy is rife with extraordinary conflicts of interest. Brussels is currently engaged in an unprecedented rollba...

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Desværre ikke nyt, er jeg sikker på at @Corporate Europe Observatory og @kennethhaar.bsky.social kan bekræfte??

Arbejderen@arbejderen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

EU-kommissionen vil beslaglægge milliarder, der kunne være brugt på grønne energiprojekter i Danmark. I stedet vil Kommissionen bruge pengene på at finansiere EU's egne energiprojekter, der vil binde EU til gas i årtier frem. arbejderen.dk/indland/eu-v...

I gave a talk yesterday to present the main findings of my recent report on corporate capture and deregulation in the EU. Super important topic, if you ask me. Here's a recording.

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

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a webinar on our report 'This is what corporate capture looks like!' by its main author, @kennethhaar.bsky.social ! If you didn't manage to, you can: watch the webinar 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6n... check out the report 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/w...

Recently @correctiv.org have been publishing some important investigations into chemical pollution in Germany and the Netherlands. We are very pleased to publish this translation of their article "The pact with the chemical industry". corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/c...

CORRECTIV: "The pact with the chemical industry" | Corporate Europe Observatory

Tens of thousands of unknown, sometimes toxic, chemicals are floating in the Rhine. Why is industry allowed to discharge them unhindered? A top manager of a major corporation reveals how industry cont...

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Should you be curious & need an intro to the deregulation campaign unfolding in the EU, or do you want a thorough analysis of how corporate lobby groups set the agenda, this report may be what you are looking for! See the report links between the deregulation laws/omnibuses and corporate demands.

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 4mo ago

Commissioner Séjourné held 84 meetings on #deregulation. All 84 were with business groups. Not one civil society org. Not one. This isn't consultation. This is what corporate capture looks like. 🧵 Check out our new report 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/w...

Dearest Readers, The invitations have been delivered, silver has been polished, and the 270+ signatories of the #AntwerpCounterSummit are officially adjusting their silks. 🖋️ ⏰ But the guest is... missing? Is the President's dance card already full of corporate interests? bit.ly/AntwerpCount...

We are so much better at fighting corporate capture that we are at making videos! Still, we hope you have enjoyed this series of explainers. Should we continue to do it? If so, what topics should we talk about next? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

#Greenland said no to #Trump's hospital ship, so here's some free advice to him: send it to Florida instead. There, a health crisis is brewing, due to cuts and to structural probs linked to the profits-based health care system. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Inside Florida’s decision to cut thousands off from affordable AIDS drugs

Former employees, health experts and AIDS health advocates say the state is kneecapping the program far beyond what would be necessary to deal with rising costs.

miamiherald.com

I will never forget the immense contribution, Susan gave my organisation (CEO) over the years. And everything she did for the ATTAC movement, including in my country. Quite a loss. So sad.

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 6mo ago

The world has lost an important voice for social justice and democracy. Susan George was an invaluable author and activist. We at CEO have lost a staunch ally and a dear friend, and we will miss her deeply. Some words of goodbye here: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/m...

Corporate lobbyists in the EU are very successful. If you're not up to reading reports about it, here's a podcast that may help. I am talking to Licia Cianetti, Birmingh. Uni. and I am explaining the experiences of my group, Corporate Europe Observatory. newbooksnetwork.com/how-corporat...

Who lobbies the EU? Not just corporations — but a whole ecosystem of actors: NGOs and trade unions, but mostly corporate lobbyists, trade and industry groups, consultancies, law firms, and think tanks. 🔦It’s time to shine a light on their murky world! Watch the 3rd video of our new series.

While Trump boasts and flexes his muscles with Tech Bros and other allies in Davos, EU governments are meeting to discuss how to respond to his plans to take over Greenland and his trade war. Will they rise to the challenge, or will they once again bow to Trump? Here’s what they should do:

Beautiful demos in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Viborg, Odense, Nuuk and Ilulisaat today against Trump's threats. Thank you to the Greenlandic groups behind the initiative. Someone said the Cph Town Hall Square has'nt been that full since DK won the European football championship in 1992!

☠️ New GMOs: The result of last night comes down to a massive handout of our foodchain to pesticide firms like Bayer and BASF. This is a vast #deregulation: 🚨scrapping safety standards, 🚨scrapping consumer freedom to choose 🚨creating more dependence for farmers through patents

Crunchtime: tonight last planned negotiation on deregulation of new GM food (#NGTs): will negotiators Jessica Polfjard and Denmark allow for no safety, no consumer choice, but patented food? Save Our Seeds, FOEE, Solidagro and CEO handed over 500K signatures from citizens who want freedom of choice.

🍿Last chance to catch the premiere of CEO’s documentary “The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” featuring the voices and stories of some of the most affected communities in South Africa that are being ignored by EU politicians. 📅 27Nov 📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4

THREAD: 1/6 Part IV of our FAQs on the EU’s not-so-Clean Industrial Deal is out 🕵️‍♀️ taking a closer look at its support of two fossil fuel industry favourite false solutions: hydrogen and carbon capture👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/d...

"Ein Europa des Kapitals" - the title of the German version of my book about the EU and corporate power. Now out, available here: www.rosalux.de/publikation/... I am so grateful to the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung for doing first an English and a German version. In Berlin next week for a presentation.

Ein Europa des Kapitals - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Über die Einflussnahme von Unternehmen auf die EU-Politik – und wie man dagegen vorgehen kann

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The EU’s #deregulation machine is running full-speed - and the Commission isn't keen on letting the public see how it works In less than a year the Commission had 605 meetings with lobbyists on ‘simplification’ but #transparency is deeply insufficient New post: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory

Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

corporateeurope.org

🎥 Film screening + debate 🎥 What: special preview screening of CEO's new doc on community resistance to the EU's green hydrogen drive. Followed by a debate + drinks 🍻 Where: Mundo Matonge, BXL When: 19h00 With: @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social @attacdeutschland.bsky.social

You can also read @kennethhaar.bsky.social 's oped in 🇵🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇬🇧 (below) "Precisamos do envolvimento cívico para livrar Bruxelas da mania da desregulamentação que domina a agenda actual, colocando as pessoas e o planeta em perigo", lê aqui o artigo em Pt no @publico.pt www.publico.pt/2025/09/18/a...

Não este tipo de Europa, por favor

Precisamos do envolvimento cívico para livrar Bruxelas da mania da desregulamentação que domina a agenda actual, colocando as pessoas e o planeta em perigo.

publico.pt

"Necesitamos la participación ciudadana para librar a Bruselas de la manía desreguladora que domina la agenda actual y pone en peligro a las personas y al planeta", puedes leer el artículo de @kennethhaar.bsky.social en @elsaltodiario.com en castellano. 👉 www.elsaltodiario.com/tribuna/no-c...

No esa clase de Europa, por favor

Necesitamos la participación ciudadana para librar a Bruselas de la manía desreguladora que domina la agenda actual y pone en peligro a las personas y al planeta.

elsaltodiario.com

If your Czech, Portuguese and Castillian are rusty, you can also read it in English 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/n... We need civic involvement to rid Brussels of the deregulation mania that dominates the current agenda, putting people and planet in peril. Op ed by @kennethhaar.bsky.social .

Not that kind of Europe, please | Corporate Europe Observatory

We need civic involvement to rid Brussels of the deregulation mania that dominates the current agenda, putting people and planet in peril. Op ed by Kenneth Haar.

corporateeurope.org

Can you have both social justice and tackle climate change? Of course. But the European far right is spreading the myth that we have to choose (actually, they want neither). Great piece from VoxEurop @stellalevantesi.bsky.social with contributions from me/CEO. voxeurop.eu/en/climate-a...

‘Climate action is too costly’: how the far right and big business are weaponising social instability to block progress

Far-right parties and industry lobbies across Europe exploit economic insecurity to undermine climate policies, claiming a choice between green transition and social justice. But researchers stress bo...

voxeurop.eu

Before 1 Aug. the EU has to do a trade deal with Trump to avoid steep tariffs on exports. Tough language is used, but the EU is actually giving big concessions. Understand what is going in from our latest podcast, and see examples below corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/h...

How trade tariffs and deregulation go hand in hand | Corporate Europe Observatory

Listen to the brand new podcast episode, where Kenneth Haar discusses the link between the announced trade tariffs from the USA to the EU and deregulation.

corporateeurope.org

The Trump camp have put unacceptable demands to the EU for him to cool the trade war: deregulate to please US corporations. Unfortunately, some of it fits hand in glove with the EUs own deregulation agenda. Hear me talk to my great colleagues Joana and Marcella about that in this podcast.

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · last yr.

📻 New #podcast episode just dropped! 🌶️ It's summer, so we decided to stay hot and talk about the trade tariffs the US will impose on the EU starting August 1st, and how that is linked to the EU Commission's deregulation wave 🎧 Teaser below + full epiode here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/35PG...

In Feb we & @lobbycontrol.bsky.social complained about likely under- & over-reporting in EU lobby register. Secretariat has now come back with outcome which shows €47 millions-worth of changes 💶 €2,450,000 added 💶 €23,145,000 taken off 💶 €22,150,000 removed corporateeurope.org/en/complaint...

Today it was announced that the far right group Patriots for Europe will be in charge of the European Parliament's negotiations on the 2040 climate targets. Well. What could possibly go wrong. Worth noting, that without the support from conservative EPP group, the far right would be check-mate.