The tech industry has significantly increased its lobbying efforts within the EU. Our latest analysis of the EU lobby register:

🇩🇪 www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...

🇬🇧 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b... via @corporateeurope.org

Yesterday, we went to the EU-Commission’s headquarter in Brussels to protest for a Google break-up. Commissioner Ribera did the right thing with her adtech-decision. Now, she has to stay firm & resist pressure from inside the Commission & from the other side of the Atlantic. Time to break up Google!

Unser gemeinsamer Appell mit @rebalance-now.bsky.social bekommt viel Unterstützung, auch von anderen Organisationen. Dazu gehören: @algorithmwatch.org, @balancedeconomy.bsky.social, Digitalcourage, @goliathwatch.bsky.social, @openmarkets.bsky.social und taxmenow. /2

Google ist zu mächtig! Der Tech-Konzern missbraucht seine Monopolstellung und schadet der Vielfalt im Netz und unserer Demokratie. Die EU kann und sollte dagegen vorgehen und Google zerschlagen! /1

More than 20.000 people support a bold and consistent #DMA
enforcement. Today we went to Brussels to handover our petition for a strong DMA to DG Comp. /1

🚨 The EU is about to finalise new rules for general purpose AI like ChatGPT. But instead of reining in leading AI providers such as Microsoft or Meta, Big Tech got privileged access to the development of the rules. /1

"Doubling Down, not Backing Down. Defending the EU’s Digital Sovereignty in the Trump Era." Very important and timely publication for the coalition talks in Germany by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, @openmarkets.bsky.social & European Policy Centre. www.kas.de/documents/d/...

Meanwhile, former Facebook lobbyists are inside the EU Parliament pushing for deregulation.

In just a few months, the Finnish MEP Aura Salla had 181 lobby meetings – almost one every day.
She also met twice with her former employer Facebook. 3/

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a one-sided lobby forum with privileged access for corporations and their owners. We are in Davos to criticise this. Alternatives for a one-sided lobby forum are overdue. We need open and balanced discussions on the future of the world.