Wouter van de Klippe
@woutervandeklippe.bsky.social
Freelance EU labour journalist | MA Public Policy & Msc Science and Technology Studies.
Substack: https://klippe.substack.com/
Website: https://wouter-vandeklippe.com/
Substack: https://klippe.substack.com/
Website: https://wouter-vandeklippe.com/
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📢 Fresh investigation reveals €1.5 BILLION in EU funds backing meat & dairy ads with false “sustainable” claims.
Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥
Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com
#EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation
Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥
Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com
#EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📢 Fresh investigation reveals €1.5 BILLION in EU funds backing meat & dairy ads with false “sustainable” claims.
Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥
Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com
#EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation
Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥
Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com
#EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation
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🔴 NEW 🔴
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the Euro...
www.desmog.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
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EUROPE: Austerity stops women escaping rising violence, unions warn www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
www.etuc.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
EUROPE: Austerity stops women escaping rising violence, unions warn www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
Massive strikes in Belgium today against the gov's austerity measures.
The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory.
Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.
The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory.
Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.
Belgian unions began a three-day general strike on Monday, bringing public transport to a near standstill in a demand for the government to abandon plans to cut pensions, raise the retirement age, and slash unemployment benefits.
Belgium grinds to a halt in three-day general strike against austerity measures
Belgian unions began a three-day general strike on Monday, bringing public transport to a near standstill in a demand for the government to abandon plans to cut pensions, raise the retirement age, and slash unemployment benefits.
euobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Massive strikes in Belgium today against the gov's austerity measures.
The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory.
Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.
The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory.
Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.
Nice piece here by @danielkopp.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the Belgian labour movement's impressive efforts to block the gov's austerity program.
Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.
Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.
In Belgium, Labor and the Government Face a Showdown
Organized labor has been more effective at defending the welfare state in Belgium than in most European countries. After recent actions resisting austerity plans, a three-day strike this week seeks to...
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Nice piece here by @danielkopp.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the Belgian labour movement's impressive efforts to block the gov's austerity program.
Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.
Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.
My newest for @euobserver.com follows the story of securing rights for food delivery workers after Spain's passing of the landmark Rider Law.
While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.
While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.
EU gig-workers still exploited, despite landmark laws
EU gig-workers still exploited, despite landmark laws
Spain’s 2021 'Rider Law' reclassified food couriers as employees, in a landmark for gig-worker rights. But despite progress, riders such as Fernando García in Madrid, and others in the EU, still face an uphill struggle.
euobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My newest for @euobserver.com follows the story of securing rights for food delivery workers after Spain's passing of the landmark Rider Law.
While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.
While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.
Weakening EU's due diligence rules a 'betrayal' for workers.
While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU.
Read my latest in @euobserver.com.
While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU.
Read my latest in @euobserver.com.
How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobs...
euobserver.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Weakening EU's due diligence rules a 'betrayal' for workers.
While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU.
Read my latest in @euobserver.com.
While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU.
Read my latest in @euobserver.com.
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The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.
How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.
euobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.
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Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.
Having grown up in the US and lived in Europe since adulthood, I’m always struck by the fact that Europeans have no idea how bad it can get if the continent’s healthcare systems aren’t defended.
I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.
I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.
Tell me about Europe's problems again, please.
Deborah Buttgereit fell and fractured her arm. Doctors told her she needed surgery to repair it.
Then the bill came: $97,998.
After the hospital applied a self-pay discount, Buttgereit was on the hook for $78,398.40.
Then the bill came: $97,998.
After the hospital applied a self-pay discount, Buttgereit was on the hook for $78,398.40.
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Having grown up in the US and lived in Europe since adulthood, I’m always struck by the fact that Europeans have no idea how bad it can get if the continent’s healthcare systems aren’t defended.
I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.
I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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This morning, we published a story saying that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen auto-deletes all her text messages on the Signal app, including those with an EU leader, president Emmanuel Macron of France.
Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵
Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵
September 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This morning, we published a story saying that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen auto-deletes all her text messages on the Signal app, including those with an EU leader, president Emmanuel Macron of France.
Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵
Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵
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Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.
Israel could face massive EU sanctions, despite veto
Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.
euobserver.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.
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Call for help! @katemac.bsky.social & I are writing about Insurance in the Polycrisis.
Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
The Polycrisis
A project by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay, focused on today’s intersecting crises and the political economy of climate change.
www.phenomenalworld.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Call for help! @katemac.bsky.social & I are writing about Insurance in the Polycrisis.
Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...
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we heterodox economists have been saying this for decades, but now Big Finance is saying it, you know it's the end of liberal macro institutions, a death brought to you by Donald Trump.
August 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
we heterodox economists have been saying this for decades, but now Big Finance is saying it, you know it's the end of liberal macro institutions, a death brought to you by Donald Trump.
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I think it's time to give up the idea that Capital only thrives under liberal institutions.
I'm totally baffled abt the markets. Where is Capital? Trump is messing w/ govt data; imposing tariffs; flirting w/ default; meddling in corporate management.
Where are the CEO complaints? The bond vigilantes? Where are billionaire hedge funders who trade on good data? Was Capital's power a mirage?
Where are the CEO complaints? The bond vigilantes? Where are billionaire hedge funders who trade on good data? Was Capital's power a mirage?
"Antoni is the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation. He has been a relentless booster of Trump’s policies on social media. And he has demonstrated time and again that he does not understand economic statistics." With embarrassing examples from trade, employment, LFP, UI.... [Dominic Pino, NRO]
August 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I think it's time to give up the idea that Capital only thrives under liberal institutions.
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It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Who writes the EU's laws again?
On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Who writes the EU's laws again?
On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...
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The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.
Freelance journalists in Europe: the costs of independence
Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.
euobserver.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.