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The European Commission wants to let US and Israeli arms manufacturers access EU taxpayer funds!
The Left today has tabled an objection to a move to give defence companies in third countries access to the €26 BILLION InvestEU programme.
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The Left today has tabled an objection to a move to give defence companies in third countries access to the €26 BILLION InvestEU programme.
Read more 👉 t.co/BGe5nN3nR2
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The European Commission wants to let US and Israeli arms manufacturers access EU taxpayer funds!
The Left today has tabled an objection to a move to give defence companies in third countries access to the €26 BILLION InvestEU programme.
Read more 👉 t.co/BGe5nN3nR2
The Left today has tabled an objection to a move to give defence companies in third countries access to the €26 BILLION InvestEU programme.
Read more 👉 t.co/BGe5nN3nR2
Today we tabled a Motion of Censure against von der Leyen and this Commission.
For complicity in genocide, for undemocratic trade deals, for backtracking on climate.
The Parliament voted to defend VDL.
We are not discouraged. Pressure is mounting.
👉 left.eu/vdl-clings-t...
For complicity in genocide, for undemocratic trade deals, for backtracking on climate.
The Parliament voted to defend VDL.
We are not discouraged. Pressure is mounting.
👉 left.eu/vdl-clings-t...
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today we tabled a Motion of Censure against von der Leyen and this Commission.
For complicity in genocide, for undemocratic trade deals, for backtracking on climate.
The Parliament voted to defend VDL.
We are not discouraged. Pressure is mounting.
👉 left.eu/vdl-clings-t...
For complicity in genocide, for undemocratic trade deals, for backtracking on climate.
The Parliament voted to defend VDL.
We are not discouraged. Pressure is mounting.
👉 left.eu/vdl-clings-t...
Ilaria Salis 1 : Viktor Orbán 0
This week, the JURI Committee in the European Parliament refused to bow to the threats of authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, voting NOT to lift the parliamentary immunity of Left MEP Ilaria Salis✊
This week, the JURI Committee in the European Parliament refused to bow to the threats of authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, voting NOT to lift the parliamentary immunity of Left MEP Ilaria Salis✊
September 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ilaria Salis 1 : Viktor Orbán 0
This week, the JURI Committee in the European Parliament refused to bow to the threats of authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, voting NOT to lift the parliamentary immunity of Left MEP Ilaria Salis✊
This week, the JURI Committee in the European Parliament refused to bow to the threats of authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, voting NOT to lift the parliamentary immunity of Left MEP Ilaria Salis✊
The Global Sumud Flotilla is on its way to break the blockade of Gaza. Our MEP @emma-fourreau.bsky.social is on board.
The flotilla will be observed by experts and lawmakers on an independent legal observer ship, including Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social
The tide is rising for Palestine.
The flotilla will be observed by experts and lawmakers on an independent legal observer ship, including Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social
The tide is rising for Palestine.
September 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Global Sumud Flotilla is on its way to break the blockade of Gaza. Our MEP @emma-fourreau.bsky.social is on board.
The flotilla will be observed by experts and lawmakers on an independent legal observer ship, including Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social
The tide is rising for Palestine.
The flotilla will be observed by experts and lawmakers on an independent legal observer ship, including Left MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social
The tide is rising for Palestine.
So, what now Kaja Kallas?
Do you still trust your 'very good partners'?
Do you still trust your 'very good partners'?
August 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So, what now Kaja Kallas?
Do you still trust your 'very good partners'?
Do you still trust your 'very good partners'?
Israel's defence minister has ordered the creation of a concentration camp for 600,000 people in Gaza
"Israel is reopening the worst pages of European colonial history. That this plan for a concentration camp doesn't shake Europe's support for Israel is unacceptable" - @botengam.bsky.social
"Israel is reopening the worst pages of European colonial history. That this plan for a concentration camp doesn't shake Europe's support for Israel is unacceptable" - @botengam.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Israel's defence minister has ordered the creation of a concentration camp for 600,000 people in Gaza
"Israel is reopening the worst pages of European colonial history. That this plan for a concentration camp doesn't shake Europe's support for Israel is unacceptable" - @botengam.bsky.social
"Israel is reopening the worst pages of European colonial history. That this plan for a concentration camp doesn't shake Europe's support for Israel is unacceptable" - @botengam.bsky.social
BREAKING: Marine Le Pen, AfD, and far right in the European Parliament siphoned off over €4m in public money.
"Stealing public money, attacking civil society, and pointing fingers, that’s the moral compass of the modern right in the 21st century” - @schirdewan.bsky.social
"Stealing public money, attacking civil society, and pointing fingers, that’s the moral compass of the modern right in the 21st century” - @schirdewan.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
BREAKING: Marine Le Pen, AfD, and far right in the European Parliament siphoned off over €4m in public money.
"Stealing public money, attacking civil society, and pointing fingers, that’s the moral compass of the modern right in the 21st century” - @schirdewan.bsky.social
"Stealing public money, attacking civil society, and pointing fingers, that’s the moral compass of the modern right in the 21st century” - @schirdewan.bsky.social
'Daddy' Rutte is right 🤯 we will all pay 'BIG' for new weapons spending.
Following the NATO chief's embarrassing sucking up to Trump, the only way they will be able to afford an increase to 5% of GDP will be by taking it from YOUR healthcare and social services.
Following the NATO chief's embarrassing sucking up to Trump, the only way they will be able to afford an increase to 5% of GDP will be by taking it from YOUR healthcare and social services.
June 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
'Daddy' Rutte is right 🤯 we will all pay 'BIG' for new weapons spending.
Following the NATO chief's embarrassing sucking up to Trump, the only way they will be able to afford an increase to 5% of GDP will be by taking it from YOUR healthcare and social services.
Following the NATO chief's embarrassing sucking up to Trump, the only way they will be able to afford an increase to 5% of GDP will be by taking it from YOUR healthcare and social services.
To mark #WorldRefugeeDay2025, The Left presents a fictional but frighteningly plausible “Deportation Machine Regulation”
This parody reveals the deeply racist, colonial, & authoritarian logic behind current EU migration plans.
Join us in saying: Not in our name.
Read more🔗 left.eu/issues/depor...
This parody reveals the deeply racist, colonial, & authoritarian logic behind current EU migration plans.
Join us in saying: Not in our name.
Read more🔗 left.eu/issues/depor...
June 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
To mark #WorldRefugeeDay2025, The Left presents a fictional but frighteningly plausible “Deportation Machine Regulation”
This parody reveals the deeply racist, colonial, & authoritarian logic behind current EU migration plans.
Join us in saying: Not in our name.
Read more🔗 left.eu/issues/depor...
This parody reveals the deeply racist, colonial, & authoritarian logic behind current EU migration plans.
Join us in saying: Not in our name.
Read more🔗 left.eu/issues/depor...
Welcome home Rima Hassan 💪
June 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Welcome home Rima Hassan 💪
The detention of the Freedom Flotilla is part of the Netanyahu regime's strategy to commit genocide and hide it from the world.
The Left condemns this illegal interception in the strongest terms and we demand that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.
We are proud of you Rima Hassan ✊
The Left condemns this illegal interception in the strongest terms and we demand that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.
We are proud of you Rima Hassan ✊
June 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The detention of the Freedom Flotilla is part of the Netanyahu regime's strategy to commit genocide and hide it from the world.
The Left condemns this illegal interception in the strongest terms and we demand that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.
We are proud of you Rima Hassan ✊
The Left condemns this illegal interception in the strongest terms and we demand that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.
We are proud of you Rima Hassan ✊
🚨BREAKING: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, including Left MEP
Rima Hassan, are conducting a rescue at sea at this moment.
All struggles for justice and equality are bound together. No one is illegal ✊
Rima Hassan, are conducting a rescue at sea at this moment.
All struggles for justice and equality are bound together. No one is illegal ✊
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, including Left MEP
Rima Hassan, are conducting a rescue at sea at this moment.
All struggles for justice and equality are bound together. No one is illegal ✊
Rima Hassan, are conducting a rescue at sea at this moment.
All struggles for justice and equality are bound together. No one is illegal ✊
The ILVA plant in Taranto has driven up cancer rates for years.
We've joined forces with steelworkers and local communities to get the EU to act against what the UN describes as a "human sacrifice zone" 😷
Today, with Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, we're taking it to the European Ombudsman 💪
We've joined forces with steelworkers and local communities to get the EU to act against what the UN describes as a "human sacrifice zone" 😷
Today, with Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, we're taking it to the European Ombudsman 💪
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The ILVA plant in Taranto has driven up cancer rates for years.
We've joined forces with steelworkers and local communities to get the EU to act against what the UN describes as a "human sacrifice zone" 😷
Today, with Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, we're taking it to the European Ombudsman 💪
We've joined forces with steelworkers and local communities to get the EU to act against what the UN describes as a "human sacrifice zone" 😷
Today, with Left MEP Valentina Palmisano, we're taking it to the European Ombudsman 💪
Full support to Left MEP Rima Hassan and all the activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla today.
Break the siege. Stop the genocide ✊
Break the siege. Stop the genocide ✊
June 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Full support to Left MEP Rima Hassan and all the activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla today.
Break the siege. Stop the genocide ✊
Break the siege. Stop the genocide ✊
Amid rising global tensions, climate breakdown & economic power struggles, the EU must rethink its foundations.
Left MEP Pasquale Tridico opened our event “Europe at Crossroads: A Progressive Economic Agenda in Uncertain Times”.
Left MEP Pasquale Tridico opened our event “Europe at Crossroads: A Progressive Economic Agenda in Uncertain Times”.
May 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Amid rising global tensions, climate breakdown & economic power struggles, the EU must rethink its foundations.
Left MEP Pasquale Tridico opened our event “Europe at Crossroads: A Progressive Economic Agenda in Uncertain Times”.
Left MEP Pasquale Tridico opened our event “Europe at Crossroads: A Progressive Economic Agenda in Uncertain Times”.
Orbán is dismantling democracy in Hungary, from banning Pride and attacking minorities to exiting the ICC.
In #Eplenary, Left MEP @kostarvanitis.bsky.social: "Orbán's government is pushing the ‘transparency’ law to stigmatize, & silence dissent, dismantling what’s left of democracy.”
In #Eplenary, Left MEP @kostarvanitis.bsky.social: "Orbán's government is pushing the ‘transparency’ law to stigmatize, & silence dissent, dismantling what’s left of democracy.”
May 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Orbán is dismantling democracy in Hungary, from banning Pride and attacking minorities to exiting the ICC.
In #Eplenary, Left MEP @kostarvanitis.bsky.social: "Orbán's government is pushing the ‘transparency’ law to stigmatize, & silence dissent, dismantling what’s left of democracy.”
In #Eplenary, Left MEP @kostarvanitis.bsky.social: "Orbán's government is pushing the ‘transparency’ law to stigmatize, & silence dissent, dismantling what’s left of democracy.”
Militant action by MEPs and activists outside the European Parliament today to demand EU action to stop the genocide in Gaza.
MEP Rima Hassan makes it clear: the EU's vague pledge to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement isn’t enough.
Suspend the Agreement. Stop the genocide. NOW.
MEP Rima Hassan makes it clear: the EU's vague pledge to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement isn’t enough.
Suspend the Agreement. Stop the genocide. NOW.
May 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Militant action by MEPs and activists outside the European Parliament today to demand EU action to stop the genocide in Gaza.
MEP Rima Hassan makes it clear: the EU's vague pledge to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement isn’t enough.
Suspend the Agreement. Stop the genocide. NOW.
MEP Rima Hassan makes it clear: the EU's vague pledge to review the EU-Israel Association Agreement isn’t enough.
Suspend the Agreement. Stop the genocide. NOW.
Gaza is being massacred
We held a die-in demonstration today together with activists and civil society outside the European Parliament.
A 'review' of trade relations is too little too late.
Arms Embargo now. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!
We held a die-in demonstration today together with activists and civil society outside the European Parliament.
A 'review' of trade relations is too little too late.
Arms Embargo now. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!
May 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Gaza is being massacred
We held a die-in demonstration today together with activists and civil society outside the European Parliament.
A 'review' of trade relations is too little too late.
Arms Embargo now. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!
We held a die-in demonstration today together with activists and civil society outside the European Parliament.
A 'review' of trade relations is too little too late.
Arms Embargo now. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement now!
While you were living under lockdown and your public health services were crying out for vaccines, von der Leyen thought herself above the law.
Today an EU court ruled against the President.
Enough. The Left demands a permanent Ethics Body to keep the powerful in check.
Today an EU court ruled against the President.
Enough. The Left demands a permanent Ethics Body to keep the powerful in check.
May 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
While you were living under lockdown and your public health services were crying out for vaccines, von der Leyen thought herself above the law.
Today an EU court ruled against the President.
Enough. The Left demands a permanent Ethics Body to keep the powerful in check.
Today an EU court ruled against the President.
Enough. The Left demands a permanent Ethics Body to keep the powerful in check.
🚨BREAKING: Corruption at the very top - von der Leyen loses attempt to hide text messages with Pfizer CEO.
The EU's General Court found this morning that the Commission President 'failed to explain' why deleted text messages over covid vaccines were kept from the public eye.
The EU's General Court found this morning that the Commission President 'failed to explain' why deleted text messages over covid vaccines were kept from the public eye.
May 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🚨BREAKING: Corruption at the very top - von der Leyen loses attempt to hide text messages with Pfizer CEO.
The EU's General Court found this morning that the Commission President 'failed to explain' why deleted text messages over covid vaccines were kept from the public eye.
The EU's General Court found this morning that the Commission President 'failed to explain' why deleted text messages over covid vaccines were kept from the public eye.
In several EU member states, conversion "therapy" remains legal.
LGBTQ+ people are not sick, & they do not need to be fixed. This is simply a violation of fundamental human rights.
Sign the European citizens Initiative to ban this practice all over EU 🔗 left.eu/the-left-cal...
LGBTQ+ people are not sick, & they do not need to be fixed. This is simply a violation of fundamental human rights.
Sign the European citizens Initiative to ban this practice all over EU 🔗 left.eu/the-left-cal...
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In several EU member states, conversion "therapy" remains legal.
LGBTQ+ people are not sick, & they do not need to be fixed. This is simply a violation of fundamental human rights.
Sign the European citizens Initiative to ban this practice all over EU 🔗 left.eu/the-left-cal...
LGBTQ+ people are not sick, & they do not need to be fixed. This is simply a violation of fundamental human rights.
Sign the European citizens Initiative to ban this practice all over EU 🔗 left.eu/the-left-cal...
At the #EPlenary, Left MEP João Oliveira warns that the liberalization and privatization policies in the energy sector “carved up the electricity sector to fit market interests, stripping coherence from the system, leaving it more fragile and vulnerable, and operating with less safety.”
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
At the #EPlenary, Left MEP João Oliveira warns that the liberalization and privatization policies in the energy sector “carved up the electricity sector to fit market interests, stripping coherence from the system, leaving it more fragile and vulnerable, and operating with less safety.”
In the #EPlanery, Left MEP Pernando Barrena points out:
“It is out of place to exploit the confusion by blaming everything on renewables — as if addressing climate change were optional. Renewables are part of the solution.”
The energy sector needs massive investment.
“It is out of place to exploit the confusion by blaming everything on renewables — as if addressing climate change were optional. Renewables are part of the solution.”
The energy sector needs massive investment.
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In the #EPlanery, Left MEP Pernando Barrena points out:
“It is out of place to exploit the confusion by blaming everything on renewables — as if addressing climate change were optional. Renewables are part of the solution.”
The energy sector needs massive investment.
“It is out of place to exploit the confusion by blaming everything on renewables — as if addressing climate change were optional. Renewables are part of the solution.”
The energy sector needs massive investment.
Left MEP @irenemonterog.bsky.social reminds the #EPlanery:
“The blackout shows that security isn't about more weapons — it's about energy security, healthcare workers saving lives who save lives while the country is shut down, and teachers staying late at school until all families arrive”
“The blackout shows that security isn't about more weapons — it's about energy security, healthcare workers saving lives who save lives while the country is shut down, and teachers staying late at school until all families arrive”
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Left MEP @irenemonterog.bsky.social reminds the #EPlanery:
“The blackout shows that security isn't about more weapons — it's about energy security, healthcare workers saving lives who save lives while the country is shut down, and teachers staying late at school until all families arrive”
“The blackout shows that security isn't about more weapons — it's about energy security, healthcare workers saving lives who save lives while the country is shut down, and teachers staying late at school until all families arrive”
Addressing the #EPlenary on the Iberian blackout, Left MEP @estrellagalan.bsky.social lays out what we need:
“The solution is a 100% public, green, and secure energy system — one that ends the privileges of the energy oligopoly.”
“The solution is a 100% public, green, and secure energy system — one that ends the privileges of the energy oligopoly.”
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Addressing the #EPlenary on the Iberian blackout, Left MEP @estrellagalan.bsky.social lays out what we need:
“The solution is a 100% public, green, and secure energy system — one that ends the privileges of the energy oligopoly.”
“The solution is a 100% public, green, and secure energy system — one that ends the privileges of the energy oligopoly.”