“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…

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

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

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

🎉 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…

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…

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
EPSU

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.

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

The European Parliament addresses economic governance to negotiate with EU Council Council proposals introduce #austerity requiring tens of billions of cuts: bruegel.org/first-glance/a…
This means continued staffing shortages for health care workers, teachers etc.

Nice way to sell EU ❌

I dagens Altinget foreslår jeg en ny handelspolitisk kurs. Vi skal ikke lave handelsaftaler, der accelerer klimakrisen, og vi skal se selvkritisk på EU og Vestens egen rolle i at øge global ulighed. For en rød-grøn handelspolitik er mulig! #eudk

altinget.dk/eu/artikel/el-…

The European employers' lobby organisation turned a blind eye to super profits in 2022 and 2023 and instead embarked on a subtle lobbying campaign for wage suppression. Read our story about how they misportray inflation to campaign against higher wages. corporateeurope.org/en/2023/12/bus…

New investigation shows how EU officials’ travel bills were picked up by consultancies with a stake in competition enforcement, including #BigTech

Trips to Oxford, Helsinki, and er ... Lake Como included!

Ifølge DRs jura-journalist har en af de anholdte i terrorsagen været “toneangivende i det danske indvandrermiljø”. Sagt i dagens TV-avis. Meget uheldig formulering. Sådan et miljø findes ikke. Hun skaber et sprogligt link til indvandrere som sådan, der er dybt urimelig.

Wopke Hoekstra it's time to disclose any past fossil fuel ties before representing the EU at #COP28 .

Over a month ago the European Parliament raised concerns and urged Hoekstra to share his clients at McKinsey.

Today we join Fossil Free Politics allies to call for full transparency⤵️

🚨Read our new report on #SUR 🚨
🔴We unveil how the pesticide reduction law has been pushed back by the pesticide lobby
👉It’s here: corporateeurope.org/en/2023/10/sab…
⛔This obstruction is as reckless as fossil fuel industry undermining climate policy, we need 🟩 #PesticideFreeEU !
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#JustTransitions visit Day 5 (Part 3):
Meeting left researchers & activists in #Copenhagen to discuss the #climate movement, #internationalsolidarity & more.
The last meeting of the visit, this was also a chance to reflect & take stock among allies.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice

Das umstrittene Pestizid #Glyphosat soll weitere zehn Jahre gespritzt werden – trotz vieler Risiken. Das geht, weil die Industrie die meisten Studien selbst schreibt.
zeit.de/wirtschaft/202…

Putting the spotlight on BusinessEurope - one of the most powerful business lobbygroups in the EU institutions.

🚨Over 100,000 have signed the petition to say Hoekstra is unfit as EU Climate leader

📩Thousands have emailed their MEPs in ENVI Committee Press

Will you listen to the people? Pascal Canfin Mohammed Chahim Bas Eickhout Anja Hazekamp

Join the email action here👇
act.wemove.eu/campaigns/stop…