🇭🇺 As we wait to know on Sunday the future of Hungary, the chances of Orbán’s defeat give hope that the rise of far-right in Europe can be stopped. But his propaganda machine has spread over Europe. We’ve been looking into it, here’s what we know: 🧵👇

📢 In the context of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the #AI Omnibus proposal, together with 32 other organisations and individuals, we contributed to an open letter to EU institutions, expressing our concerns about current proposals that could weaken the scope and effectiveness of the AI Act.

If so, Europe must abandon the omnibus deregulatory onslaught and instead resuscitate its ability to plan the damn green transition

The EU’s plan to delay key provisions of its AI Act could leave some high-risk AI systems permanently unregulated, reports Joana Soares. While nudifier apps face a ban, sector-specific carve-outs and postponed deadlines raise concerns about weakened oversight.

An energy crisis is not a crisis for *everyone* Since the war in Iran started, oil companies in the EU have been getting an EXTRA €81.4 million in profit EVERY DAY as the prices of petrol and diesel go through the roof Governments and the EU must tax these profits to help ordinary people

What do they all want? The answer is simple: to be free of the pesky meddling of regulators and legislators. They want to stop federal and state government regulation of the tech industry in general and artificial intelligence in particular.

Despite Elbit's fuelling of genocide, European defense company KNDS agrees 50:50 joint venture with Israel-based Elbit Systems to market EuroPULS rocket artillery system #BusinessAsUsual thedefensepost.com/2026/03/27/k...

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...

Big Tech relies heavily on thousands of data workers for their AI products. While these workers are hired through intermediaries, Big Tech firms are responsible for their unstable and unfair working conditions.🚨 Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/big-tech-set...

🏭 @ec.europa.eu softened climate goals in draft data centre rating scheme Notably, data centres operators will no longer be required to report server utilisation @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

💥 Some good news to start the day with. Google and Meta have been found liable in the US for their addictive algorithms. 🫵 Now it's up to @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social to press ahead with the Digital Fairness Act, and resist the tech industry's lobby offensive to get the proposal scrapped.

⚠️ @obsmultinationales.bsky.social exposed how a far-right network and the Trump admin are fiercely attacking EU digital rules. ❌ US officials are putting direct pressure on the EU ❌ Dodgy think tanks are spreading false narratives in Brussels ❌ Big Tech is increasingly meeting with far-right MEPs

The EU moved away from Russian gas so it couldn't be weaponised by Putin. But rather than reducing energy demand + rolling out renewables, it doubled down on US LNG. Now Trump threatens to cut off supply if the EU doesn't ratify their trade deal. Weaponised x10. nationaltoday.com/us/dc/washin...

EU leaders gather today in Brussels to discuss how to make Europe more competitive. Across Europe, trade unions have been sending the same message: the solution lies in investment, not deregulation. A 🧵 of what unions have been saying ahead of today's meeting of EU leaders ⤵️

🔴 NEW 🔴 Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby Industry meetings w/ EU officials tripled ahead of release of EU Commission strategy doc pledging to 'review and revise' the Water Framework Directive 📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social w/ @euobserver.com www.desmog.com/2026/03/10/e...

Last year a #Meta Lobbyist became a new head of the #Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Today, the former head of the DPC announced that she is now working for MHC - the Irish law firm for Meta that was previously defending Meta before the #DPC in #GPDR cases. This is not just extreme..

Palantir CEO Karp thinks his AI tech will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men. Meanwhile @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eppgroup.bsky.social diligently working to dismantle AI regulation. 🤦‍♀️

A wide range of new #deregulation initiatives will be revealed during next week’s EU summit 🚨 EU level deregulation combined with a strong clampdown on member state rule-making would mean ‘double deregulation’, bringing social & environmental progress to a halt ⚠️ corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

"We are now spending so much money on this race to arms, and at the same time, we are cutting social security and benefits."

It's been a year since we submitted our complaint against the funding secrecy of MCC Brussels, an Orbán-linked thinktank Soon after, the EU Transparency Register secretariat told us that they'd investigate and inform us about the outcome Disappointingly, we've heard nothing from them since then ⌛🤔

From Cork to Brussels: workers are flagging the risks of #EUInc. Trade unions rallied in @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social’s home city to warn of the risk of opening loopholes that would drive down workers' pay & conditions. Europe’s future must be built on strong rights, not a race to the bottom.

NEW | Hundreds of companies are pitching shady surveillance tech to EU migration agencies through industry events that evade lobbying transparency rules. See the 450+ companies involved ⬇️ www.accessnow.org/companies-po...

📣 The pollution industry got a red carpet in Antwerp; civil society got a closed door. 👉 We have now invited Von der Leyen to the #AntwerpCounterSummit. Will @vonderleyen accept the invitation of +270 civil society orgs? Declaration: bit.ly/AntwerpCount... (Your organisation can still sign it!)

📂 Italiaanse procureurs bevestigen dat 2 activisten en een journalist werden gehackt met spyware van Paragon. Apache onthulde vorig jaar dat het Europees Investeringsfonds in 2020, via een Israëlisch durfkapitaalfonds, kapitaal verschafte aan Paragon. apache.be/2025/01/01/e...

Such a pleasure to be in Paris and participate in the "European gathering of movements for struggle and social & ecological transformation" 🎊 Excellent strategising on challenges such as the rise of the far right, #austerity, growing #inequality, #deregulation and the dangerous power of #BigTech 💪

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

L'UE prépare une nouvelle législation, destinée à encadrer les designs addictifs, mais les acteurs principaux de la Big Tech contre-attaquent : les négociations se font avec... Meta, Google, Snapchat et TikTok Notre article : multinationales.org/fr/a-chaud/i... source @Corporate Europe Observatory

We join our fellow global union federations in calling for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to escalation in Iran, the Middle East and beyond. ⬇️Full statement uniglobalunion.org/news/global-...

🚨 The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act #IAA is finally out: 🚘 The result of heavy lobbying, led by the steel + car industries (Séjourné's door was always open) 🏭 Claims to promote the green transition, but really is about slashing permitting rules that protect people + nature. Expect ⬆️ pollution 💨

👏Green MEP Sara Mathieu is now asking for former Meta lobbyist Aura Salla to step down as ITRE rapporteur of the Digital Omnibus.

Like having an arsonist at a fire safety convention? A former Meta chief lobbyist was appointed by the @eppgroup.bsky.social as rapporteur for a key digital law which critics say will benefit Big Tech. Comments @aurasalla.bsky.social @yverougstraete.bsky.social @saramatthieu.bsky.social

The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration’s case for war with Iran hardly exists at all.

#BigTech frames AI as a climate solution. But our new report takes off the rose-tinted smart glasses and shows a harsher reality: plenty of evidence that power-hungry generative AI is harming our planet, and little solid proof it can fight climate change.

Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we! Today we are publishing our new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

A former Big Tech lobbyist as rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus, a legislative package on digital rules. Does that sound right to you?

Avec le "Digital Omnibus", la Commission européenne prépare une vaste remise en cause des régulations numériques de l'UE Le projet est déjà influencé par Big Tech Et maintenant, pour son examen au Parlement, la rapporteuse désignée est... une ex lobbyiste de Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)

Ex-Facebook-Lobbyistin Aura Salla bekommt neuen EU-Job: Als Berichterstatterin für den „Digital-Omnibus“ sitzt sie für das Parlament in den zentralen Verhandlungen, wo Datenschutzrechte massiv abgeschwächt werden sollen.Salla wiederholt als Mitglied des EU-Parlaments die Lobbybotschaften von BigTech

📣 Together with other watchdog organisations we have today issued a call to withdraw Aura Salla’s appointment as Digital Omnibus rapporteur. Appointing a former Meta lobbyist to oversee the revision of digital regulations raises serious concerns regarding the undue influence of Big Tech. 🧵

The EU just signed its “Clean Trade and Investment Partnership” w/ South Africa. Clean transition — or green colonialism? Europe wants green hydrogen. South Africa bears the water, land & livelihood costs. 130+ groups are pushing back. Watch & sign the petition 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/gh2-petit...

🧐 Meta is lobbying the EU Parliament to shift responsibility for their addictive design to parents. "They are just bombarding us", according to one MEP. Important read from the New York Times quoting CEO's and @lobbycontrol.bsky.social research. Also read 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...

To make matters worse, Consumer Choice Center Europe is fully funded by Meta and Google! The 'EU Tech Loop' articles on Euronews should be seen as part of US Big Tech lobbying against the EU’s digital rulebook ⚠️ See also our report published earlier this month corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...

Euronews is publishing op-eds from 🇺🇸lobbyists & pretending they're news articles. It blasts "decoupling fantasies & grandstanding" from those wary of 🇺🇸, and praises VDL's 🇺🇸🇪🇺 surrender deal. It was written by "EU Tech Loop", the blog of a 🇺🇸 lobbying group. But it's labelled as a normal news article

In today's EU influence: 🌐 Global Counsel is closing after outcry over co-founder Peter Mandelson’s Epstein links 🛩️ The EU is increasing its private jet budget 💻 An ex-Meta lobbyist will co-lead the Parliament’s position on the digital omnibus 👇

one of the most impactful visuals at CES this year was the massive Doosan booth at the center of the North Hall, with a massive gas turbine as its centerpiece after decades of subsidized bullshit, the entire pretense that the tech sector cares in the least bit about the environment just fell away

"Meta tells Ireland to use its EU presidency to advocate scrapping a law to crack down on addictive social media features." Another shocking episode in #BigTech's #lobbying to keep us hooked on social media 🚨 Read more in our report "Addicted to the algorithm": corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...

Meta tells Ireland to use its EU presidency to advocate scrapping a law to crack down on addictive social media features. They also want landmark EU legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) to be "paused and rethought." www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Is the EU heading for a social dumping disaster? The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights. Innovation — or deregulation? Watch our new explainer video &find out👇

Big Tech says AI can solve climate change. The actual data says not so fast. Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax 👇 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...

Retreat at Belgian castle paves the way for harsh EU #deregulation plan to be agreed at March Summit ⚠️ Last week's European Industry Summit (Antwerp) and EU Summit (Alden Biesen) were arguably the most corporate-captured events the EU has ever experienced 🚨 ➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

EU leaders must stop cracking open the gate to let in the horde of tech barbarians who will plunder us all!