It’s vital that industrial and agricultural uses of PFAS are also banned, in UK and in EU, if we want to tackle growing forever pollution crisis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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At #ijf26, @bramvranken.bsky.social presented our recent research with @algorithmwatch.org , published by @investigate-europe.eu , revealing how the European Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Microsoft and Digital Europe. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/c... 📷 Diego Figone

“We can defeat them, the big tech industry has a playbook, but we also have a playbook” said @bramvranken.bsky.social in conversation with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social , @margaridasilva.bsky.social and @nataliaviana.bsky.social , at #ijf26 conference

🤯 Despite no support from 9 EU countries, Council just voted to scrap safety rules & consumer labels for new & patented GMOs by Bayer etc. #NGTs ⛔ The EU Parl demands for labeling and against patents were not upheld. 📣 EP has final chance to repair, take action: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/t...

A high-up employee of chemical company says there's a tacit pact btwn industry & authorities in 🇩🇪 + 🇪🇺. Meanwhile 000s of unknown chemicals are polluting Rhine & groundwater. Given its dark lobby record, how can chemical industry have access to decision-makers? corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/c...

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...

This a particularly egregious and shocking example of corporate influence. 📝 As the Commission is currently working on an update of the Delegated Act, it should now redo its homework and delete the copy-pasted Microsoft amendment

The AI infrastructure boom is putting immense pressure on energy and water supplies, and threatens the EU’s climate goals.should Big Tech has successfully lobbied the EU to keep information on individual data centres secret in a little noticed Delegated Act. 👇 Spot the differences

🚨BREAKING Research with @algorithmwatch.org shows how the EU Commission has copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment that will keep information on data centres hidden. The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining key information. 👏 @investigate-europe.eu for investigating

✊ We were honoured to join the launching event of the German coalition against deregulation! 👏 @powershift.bsky.social @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social @buerokratiemonster.bsky.social @finanzwende.de @lobbycontrol.bsky.social &+! 👀DeregulationWatch for info on EU corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

Another important article in the run up to the Chemicals Omnibus vote in the EP tomorrow. We need tougher rules and better enforcement to stop the cosmetics industry putting harmful chemicals in everyday products.

Interesting article looking at some of the cometics industry's lobby tactics in the run up to the Chemicals Omnibus vote tomorrow. It's vital that MEPs support tougher, not deregulatory, rules about harmful substances in cosmetics. Check it out ⬇️

📣 You can take action here and write to MEPs! corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/t...

👉 But farmers and breeders are strongly against patented crops. Also, today a survey in five EU countries shows that 80 percent of the citizens reject patents on living organisms such as plants or animals. www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/survey

👉 Lobby documents show that industry lobby groups Euroseeds and CropLife Europe, representing biotech multinationals like Bayer and Syngenta, tried to allay concerns about the impact of patented crops with very shallow, if not misleading arguments.

🙄 In 2024 the European Parliament demanded mandatory consumer labelling and did not allow patents for NGTs that would be deregulated. However, the EP rapporteur failed to uphold these key demands in the negotiations.

So what is going on ? In May the EP may vote on a new law that would exempt GM food from new techniques from existing GMO safety rules. This will undermine food safety and consumers' right to choose, but also lead to further concentration in the seed sector through the patenting of food crops.

📣 A new article published today by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and GMWatch: "Biotech lobby groups are set to trap farmers and breeders in patent minefield" Read the article here: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/b...

Come along!

During the meeting in Brussels, #PFAS frontline communities tried - in vain - to share firsthand with @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu how #foreverchemicals are impacting their lives. A banner outside @ec.europa.eu read: “VDL meets poisoners, ignores us.” eeb.org/en/ursula-vo... They won’t stop knocking

[Op-ed] @lemonde.fr published an op-ed by #PFAS activists, led by @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social and supported by the @eeb.org calling for protection. Read the full piece here: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

How has the “poison of the century” affected people’s lives? Meta, Christine, Doris, Stephanie, Mari & Toon - living near #PFAS hotspots in 6 European countries - share their stories in this report 👇 www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur... @stephanehorel.bsky.social @lemonde.fr #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

Citizens severely affected by #PFAS across #Europe joined us in Brussels last March for a meeting described by @lemonde.fr @stephanehorel.bsky.social as a “historic moment in the fight for a PFAS ban.” The goal? To unite forces and push for an EU-wide PFAS ban. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

Good! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Corporations are writing EU law. We need to: ✊ defend ethical standards ✊ stop corporate capture ✊ drop all rigged consultation methods that allow corporate lobbyists to dominate ✊ a broad based campaign to defend and expand the protection of the public interest corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/w...

‘Better Regulation’ was a formula for making laws and law-making more business friendly. But the current model takes the ‘simplification’ agenda to new levels: corporate involvement in decision-making (including the preparation of proposals) is unprecedented. We need #rulestoprotect all of us!

While deregulation campaigns are nothing new to Brussels politics, this one stands out with its scope and methodology. Also, corporate lobbyists and other business representatives are invited in to take a major role, which threatens to set the direction for the EU even further into the future.

In the beginning, the Commission did deny it. As when Simplification Commissioner Dombrovskis said in Nov 24 it was “not about deregulation or diminishing our high standards”. Since then he has done little else than diminish standards in collusion with corporations, our report shows.

The EU is on an unprecedented deregulation track. The rules that protect us and our environment, and climate policies, social and digital rights, are being rolled back swiftly and systematically. The EU Commission, still dubs it “simplification”, but there is no denying it is deregulation.

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...

Very much looking forward to this.

Στο στρογγυλό τραπέζι θα μιλήσουν: @vickycann.bsky.social ( @corporateeurope.org ), Raphael Kergueno @transparency-eu.bsky.social), @yiorgosvassalos.bsky.social

It's a great listen!

Also on this topic, you can check out our documentary 'The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa'. Trailer below and for more info check out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/o...

We're very happy to take part in the launch of the new report by @rosaluxeu.bsky.social and @communiade.bsky.social : 'Reclaiming Steel', hosted by MEP @marinamesure.bsky.social and starting now! Other speakers will include representatives from @industrialleurope.bsky.social and CGT ArcelorMittal ✊

Some takeaways from yesterday's presentation: we need a positive strategy that allows us to build an alternative future, a just transition that respects planetary boundaries & makes sure we have decent jobs. We need to mobilise at European level, at the national level and connect them. No biggie! 😁✊

It’s a technical consultation but we must have our voices heard! It will be especially important that producers of safer alternatives to #PFAS respond to the consultation. You can also sign this petition: action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...

Today the EU Chemicals Agency launches a consultation on its analysis of the proposal to ban #PFAS Agency expert committees agree that: ➡️ restricting PFAS is most appropriate 🇪🇺 action to protect people & planet ➡️ proposal is implementable, manageable & enforceable echa.europa.eu/-/echa-suppo...

#PFAS have been contaminating workers & communities for many decades. But still the producers & industry users fight back against proposals to restrict #ForeverChemicals. The #ForeverLobbying Project mapped this battle; so have we in our 2025 report: corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...

It's People vs. #PFAS polluters. For a small insight into how PFAS-affected communities, who live with pollution every day, are treated by those in Brussels' lobby quarter, check out this video. Spoiler: 💥 VDL refused to meet citizens 💥 PFAS lobby called the police

PFAS : un rapport scientifique très attendu recommande une large restriction par l’Union européenne

- UK energy prices are set by international markets - Bringing in new production takes years, which means any new oil + gas would arrive long after the energy crisis has passed Issuing more North Sea drilling licenses is not going to bring our electric bills down: share.google/55qPWtIMsPXQ...

🚨 The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has finally unveiled science-based opinions on the restriction of #PFAS #foreverchemicals ⚠️Both RAC and SEAC agree: PFAS pose a risk, emissions must be minimised and multiple uses have alternatives Check our article here > open.substack.com/pub/european...

💥 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.

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...

Permitir que sustancias que pueden provocar cáncer o problemas reproductivos sigan presentes en productos de uso diario no es simplificar la legislación, como dice la UE. Es rebajar la protección de salud para satisfacer las demandas de los lobbies industriales www.elsaltodiario.com/la-motosierr...

Colombia and the Netherlands are hosting a conference focused on ending fossil fuels this April. This is HUGE. With the UK attending, here's three things we want them to engage with 👇🏽 Help us make our demands heard - tag energy secretary @ed-miliband.bsky.social below !

🗓️ In Brussels Wednesday 25th? Join us in the European Parliament for the launch of @rosaluxeu.bsky.social + @communia.bsky.social's new study, “Reclaiming Steel: A Public Path for Europe’s Green Industrial Strategy”. Register👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...