ETUC calculations on EU Council #austerity 100 bn cuts. etuc.org/en/pressreleas… This means - No money : ❌For Pillar of Social Rights, ❌To ensure right to health and long-term care ❌To address staffing shortages across public services such as health We ask EP to reject this

April will be exciting for me. My book on corporate power and the EU will be out. Looking forward to a lot of discussions with allies and friends about it.

While austerity measures hit public services and its workers French government refuses to tax dividends even if only 1% captures 96% of dividends as Oxfam France revealed francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l… ❌️ no to austerity ✅️ to taxjustice EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) EPSU

Climate policies as golden eggs for industry?🐣 Kenneth Haar’s “A Europe of Capital” sheds light on the drivers behind the EU Commission's commitment to a #GreenTransition. 🥂🗓️Join us for the book launch on 17 April: rosalux.eu/en/topic/23.ev…

🎉 Victory 🎉 Two European Parliament committees have just voted in favour of the Commission's proposal that the EU withdraw from the #climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty #ECT 👏👏👏 Plenary vote end of the month #ExitECT For background on the #ECT ➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/internation…

Former Italian PM Enrico Letta will present final report on #SingleMarket at EU summit on April 17-18 This happens in a context of heavy corporate #lobbying for #deregulation & 'competitiveness', an agenda that harms citizens, as Mats Engström explains euobserver.com/opinion/158324

1/4 This week MEP @AnaMirandaPaz publicly denounced Renew Europe EPP for "abandoning the negotiations" on a resolution to hold the fossil fuel lobby accountable for the cost of living crisis. The resolution proposed restrictions on oil & gas lobbyists, like we have for tobacco

Another round of struggles against EU-imposed austerity just around the corner. Get organised and strategise!

“A Europe of Capital”, a new Rosalux-Europa book by Kenneth Haar of @CorporateEurope, takes a critical look at the extent of corporate influence in the EU. Join us in Brussels for the launch event on 17 April — w/ Özlem Alev Demirel. Sign up now: rosalux.eu/en/topic/23.ev…

My book on the EU is now out! Building on the work of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) , it's an account of the dire consequences of corporate power in the EU institutions. About the lobbyists, the competition state and the growing democratic deficit. Free download: rosalux.eu/en/2024/a-euro…

1/5 Today is the shareholder meeting of BASF: the biggest #chemicals producer in 🌎- a political & lobby powerhouse. We are in Mannheim at the #BASF_ASM, together with Kritische Aktionärinnen und Aktionäre, PAN Germany, World Uyghur Congress and many others to protest and have our voice heard.

🔥 Our new report unveils the link between ultraconservative US foundations and right-wing forces across Europe 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/05/all… ⚠️It's urgent to step up and confront the far right in all its forms, their political parties, networks w/ think tanks & legal action groups

US right-wing foundations have increased their spending to buy influence - they want a new Trump Presidency, and they want more this time. We should be scared to see the money flows to Europe from such groups are on the increase. Read our new report: corporateeurope.org/en/2024/05/all…

📺Watch our new animation series debunking big EU files 💻Ep 1: It is time to restrict #BigTech companies from #lobbying the EU in their interests when the public interest is at risk 👇And that has everything to do with the upcoming #EUelections whatch the video to find out why

For years rightwing groups in the European Parliament have collaborated with the Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF International, an ultraconservative US legal advocacy organisation that fights abortion and LGBTQIA+ rights on both sides of the Atlantic. buff.ly/3K8o9Rk

1/9 Today #COMPET Council meets to agree new conclusions on “a competitive European industry”. #Competitiveness is word of the moment in Brussels bubble with Europe’s biggest industries pushing this agenda hard. But this agenda should worry us deeply consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/co…

⁉️WHO supported farmers, people and nature in the EU? 👨‍🌾🐝💧 Ahead of elections, PAN Europe Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) present the voting score of the different political groups on legislation to protect farmers, consumers & future generations #ep2024 #PesticideFreeEU 🧵

Also, make sure you listen to the last episode of the 1st season, hosted by Marcella Via, with Kenneth Haar about his most recent research into the North American ultra conservative groups that have been supporting the rise of far-right forces in Europe 👉corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/all…

🥵 EU Industry Ministers gather & discuss industry's "Antwerp Declaration". 😵‍💫Chemical lobby CEFIC invited to give "welcome speech" ! 📢 120 CSOs: Stop allowing Big Polluters to interfere with rulemaking to protect people & planet. #ToxicFreePolitics corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/pri…

Worst fears confirmed with #draghireport on the next years priorities in the EU. What von der Leyen left vague is concretised. Key proposals will lead to a tighter corporate stranglehold over EU rules. 🧵Here are 4 examples:👇