Lora Verheecke
@loraverheecke.bsky.social
Policy Officer in Counter-Balance
Researching lobbying in the EU and doing lobby tours at DarkSideEUTours
Researching lobbying in the EU and doing lobby tours at DarkSideEUTours
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💰Las sospechas de corrupción en la agencia de compras en la OTAN alcanzan a la israelí Elbit Systems.
✍🏼 @pelorduy.bsky.social
📷 @brunothevenin.bsky.social
https://elsal.to/45457
✍🏼 @pelorduy.bsky.social
📷 @brunothevenin.bsky.social
https://elsal.to/45457
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
💰Las sospechas de corrupción en la agencia de compras en la OTAN alcanzan a la israelí Elbit Systems.
✍🏼 @pelorduy.bsky.social
📷 @brunothevenin.bsky.social
https://elsal.to/45457
✍🏼 @pelorduy.bsky.social
📷 @brunothevenin.bsky.social
https://elsal.to/45457
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Soutien aux confrères et à la SDJ du Parisien qui dénonce «une dérive vers une direction autoritaire de la ligne éditoriale, sans concertation et sans aucune contradiction possible».
Les lecteurs du «Parisien» privés d’une interview du chef du Parquet national financier
Le service police-justice et la société des journalistes dénoncent une «censure», sur fond de désaccord autour de l’exposition donnée au procès libyen de Nicolas Sarkozy.
Le service police-justice et la société des journalistes dénoncent une «censure», sur fond de désaccord autour de l’exposition donnée au procès libyen de Nicolas Sarkozy.
Les lecteurs du «Parisien» privés d’une interview du chef du Parquet national financier
La décision du directeur du «Parisien» suscite une vive réaction en interne. Le service police justice et la société des journalistes dénoncent une «censure», sur fond de désaccord autour de l’exposition donnée au procès libyen de Sarkozy.
www.liberation.fr
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Soutien aux confrères et à la SDJ du Parisien qui dénonce «une dérive vers une direction autoritaire de la ligne éditoriale, sans concertation et sans aucune contradiction possible».
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A handful of corporations control what we eat - and profit from it.
Seeds, pesticides, machinery, carbon credits, fertilisers, even poultry genetics. That’s not free choice - that’s corporate monopolies.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
Seeds, pesticides, machinery, carbon credits, fertilisers, even poultry genetics. That’s not free choice - that’s corporate monopolies.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
A handful of corporations control what we eat - and profit from it.
Seeds, pesticides, machinery, carbon credits, fertilisers, even poultry genetics. That’s not free choice - that’s corporate monopolies.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
Seeds, pesticides, machinery, carbon credits, fertilisers, even poultry genetics. That’s not free choice - that’s corporate monopolies.
#EUAgriFoodDays #FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
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Appel aux ministres de la justice et de l’intérieur : respectez la liberté de la presse, renforcez le secret des sources !
Plus de 131 médias, sociétés des journalistes et organisations interpellent le gouvernement.
@mediapart.fr @sdjmediapart.bsky.social
Plus de 131 médias, sociétés des journalistes et organisations interpellent le gouvernement.
@mediapart.fr @sdjmediapart.bsky.social
Appel aux ministres de la justice et de l’intérieur : respectez la liberté de la presse, renforcez le secret des sources
Il y a près d’un an, 110 médias et organisations interpellaient le gouvernement pour réclamer une réforme de la loi de 2010 relative à la protection du secret des sources des journalistes. Les contou…
blogs.mediapart.fr
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Appel aux ministres de la justice et de l’intérieur : respectez la liberté de la presse, renforcez le secret des sources !
Plus de 131 médias, sociétés des journalistes et organisations interpellent le gouvernement.
@mediapart.fr @sdjmediapart.bsky.social
Plus de 131 médias, sociétés des journalistes et organisations interpellent le gouvernement.
@mediapart.fr @sdjmediapart.bsky.social
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L’administration Trump ordonne au FBI de dresser une liste des «extrémistes» américains
Le ministère de la Justice ouvre la voie à la répression d’opinions dissidentes. Avec le soutien de l’appareil sécuritaire et de la délation citoyenne.
Le ministère de la Justice ouvre la voie à la répression d’opinions dissidentes. Avec le soutien de l’appareil sécuritaire et de la délation citoyenne.
L’administration Trump ordonne au FBI de dresser une liste des «extrémistes» américains
Sous couvert de lutte contre le «terrorisme intérieur» et contre la mouvance «antifa», le ministère de la Justice ouvre la voie à la répression d’opinions dissidentes. Avec le soutien de l’appareil sécuritaire et de la délation citoyenne.
www.liberation.fr
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
L’administration Trump ordonne au FBI de dresser une liste des «extrémistes» américains
Le ministère de la Justice ouvre la voie à la répression d’opinions dissidentes. Avec le soutien de l’appareil sécuritaire et de la délation citoyenne.
Le ministère de la Justice ouvre la voie à la répression d’opinions dissidentes. Avec le soutien de l’appareil sécuritaire et de la délation citoyenne.
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On 8-9 Dec, the EU Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
On 8-9 Dec, the EU Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
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📢 Ahead of #HumanRightsDay, IFJ releases its initial Killed List findings:
🔴 111 journalists and media workers, including 7 women, were killed in 2025, 46% of them in #Gaza.
⚫️533 journalists and media workers are currently imprisoned worldwide.
🔴 111 journalists and media workers, including 7 women, were killed in 2025, 46% of them in #Gaza.
⚫️533 journalists and media workers are currently imprisoned worldwide.
111 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ / IFJ
One hundred and eleven journalists, including seven women, have been killed in 2025, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) annual report on journalists and media professional...
www.ifj.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📢 Ahead of #HumanRightsDay, IFJ releases its initial Killed List findings:
🔴 111 journalists and media workers, including 7 women, were killed in 2025, 46% of them in #Gaza.
⚫️533 journalists and media workers are currently imprisoned worldwide.
🔴 111 journalists and media workers, including 7 women, were killed in 2025, 46% of them in #Gaza.
⚫️533 journalists and media workers are currently imprisoned worldwide.
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🐽Europe’s waste crisis stinks, and it threatens people and nature. So why are we rolling back the laws that can save us?🤌
As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control
As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control
Europe may have up to 500,000 landfills: many unmapped, forgotten and compromised. Our modelling shows the scale of risk. We also documented sites leaking PFAS, heavy metals, plastics and other toxins.
www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...
www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...
Europe’s toxic landfill crisis exposed in groundbreaking mapping project
Locations of more than 60,000 landfills pinpointed across Europe in first-of-its-kind analysis, uncovering a multitude of potential threats to ecosystems and communities.
www.investigate-europe.eu
December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🐽Europe’s waste crisis stinks, and it threatens people and nature. So why are we rolling back the laws that can save us?🤌
As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control
As @ec.europa.eu moves to dilute key health and environmental protections, including newly approved waste laws, @investigate-europe.eu reveals our landfills are out of control
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NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
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Ca fait deux ans qu'on alerte sur la capacité de l'IA à créer des Fake News parfaite. Avec Nano Banana Pro de Google, la techno est prête et accessible.
Les exemples dans l'article sont assez bluffant
www.numerama.com/cyberguerre/...
Les exemples dans l'article sont assez bluffant
www.numerama.com/cyberguerre/...
C’est la fin de la preuve par l’image : l'outil Google Nano Banana Pro génère d'incroyables fake news à la chaîne
Le 3 décembre 2025, NewsGuard a publié une enquête sur le nouvel outil de génération d’images de Google, NanoBanana Pro. L’entreprise américaine, qui évalue la fiabilité des sites d’information, a vou...
www.numerama.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ca fait deux ans qu'on alerte sur la capacité de l'IA à créer des Fake News parfaite. Avec Nano Banana Pro de Google, la techno est prête et accessible.
Les exemples dans l'article sont assez bluffant
www.numerama.com/cyberguerre/...
Les exemples dans l'article sont assez bluffant
www.numerama.com/cyberguerre/...
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🚨Exposed: how a secretive alliance of US companies is working to tear down the CSDDD.
They:
- Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament
- Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries
- Paid for a think tank report
Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
They:
- Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament
- Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries
- Paid for a think tank report
Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨Exposed: how a secretive alliance of US companies is working to tear down the CSDDD.
They:
- Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament
- Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries
- Paid for a think tank report
Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
They:
- Aimed to get “the most extreme position” in the European Parliament
- Worked to mobilise pressure from non-EU countries
- Paid for a think tank report
Full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
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DYK⁉️ Planned LNG export projects alone could result in releasing over 10 gigatonnes of CO₂ by 2030.
That's the same amount in annual emissions of the U.S. and the EU combined 😲
It's time to #StopLNG
More stats at ExitLNG.org
That's the same amount in annual emissions of the U.S. and the EU combined 😲
It's time to #StopLNG
More stats at ExitLNG.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
DYK⁉️ Planned LNG export projects alone could result in releasing over 10 gigatonnes of CO₂ by 2030.
That's the same amount in annual emissions of the U.S. and the EU combined 😲
It's time to #StopLNG
More stats at ExitLNG.org
That's the same amount in annual emissions of the U.S. and the EU combined 😲
It's time to #StopLNG
More stats at ExitLNG.org
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Les services de renseignement français ont obtenu la preuve que le Kremlin a approuvé un plan visant à s’en prendre aux communautés à la fois juive et musulmane afin de mieux fracturer notre société. Révélations. Via @mediapart.fr
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
Des documents internes au Kremlin montrent l’implication de la Russie dans des opérations en France visant juifs et musulmans
Les services de renseignement français ont obtenu la preuve que l’administration présidentielle russe a approuvé un plan visant à s’en prendre aux communautés à la fois juive et musulmane afin de mie…
www.mediapart.fr
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Les services de renseignement français ont obtenu la preuve que le Kremlin a approuvé un plan visant à s’en prendre aux communautés à la fois juive et musulmane afin de mieux fracturer notre société. Révélations. Via @mediapart.fr
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
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'It's green colonialism'
Thousands of miles in Patagonia could be covered in wind farms & industrial infrastructure - as European and British firms invest in green fuel mega-projects
My report from Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@criordor.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
Thousands of miles in Patagonia could be covered in wind farms & industrial infrastructure - as European and British firms invest in green fuel mega-projects
My report from Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@criordor.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
‘Will it change the weather? Will wildlife cope?’: Europe’s rush to build energy projects in Chile might not be as green as it seems
The country’s government is upbeat about the economic prospects of the growing number of windfarms, solar parks and industrial complexes but others warn of ‘green colonialism’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'It's green colonialism'
Thousands of miles in Patagonia could be covered in wind farms & industrial infrastructure - as European and British firms invest in green fuel mega-projects
My report from Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@criordor.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
Thousands of miles in Patagonia could be covered in wind farms & industrial infrastructure - as European and British firms invest in green fuel mega-projects
My report from Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@criordor.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social
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Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.
www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...
www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...
Lebanese Bank Hit With Civil Suit for Failing to Cash Check Following Financial Meltdown
Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.
www.occrp.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Société Générale de Banque au Liban is one of several banks facing civil suits for allegedly preventing customers from retrieving funds after the collapse of Lebanon’s financial system.
www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...
www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...
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HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too.
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
UK to withdraw financing for Total’s Mozambique LNG project
Energy chief has warned he is ready to ‘exercise all my contractual rights’ if governments do not stand by contracts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too.
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
@financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
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No joke: Switzerland to approve export credits for a giant new gas power plant in #SaudiArabia – the 10th such project since it pledged to no longer finance fossil fuels at the Glasgow COP. My latest post on #SwissClimateRambles calls out the responsible political actors. tinyurl.com/CHKlimaZerst...
Saudi Arabia: Swiss climate wreckers strike again
Export credit for Saudi gas expansion betrays Swiss climate diplomacy
tinyurl.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
No joke: Switzerland to approve export credits for a giant new gas power plant in #SaudiArabia – the 10th such project since it pledged to no longer finance fossil fuels at the Glasgow COP. My latest post on #SwissClimateRambles calls out the responsible political actors. tinyurl.com/CHKlimaZerst...
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Sauras-tu trouver parmi ces deux images où se trouve la violence politique selon le ministre de l'intérieur Laurent Nuñez 🤔 ?
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Sauras-tu trouver parmi ces deux images où se trouve la violence politique selon le ministre de l'intérieur Laurent Nuñez 🤔 ?
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This week, the European People's Party’s Party (EPP) once again chose to side with the far right - not once, but three times.
Check the EU Far-Right Tracker and see the full list: lnkd.in/e3dszCX7 @thegoodlobby.bsky.social
Check the EU Far-Right Tracker and see the full list: lnkd.in/e3dszCX7 @thegoodlobby.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This week, the European People's Party’s Party (EPP) once again chose to side with the far right - not once, but three times.
Check the EU Far-Right Tracker and see the full list: lnkd.in/e3dszCX7 @thegoodlobby.bsky.social
Check the EU Far-Right Tracker and see the full list: lnkd.in/e3dszCX7 @thegoodlobby.bsky.social
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1/ Proud to announce the launch of a new @amnesty.org @amnestybhr.bsky.social report, detailing the lessons learned from our corporate crimes project. This works to address business involvement in crimes linked to human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
The Corporate Crimes Handbook - Amnesty International
Following a nearly two-year study, Amnesty International presents the Corporate Crimes Handbook which compiles insights and lessons learned by practitioners, communities, and law enforcement who are s...
www.amnesty.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
1/ Proud to announce the launch of a new @amnesty.org @amnestybhr.bsky.social report, detailing the lessons learned from our corporate crimes project. This works to address business involvement in crimes linked to human rights abuses.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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The EU–Mercosur agreements: are they actually treaty-compatible?
The EU–Mercosur agreements: are they actually treaty-compatible?
The Merosur procedure led by the European Commission has been chaotic, untransparent and, more importantly, raises significant legal issues.
euobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The EU–Mercosur agreements: are they actually treaty-compatible?
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✊ Today workers across Europe are taking action against Amazon.
❌ Amazon exploits its workers
❌ Has close ties with the Israeli military
❌ Is a monopolist
As the company is under intense scrutiny, it has ramped up its lobby power in the EU 🧵
#MakeAmazonPay
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/w...
❌ Amazon exploits its workers
❌ Has close ties with the Israeli military
❌ Is a monopolist
As the company is under intense scrutiny, it has ramped up its lobby power in the EU 🧵
#MakeAmazonPay
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/w...
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
✊ Today workers across Europe are taking action against Amazon.
❌ Amazon exploits its workers
❌ Has close ties with the Israeli military
❌ Is a monopolist
As the company is under intense scrutiny, it has ramped up its lobby power in the EU 🧵
#MakeAmazonPay
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/w...
❌ Amazon exploits its workers
❌ Has close ties with the Israeli military
❌ Is a monopolist
As the company is under intense scrutiny, it has ramped up its lobby power in the EU 🧵
#MakeAmazonPay
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/w...
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1) 🌍 The @eib.org has launched its new Global Strategic Orientation.
But instead of focusing on poverty reduction or equality, the strategy puts EU geopolitical and economic interests first.🧵👇
counter-balance.org/news/the-eib...
But instead of focusing on poverty reduction or equality, the strategy puts EU geopolitical and economic interests first.🧵👇
counter-balance.org/news/the-eib...
The EIB is globalising EU corporate interests
counter-balance.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
1) 🌍 The @eib.org has launched its new Global Strategic Orientation.
But instead of focusing on poverty reduction or equality, the strategy puts EU geopolitical and economic interests first.🧵👇
counter-balance.org/news/the-eib...
But instead of focusing on poverty reduction or equality, the strategy puts EU geopolitical and economic interests first.🧵👇
counter-balance.org/news/the-eib...
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Corporate Europe Observatory was one of more than 130 organisations that signed an open letter today telling the EU to scrap its neocolonial #greenhydrogen import plans.
You can read the full letter here: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/t...
#No2GreenHydrogenImports
You can read the full letter here: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/t...
#No2GreenHydrogenImports
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Corporate Europe Observatory was one of more than 130 organisations that signed an open letter today telling the EU to scrap its neocolonial #greenhydrogen import plans.
You can read the full letter here: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/t...
#No2GreenHydrogenImports
You can read the full letter here: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/t...
#No2GreenHydrogenImports