BREAKING: UNI Europa Finance and the European bank employers have formalised a joint commitment to safer, more respectful workplaces across the sector, reinforcing that violence and harassment have no place in European banking.

📣 No public money for tax dodgers! Amazon. Microsoft. Oracle. Accenture. Winning public contracts while shifting profits offshore. EU pays double. 👉🏾 Exclude tax avoiders from public procurement! New research shows how current EU rules entrench monopoly power👇🏾 www.epsu.org/article/new-...

Bild, Nius, Welt, Tichy und andere wollen, dass sich Amtsträger nicht mehr über Feinde der Demokratie öffentlich äußern. Sie seien immer im Dienst und müßten neutral sein. Aber die Neutralitätspflicht gilt nicht gegenüber der Demokratie. Sonst wäre sie nicht wehrhaft. x.com/grafkorina/s... 

SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.

We're already feeling the heat. But we have the chance to prevent the worst climate catastrophes. Let’s pull the climate emergency brake! Demand the reduction of methane emissions caused by Big Meat & Dairy now → act.gp/3XKCvhv #MakeMethaneVisible #ClimateChange #ActOnClimate

#IFJBlog📰: Across South Asia, independent digital journalism is quietly reshaping how citizens engage with the truth. In #Nepal grassroots media is empowering a new generation. Read more ⤵️ @ifjasiapacific.bsky.social

✊The EFBWW recalls once again that workers' rights can never be seen as a burden. Our campaign to limit subcontracting is back on the streets! @europarl.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu : ⏰ Time to Act! Limit subcontracting! ⛓️ #timetoact #limitsubcontracting 👉 bit.ly/45u1BCP

Amazon plant Rechenzentren in Brandenburg – und das BSI lobt die AWS „European Sovereign Cloud“ als Zukunft Europas. Doch das ist Souveränitäts-Washing: US Cloud Act, NSA-Zugriffe und politische Erpressbarkeit bleiben, selbst bei deutschen Tochterfirmen. digitalrechte.de/news/amazons...

#USA: FBI agents raided Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, seizing her devices while investigating a government contractor. We strongly condemn this attack on press freedom. We stand with Hannah & all reporters holding power to account. newsguild.org/the-newsguil...

Die SPD stößt die Debatte zur Erbschaftsteuer-Reform an – höchste Zeit. Denn bei sehr großen Vermögen greifen noch immer Ausnahmen, die Milliardenerben begünstigen. Wir fordern: Privilegien beim Betriebsvermögen abschaffen.

📢Giulia Bartoli from our Italian affiliate @Fillea Cgil : More workers injured, more fatal accidents at work. ⏰ Time to Act! Limit subcontracting ⛓️ #timetoact #limitsubcontracting 👉 bit.ly/45u1BCP

SPAIN: Around 1,000 doctors march through central Barcelona demanding better working conditions www.catalannews.com/society-scie...

Greenland and the new international illiberal disorder: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

✉️ ONLINE NOW - January's #EPlenary briefing newsletter ahead of next week's session in Strasbourg, featuring: - December #EUCO - Greenland - Iran - EU-US relations - Venezuela - EU-Mercosur - AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media More details ➡️ link.europa.eu/fTYdGX

„Was wir brauchen, ist ein neuer Internationalismus: schneller, flexibler, kantiger. Europa sollte die Ausübung von Gewalt ablehnen, sich aber zur Ausübung von Macht bekennen.“ Von Timothy Garton Ash #Nato #Groenland @fromtga.bsky.social www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-...

200 jours de détention pour Christophe Gleizes. La profession demande sa libération ! cfdt-journalistes.fr/2026/01/15/l...

📅 Mark your calendars! EPRS has pinned some of the key events set to shape 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Join us for our annual EPRS policy roundtable where we will delve into these topics 🗓️ 14 Jan (13:00-14:30 CET) 🎦 Webstreaming: link.europa.eu/4jp6x4 🗂️ Read: link.europa.eu/8t3FVT #EPRSevents @press.europarl.europa.eu

The first #EESCPlenary of 2026 is coming up! On 21-22 January, our members will debate key issues & vote on recommendations for EU proposals. In brief: 🇪🇺 debates on @cy2026eu.bsky.social, AI & safe abortion; 🇪🇺 votes on Erasmus+, the EU Social Fund & the #CAP. More: link.europa.eu/YfXNFJ

Andreas Voßkuhle, ehem. Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, im Gespräch www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/andr...

Die Lebensmittelpreise sind zwar hoch, aber davon profitiert nicht die Landwirtschaft, erklärt der Wirtschaftsprofessor Tomaso Duso im Interview.

Tens of thousands of people in Kent and Sussex have repeatedly been left without water. Their water company is now under investigation. Why are water companies failing us again and again? Because we privatised what is an essential public service. @dhnnjyn.bsky.social explains.

#2025InReview 2025 brought major shifts in Europe’s financial regulations, raising questions about risk management and long-term resilience, fairness, and accountability. 🎥 Discover the topics that shaped Finance Watch’s research and public engagement. ▶️

Today we welcome the College of Commissioners at the New Lemesos Port, as part of their customary visit in the context of #CY2026EU Presidency. Watch the joint press conference of the President the Republic Nikos Christodoulides & @ec.europa.eu President Ursula von der Leyen on YouTube at 17:00 EET.

1/2 „Bei genauem Hinhören hätte man freilich erkennen können, dass Günther in seinen etwas krausen Ausführungen in den letzten Minuten der Talkrunde, in der er sich zuvor 2/2

2/2 eine Stunde lang konzise zur Außenpolitik, zu Russland, USA, Ukraine, Venezuela, zur „Brandmauer“ und zur AfD geäußert hatte, mitnichten der großen Zensur das Wort redete.“ www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Despite years of opposition, EU–Mercosur is being rammed through. Big agribusiness wins; Indigenous people, farmers, health and nature lose. Why? ❌ Fewer protections ❌ Weaker standards ❌ More deforestation Trade must serve people & planet - not profit. More from @foeeurope.bsky.social in comments⤵️

A bill circulates in the Polish parliament that would allow retail stores to open two Sundays a month. Workers and trade unions oppose the proposal. Sunday is an important rest day for retail workers who often work irregular hours during a long week. Let's keep it that way.

Heartbreaking thread about the reality of life for many older people in Orbán's #Hungary. This is the EU, yet the ruling party's corruption & mismanagement have thrown people into shocking poverty. Hungary's authoritarian rulers simply don't care.

Face au dérèglement climatique, les communes peinent à s’assurer

🔜: @EPSocialAffairs meeting starting soon. 🗓️ First on the agenda: reporting back on last week's mission to Bulgaria. 🎥Streaming: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

💡Bled Dry: How Tax Abuse, Illicit Financial Flows & Debt Affect Women and Girls in Africa. These systemic failures are draining African countries of the resources needed to fund #GenderEquality, public services & #ClimateJustice. 👉https://bit.ly/3XM0ihk #UNTaxConvention

All you need to know about the new Cyprus EU Council Presidency and its priority files on: 🔸security & defence 🔹competitiveness 🔸external policy 🔹long-term budget #MFF Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/rDTTd3 #CY2026EU @cy2026eu.bsky.social @press.europarl.europa.eu

The Coup Ride the Fence youtu.be/TVIz5jyrQAU?...

Die große freie Online-Enzyklopädie wird heute 25 Jahre alt. In Zeiten von autoritärer Bedrohung, Deepfakes und Desinformation ist die #Wikipedia heute wichtiger denn je. Und sie macht Spaß – zum Beispiel beim Wikipedia-Tauchen. Eine Liebeserklärung. netzpolitik.org/2026/wikiped...

📢 Day 2 of the #TooMuchFinance conference explores evidence that bigger finance doesn’t mean better outcomes. Experts at LSE will discuss how oversized financial sectors affect growth, inequality, and policy. Find out more: bit.ly/3Z99xIX

Belgium's migration minister claims that the "toughest-ever migration policy" led to a 13% drop in asylum applications in Belgium in 2025 – but as this report (in French) points out, this is far below the EU's overall drop of around 25%. The myth of "pull factors" lives on...

Le procès de 24 travailleurs humanitaires accusés d’avoir aidé l’entrée de migrants en #Grèce reprend ce jeudi devant la Cour d’appel de Mytilène, sur l’île de #Lesbos. Ils encourent jusqu’à 20 ans de prison. Cette affaire est l’un des plus graves exemples de criminalisation de l’aide humanitaire.

Wie widerspenstig muss Journalismus sein? Diskussion am 20.3. am Rande der @leipzigerbuchmesse.bsky.social Lena Luczak @verlagegegenrechts.bsky.social, Tobias Prüwer @kopptisch.bsky.social @kreuzerleipzig.bsky.social, Paul Starzmann (Autor #MutgegenUnmut) und ich calendar.boell.de/de/event/wie...

Mental health workers on #strike in care company with @unisonsw.bsky.social #solidarity @epsu.bsky.social You deserve that higher pay and better conditions Next strike dates 21 and 22 january

Women's groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.

As #strike of Birmingham binworkers continues @unitetheunion.bsky.social addresses the misinformation by City Councillors attacking the workers #solidarity @epsu.bsky.social

"L’instrumentalisation caricaturale de l'accord avec le Mercosur par la classe politique française à des fins strictement électoralistes affaiblie la position de la France en Europe et fait fi du contexte international" @bealestic.bsky.social en édito de #SH www.syndicalismehebdo.fr/article/merc...

A new guide of @unison.org.uk shows what it means to workers if the farright comes to power at municipal and other levels, the importance for unionists to engage in the battle to prevent this and ways in which this can be done. @epsu.bsky.social @teajarc.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social

🚨„Es ist bedauerlich, dass der vernünftige arbeitsmarktpolitische Weg, der mit der Einführung des Bürgergeldes beschritten wurde, mit dem vorliegenden Gesetzentwurf zur neuen #Grundsicherung wieder verlassen wird“, so WSI Düsseldorf -Direktorin Bettina Kohlrausch#Grundsicherung 🧵1/5

World’s trade unions express solidarity with the Iranian people, denounce repression bit.ly/4qPmpQh

The EU Digital Omnibus weakens GDPR and AI Act protections, closely mirroring lobbying from big tech companies. This study shows side by side how the omnibus proposals trace back to industry’s positions. Read Ada's statement on the EU Digital Omnibus: www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/news/our-res...

Thousands Of Nurses At New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center And Mount Sinai On Strike

A number of unions and community groups in Minnesota are planning a general strike on January 23 to protest ICE operations in the state.

Face à Trump, des eurodéputés appellent « les Européens à sortir de la politique de profil bas » Notre tribune dans @nouvelobs.com Avec @europeecologie.eu 👉🏼 www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...