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· Nov 21
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Senegal’s EU-financed crackdown on smuggling isn’t just jailing the organisers – it’s also jailing ordinary people.
From cooking a meal to renting a room, everyday acts are treated as smuggling. Most cases fall apart for lack of evidence – but only after months in detention.
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From cooking a meal to renting a room, everyday acts are treated as smuggling. Most cases fall apart for lack of evidence – but only after months in detention.
Full story 👇
Senegal’s EU-funded migration crackdown puts innocent people behind bars
Senegal is tightening its grip on irregular migration, aiming to make sure fewer people use its shores to embark on the dangerous journey to Europe via the Atlantic. Backed by the EU, the crackdown is...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Senegal’s EU-financed crackdown on smuggling isn’t just jailing the organisers – it’s also jailing ordinary people.
From cooking a meal to renting a room, everyday acts are treated as smuggling. Most cases fall apart for lack of evidence – but only after months in detention.
Full story 👇
From cooking a meal to renting a room, everyday acts are treated as smuggling. Most cases fall apart for lack of evidence – but only after months in detention.
Full story 👇
⚖️📬 In our new Crime & Corruption newsletter: Denmark revives EU anti-corruption talks, charges against Manfred Weber are dropped, the world moves toward a UN tax treaty, Zelensky faces scrutiny over Ukraine’s energy sector, and an OnlyFans creator is jailed with a hefty tax bill.
Newsletter | Denmark steps in to revive the EU’s deadlocked anti-corruption rules
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November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
⚖️📬 In our new Crime & Corruption newsletter: Denmark revives EU anti-corruption talks, charges against Manfred Weber are dropped, the world moves toward a UN tax treaty, Zelensky faces scrutiny over Ukraine’s energy sector, and an OnlyFans creator is jailed with a hefty tax bill.
𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿.
So how did he end up back in Libya as a free man?
Our new podcast explores how migration politics may have overridden international justice.
🎧 Listen now: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
So how did he end up back in Libya as a free man?
Our new podcast explores how migration politics may have overridden international justice.
🎧 Listen now: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿.
So how did he end up back in Libya as a free man?
Our new podcast explores how migration politics may have overridden international justice.
🎧 Listen now: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
So how did he end up back in Libya as a free man?
Our new podcast explores how migration politics may have overridden international justice.
🎧 Listen now: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
📱Your favourite apps are getting pricier – and in some cases glitchier. WeTransfer, Meetup and Evernote now belong to a fast-growing Italian company that has laid off much of their staff. What does that mean for millions of users?
Read the full article here: www.ftm.eu/articles/wet...
Read the full article here: www.ftm.eu/articles/wet...
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
📱Your favourite apps are getting pricier – and in some cases glitchier. WeTransfer, Meetup and Evernote now belong to a fast-growing Italian company that has laid off much of their staff. What does that mean for millions of users?
Read the full article here: www.ftm.eu/articles/wet...
Read the full article here: www.ftm.eu/articles/wet...
🇪🇺📬What’s happening in this week’s Bureau Brussels?
Diplomats face the music over a secret Signal groupchat, Serbia and the Balkan’s press freedom is on its last legs while the Commission appears unbothered despite ongoing risks of secrets leaking to China through notified bodies.
Latest edition👇
Diplomats face the music over a secret Signal groupchat, Serbia and the Balkan’s press freedom is on its last legs while the Commission appears unbothered despite ongoing risks of secrets leaking to China through notified bodies.
Latest edition👇
Newsletter | Encrypted diplomacy: Kallas to answer for secret Signal group
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🇪🇺📬What’s happening in this week’s Bureau Brussels?
Diplomats face the music over a secret Signal groupchat, Serbia and the Balkan’s press freedom is on its last legs while the Commission appears unbothered despite ongoing risks of secrets leaking to China through notified bodies.
Latest edition👇
Diplomats face the music over a secret Signal groupchat, Serbia and the Balkan’s press freedom is on its last legs while the Commission appears unbothered despite ongoing risks of secrets leaking to China through notified bodies.
Latest edition👇
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: vape lobbying creeps into EU health rules, Brussels-funded tech boosts Turkish surveillance, and football rushes into crypto. Plus: weak protections for U.K. seasonal workers and Swiss billionaires bending tax rules.
Here’s this week’s best investigations:
Here’s this week’s best investigations:
Newsletter | Secret vape money, Turkish surveillance & footballs’ crypto boom
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November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: vape lobbying creeps into EU health rules, Brussels-funded tech boosts Turkish surveillance, and football rushes into crypto. Plus: weak protections for U.K. seasonal workers and Swiss billionaires bending tax rules.
Here’s this week’s best investigations:
Here’s this week’s best investigations:
🇲🇦 ⚒️Morocco’s phosphate powers Europe’s food and EVs –but communities living beside the mines say they’re paying the price.
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🇲🇦 ⚒️Morocco’s phosphate powers Europe’s food and EVs –but communities living beside the mines say they’re paying the price.
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🎧 In our latest podcast, journalist Manon Stravens investigates a mining giant accused of poisoning land and putting workers at risk: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: EPPO has dropped fraud and corruption charges against Manfred Weber, saying there are “no reasonable grounds” to believe a crime was committed. Weber, the EPP president, had been investigated over alleged misuse of EU funds.
🔗 Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
🔗 Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
EU prosecutors dismiss probe into chief of Europe’s most powerful party
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November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: EPPO has dropped fraud and corruption charges against Manfred Weber, saying there are “no reasonable grounds” to believe a crime was committed. Weber, the EPP president, had been investigated over alleged misuse of EU funds.
🔗 Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
🔗 Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮, 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀?
EU research money, a Chinese firm and Turkish surveillance tech.
A company part-owned by China’s ZTE still gets EU funding – while its servers help Turkey monitor protesters.
💶 How did EU money end up funding repression? Read more:
EU research money, a Chinese firm and Turkish surveillance tech.
A company part-owned by China’s ZTE still gets EU funding – while its servers help Turkey monitor protesters.
💶 How did EU money end up funding repression? Read more:
Turkey ramps up surveillance of its citizens – with a hand from Brussels
A Turkish firm which has been backed by EU research funds is supplying facial recognition equipment to Ankara. The company’s controlling shareholder is Chinese tech giant ZTE, classified by Brussels a...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮, 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀?
EU research money, a Chinese firm and Turkish surveillance tech.
A company part-owned by China’s ZTE still gets EU funding – while its servers help Turkey monitor protesters.
💶 How did EU money end up funding repression? Read more:
EU research money, a Chinese firm and Turkish surveillance tech.
A company part-owned by China’s ZTE still gets EU funding – while its servers help Turkey monitor protesters.
💶 How did EU money end up funding repression? Read more:
🇪🇺⚒️ 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝘀 – 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁?
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Podcast | The dark side of Morocco’s mining boom
Phosphate minerals from Morocco are essential for producing fertiliser and the batteries that power electric vehicles. But local communities say that the world’s biggest exporter – the state-owned OCP...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🇪🇺⚒️ 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗩𝘀 – 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁?
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
Behind rising global demand, state-owned OCP faces criticism over pollution, harm to livestock, and fatal accidents among workers.
🎧 Listen to the full story on our website, app, or your favourite streaming service:
🇪🇺💻 Can Europe ever achieve digital sovereignty?
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🇪🇺💻 Can Europe ever achieve digital sovereignty?
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
Journalist Alexander Fanta breaks down why the EU still depends on American tech – from cloud servers to major apps – using cases like the Zivver data breach and AWS outage to show how fragile Europe’s digital independence is.
💧 Will Europe’s green hydrogen dream run dry before it even begins?
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
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Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
👇 Read the article
Europe’s climate goals at risk as hydrogen dream faces wake-up call in Namibia
Namibia’s green hydrogen industry has been hailed as a vital part of the EU’s clean energy transition. Yet the fledgling sector is plagued by problems and struggling to get off the ground, Follow the ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
💧 Will Europe’s green hydrogen dream run dry before it even begins?
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
👇 Read the article
Europe bet on the clean fuel to meet its climate targets. Five years on, the billion-euro plan in Namibia is stalling – investors are leaving and little has been built. Yet Brussels still clings to the dream.
👇 Read the article
🇪🇺📬 A sneak peek from this week’s Bureau Brussels: Germany’s sensitive exports to Israel have surged fivefold since the Gaza war; a Parliament pizza party sparks an ethics scandal; ministers weaken 2040 climate goals as the ultra-rich tighten their grip.
👇 Here’s the latest edition
👇 Here’s the latest edition
Newsletter | From Berlin to Tel Aviv: exports of sensitive goods soared more than fivefold
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November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🇪🇺📬 A sneak peek from this week’s Bureau Brussels: Germany’s sensitive exports to Israel have surged fivefold since the Gaza war; a Parliament pizza party sparks an ethics scandal; ministers weaken 2040 climate goals as the ultra-rich tighten their grip.
👇 Here’s the latest edition
👇 Here’s the latest edition
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: stranded families expose Europe’s broken asylum system, Ireland struggles to care for FGM survivors, and billion-dollar monopolies tighten their grip on health and technology.
Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week 👇
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Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week 👇
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Newsletter | Stranded lives, broken systems, and billion-dollar monopolies
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November 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: stranded families expose Europe’s broken asylum system, Ireland struggles to care for FGM survivors, and billion-dollar monopolies tighten their grip on health and technology.
Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week 👇
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week 👇
www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“The CEO used to be an elite spy.”
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM journalist Sebastiaan Brommer reveals how European health and government data ended up with a U.S. firm tied to ex-Israeli intelligence – and the risks that poses.
🎧 Here's the latest episode: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
“𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.”
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Brussels turns blind eye as Albania’s drug empire threatens Europe
Under Prime Minister Edi Rama, Albania has become a narco-state over the past 10 years. Albanian criminal networks are increasingly active in Europe. Yet, the EU continues to support Rama's efforts to...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.”
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks.
What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye?
🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...
⚖️📬𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 & 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
Charges against ex-EU Justice Chief Didier Reynders dominate a week marked by new revelations on spyware, tax evasion, and political corruption across Europe and the pond.
Read the latest newsletter here: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Charges against ex-EU Justice Chief Didier Reynders dominate a week marked by new revelations on spyware, tax evasion, and political corruption across Europe and the pond.
Read the latest newsletter here: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
⚖️📬𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 & 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
Charges against ex-EU Justice Chief Didier Reynders dominate a week marked by new revelations on spyware, tax evasion, and political corruption across Europe and the pond.
Read the latest newsletter here: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
Charges against ex-EU Justice Chief Didier Reynders dominate a week marked by new revelations on spyware, tax evasion, and political corruption across Europe and the pond.
Read the latest newsletter here: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...
🗃️ Why would Israel want access to Europeans’ data?
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🗃️ Why would Israel want access to Europeans’ data?
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
FTM’s new podcast reveals how tech firm Zivver, trusted with Europe’s most sensitive information, allowed private messages to slip into the orbit of a U.S. company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
Listen here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
🇧🇪⚖️ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 – charged with money laundering in Belgium after an October hearing with his wife.
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering
The charge comes after months of investigation.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🇧🇪⚖️ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 – charged with money laundering in Belgium after an October hearing with his wife.
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
Prosecutors say Reynders used lottery tickets and cash deposits to channel funds of unclear origin into his personal account.
Read the full story 👇:
🚨📱Under the EU’s DSA, X must report user-safety risks. Yet the platform hid data about child abuse and terrorism and now Brussels is helping to keep its reports confidential.
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨📱Under the EU’s DSA, X must report user-safety risks. Yet the platform hid data about child abuse and terrorism and now Brussels is helping to keep its reports confidential.
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
An EU watchdog is calling the Commission out for shielding the platform.
Read our update: www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...
Think Europe shapes its own policies? Think again. A third of Brussels’ 'independent' think tanks get millions from the U.S. and Big Tech to protect their interests and shape the EU agenda.
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Think Europe shapes its own policies? Think again. A third of Brussels’ 'independent' think tanks get millions from the U.S. and Big Tech to protect their interests and shape the EU agenda.
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
Read more: www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...
💭 Should foreign funding in EU think tanks be more transparent?
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🇪🇺📬 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀: while the Netherlands counts its votes, Brussels hums with drama – the Commission admits EU funds reached spyware firms, Selmayr eyes a comeback, and Big Tech breaks lobbying records.
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Newsletter | Brussels admits EU funds flowed to spyware firms after FTM probe
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November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🇪🇺📬 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀: while the Netherlands counts its votes, Brussels hums with drama – the Commission admits EU funds reached spyware firms, Selmayr eyes a comeback, and Big Tech breaks lobbying records.
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Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Google, the world’s largest search engine operating three in four smartphones, has played Brussels like a fiddle – shaping laws, silencing rivals, and calling it "innovation". The chart shows how Big Tech bankrolls Brussels’ top think tanks.
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
Read our latest story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: far-right extremism takes hold in German schools, Switzerland’s richest face a tax revolt, and Europe’s banks keep fuelling the climate crisis.
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Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week:
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Newsletter | Radical lessons, billionaire battles, and a carbon reckoning
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November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🇪🇺📥 This week in Europe Uncovered: far-right extremism takes hold in German schools, Switzerland’s richest face a tax revolt, and Europe’s banks keep fuelling the climate crisis.
Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week:
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Here’s the best investigative journalism of the week:
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🇺🇸 ⚖️ Why did the U.S. suddenly drop two major NATO corruption cases?
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🇺🇸 ⚖️ Why did the U.S. suddenly drop two major NATO corruption cases?
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...
In our latest podcast, journalists Simon Van Dorpe and Jesse Pinster unpack the story.
Listen to the full episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...