Olivier Hoedeman
@olivierhoedeman.bsky.social
Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope
- exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU.
- exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU.
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Following US pressure, the EU Commission has proposed to slash regulation that holds Big Tech accountable to the people of Europe.
#DigitalOmnibus: Rather than bowing to Silicon Valley, the Commission must respect EU rule-making and accept its result.
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
#DigitalOmnibus: Rather than bowing to Silicon Valley, the Commission must respect EU rule-making and accept its result.
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Following US pressure, the EU Commission has proposed to slash regulation that holds Big Tech accountable to the people of Europe.
#DigitalOmnibus: Rather than bowing to Silicon Valley, the Commission must respect EU rule-making and accept its result.
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
#DigitalOmnibus: Rather than bowing to Silicon Valley, the Commission must respect EU rule-making and accept its result.
www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...
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This analysis of von der Leyen's isolation and authoritarianism, its impact on the chaotic and incoherent performance of the Commission, and the dangerous games the EPP is playing very much matches what I see here in Brussels.
The democratic parties should consider dismissing her.
The democratic parties should consider dismissing her.
[Blog] L'organisation politique bruxelloise de l'UE connait des dérives très inquiétantes, entre centralisation et exercice solitaire du pouvoir. authueil.fr/2025/11/28/b...
Bruxelles est en train de partir en vrille – Authueil
authueil.fr
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This analysis of von der Leyen's isolation and authoritarianism, its impact on the chaotic and incoherent performance of the Commission, and the dangerous games the EPP is playing very much matches what I see here in Brussels.
The democratic parties should consider dismissing her.
The democratic parties should consider dismissing her.
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Amazon is spending more on EU lobbying than ever before.
💸 It is now the second largest corporate spender in the EU with €7 million
🕴️It employs 87 lobbyists in the EU, France, and Germany
🤝Has 3 lobby meetings with EU policy-makers every week
💸 It is now the second largest corporate spender in the EU with €7 million
🕴️It employs 87 lobbyists in the EU, France, and Germany
🤝Has 3 lobby meetings with EU policy-makers every week
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Amazon is spending more on EU lobbying than ever before.
💸 It is now the second largest corporate spender in the EU with €7 million
🕴️It employs 87 lobbyists in the EU, France, and Germany
🤝Has 3 lobby meetings with EU policy-makers every week
💸 It is now the second largest corporate spender in the EU with €7 million
🕴️It employs 87 lobbyists in the EU, France, and Germany
🤝Has 3 lobby meetings with EU policy-makers every week
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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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Meanwhile at the EU level some neonicotinoids are still in use and lobbies are pushing for even more deregulation in the new Omnibus law : www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science abandoned, industry interests above health and environment
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
www.pan-europe.info
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Meanwhile at the EU level some neonicotinoids are still in use and lobbies are pushing for even more deregulation in the new Omnibus law : www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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📢 The European Parliament approved its position on the Directive on Interest Representation Services on Behalf of Third Countries - aimed at making lobbying on behalf of non-EU countries more transparent. What if it could harm civil society?
Read more: bit.ly/3XilQC7
#EUCivilSociety #DoD
Read more: bit.ly/3XilQC7
#EUCivilSociety #DoD
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📢 The European Parliament approved its position on the Directive on Interest Representation Services on Behalf of Third Countries - aimed at making lobbying on behalf of non-EU countries more transparent. What if it could harm civil society?
Read more: bit.ly/3XilQC7
#EUCivilSociety #DoD
Read more: bit.ly/3XilQC7
#EUCivilSociety #DoD
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The European Commission failed to follow proper lawmaking procedure when drafting its plan to cut red tape, the EU ombudsman said in a damaging assessment released today.
EU watchdog slams Commission over red-tape cutting workflow
European Ombudsman hits the executive for “procedural shortcomings” in its attempt to quickly pass legislative amendments to simplify rules for business.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The European Commission failed to follow proper lawmaking procedure when drafting its plan to cut red tape, the EU ombudsman said in a damaging assessment released today.
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🚨The European Commission broke it's own rules 🚨
The European Ombudsman announced today; in pushing through the 'Omnibus' deregulation agenda, Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission denied the participation of citizens but allowed corporations to influence policy!
The European Ombudsman announced today; in pushing through the 'Omnibus' deregulation agenda, Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission denied the participation of citizens but allowed corporations to influence policy!
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨The European Commission broke it's own rules 🚨
The European Ombudsman announced today; in pushing through the 'Omnibus' deregulation agenda, Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission denied the participation of citizens but allowed corporations to influence policy!
The European Ombudsman announced today; in pushing through the 'Omnibus' deregulation agenda, Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission denied the participation of citizens but allowed corporations to influence policy!
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💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Ombudsman finds maladministration in how Commission prepared urgent legislative proposals
The proposals concerned corporate sustainability due diligence (Omnibus I), the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and countering migrant smuggling.
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
💥 🇪🇺 Breaking EU Ombudsman decision!
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
Following a complaints, European Ombudswoman #TeresaAnjinho calls hasty deregulation proposals by #EuropeanCommission maladministration!
See: tinyurl.com/5t5x42uz
Following 3 complaints it now seems the EC did not follow it's own 'Better Regulation' rules. 😱
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Unsere Recherche zur Stiftung Familienunternehmen belegt; sie ist ein Club von Superreichen und Großkonzernen. Ihre Mitglieder hält sie geheim. Wir ordnen dem Netzwerk der Stiftung 258 Familiendynastien und Unternehmen zu, beleuchten ihre Klimaschädlichkeit, und veröffentlichen die ganze Liste. 🤑1/6
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unsere Recherche zur Stiftung Familienunternehmen belegt; sie ist ein Club von Superreichen und Großkonzernen. Ihre Mitglieder hält sie geheim. Wir ordnen dem Netzwerk der Stiftung 258 Familiendynastien und Unternehmen zu, beleuchten ihre Klimaschädlichkeit, und veröffentlichen die ganze Liste. 🤑1/6
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Waarom de droom van Silicon Valley waarheid kan worden: #AI haalt ons in. Niet omdat de technologie zo briljant is, maar omdat het ons mensen zo achterlijk maakt www.groene.nl/artikel/domm... @groene.nl
AI zal slimmer worden dan de mens – niet omdat de technologie zo briljant is, maar omdat deze ons zo achterlijk maakt
In plaats van dat we AI inzetten om ons leven een stukje aangenamer te maken, gebruiken we deze technologie om die ene eigenschap die mensen bijzonder maakt te bezoedelen en te vervangen: creativiteit...
www.groene.nl
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Waarom de droom van Silicon Valley waarheid kan worden: #AI haalt ons in. Niet omdat de technologie zo briljant is, maar omdat het ons mensen zo achterlijk maakt www.groene.nl/artikel/domm... @groene.nl
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We have found a number of procedural shortcomings in how @ec.europa.eu prepared legislative proposals that it considered urgent.
The proposals concerned:
☑️ Corporate sustainability (Omnibus I)
☑️ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
☑️ Countering migrant smuggling
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/press-releas...
The proposals concerned:
☑️ Corporate sustainability (Omnibus I)
☑️ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
☑️ Countering migrant smuggling
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/press-releas...
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We have found a number of procedural shortcomings in how @ec.europa.eu prepared legislative proposals that it considered urgent.
The proposals concerned:
☑️ Corporate sustainability (Omnibus I)
☑️ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
☑️ Countering migrant smuggling
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/press-releas...
The proposals concerned:
☑️ Corporate sustainability (Omnibus I)
☑️ Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
☑️ Countering migrant smuggling
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/press-releas...
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🇪🇺President @VonDerLeyen's VP has gone off script with a rare honest assessment of Trump's behaviour toward Europe.
"It is blackmail."
Will VDL 'breton' her? Or is this a coordinated good cop/bad cop routine – with Ribera able to say things VDL can't?
"It is blackmail."
Will VDL 'breton' her? Or is this a coordinated good cop/bad cop routine – with Ribera able to say things VDL can't?
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🇪🇺President @VonDerLeyen's VP has gone off script with a rare honest assessment of Trump's behaviour toward Europe.
"It is blackmail."
Will VDL 'breton' her? Or is this a coordinated good cop/bad cop routine – with Ribera able to say things VDL can't?
"It is blackmail."
Will VDL 'breton' her? Or is this a coordinated good cop/bad cop routine – with Ribera able to say things VDL can't?
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🍿Last chance to catch the premiere of CEO’s documentary “The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” featuring the voices and stories of some of the most affected communities in South Africa that are being ignored by EU politicians.
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🍿Last chance to catch the premiere of CEO’s documentary “The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” featuring the voices and stories of some of the most affected communities in South Africa that are being ignored by EU politicians.
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
📅 27Nov
📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4
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Boast from EPA chief Lee Zelda: “We will do more deregulation in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all federal agencies combined.”
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Boast from EPA chief Lee Zelda: “We will do more deregulation in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all federal agencies combined.”
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- The Great EU Reversal: Fast-Track Deregulation and the Erosion of Europe’s Sustainability Ambition with the Omnibus I Regulation
www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/pqhw0y8j...
3/3
www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/pqhw0y8j...
3/3
The Great EU Reversal: Fast-Track Deregulation and the Erosion of Europe’s Sustainability Ambition with the Omnibus I Regulation
Behind the language of simplification, the EU’s 2025 Omnibus package fast-tracks deregulation - weakening sustainability law, hollowing out the Green Deal, and shifting Europe from normative power to ...
www.europeanlawblog.eu
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
- The Great EU Reversal: Fast-Track Deregulation and the Erosion of Europe’s Sustainability Ambition with the Omnibus I Regulation
www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/pqhw0y8j...
3/3
www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/pqhw0y8j...
3/3
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Tot 750€ minder pensioen voor onderwijzend personeel.
Een draak van een indexaanpassing.
Jacht op langdurig zieken.
De pers:
Een draak van een indexaanpassing.
Jacht op langdurig zieken.
De pers:
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tot 750€ minder pensioen voor onderwijzend personeel.
Een draak van een indexaanpassing.
Jacht op langdurig zieken.
De pers:
Een draak van een indexaanpassing.
Jacht op langdurig zieken.
De pers:
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This congressional committee report is terrific. "Trump and his family have been pocketing billions of dollars through corruption of unprecedented scale. This report shows how the President has leveraged his office to make himself a crypto billionaire and how he has extended broad protection to
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This congressional committee report is terrific. "Trump and his family have been pocketing billions of dollars through corruption of unprecedented scale. This report shows how the President has leveraged his office to make himself a crypto billionaire and how he has extended broad protection to
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The EPP sided with the far right and pushed through the Omnibus I Directive, which seeks to “simplify” green reporting rules for businesses.
JIE OUYANG argues that this U-turn by the Commission represents a triumphant comeback for a resilient neoliberal EU.
verfassungsblog.de/the-omnibus-...
JIE OUYANG argues that this U-turn by the Commission represents a triumphant comeback for a resilient neoliberal EU.
verfassungsblog.de/the-omnibus-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The EPP sided with the far right and pushed through the Omnibus I Directive, which seeks to “simplify” green reporting rules for businesses.
JIE OUYANG argues that this U-turn by the Commission represents a triumphant comeback for a resilient neoliberal EU.
verfassungsblog.de/the-omnibus-...
JIE OUYANG argues that this U-turn by the Commission represents a triumphant comeback for a resilient neoliberal EU.
verfassungsblog.de/the-omnibus-...
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Akio Toyoda, Toyota's shadow CEO, has gone full MAGA.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Akio Toyoda, Toyota's shadow CEO, has gone full MAGA.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
Under his watch, Toyota has cozied up to Trump & become the largest funder of climate deniers & the most aggressive anti-climate lobbyist in the auto industry.
Toyota's far from the green darling it claims to be.
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Laat duidelijk zijn: Trump, Vance en vazallen zetten niet alleen extreemrechts in Europa op tegen democratie en rechtsstaat.
Zij proberen met politieke, militaire én economische macht alle Europese instituties die deze waarden beschermen van binnenuit uit te hollen.
Zij proberen met politieke, militaire én economische macht alle Europese instituties die deze waarden beschermen van binnenuit uit te hollen.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Laat duidelijk zijn: Trump, Vance en vazallen zetten niet alleen extreemrechts in Europa op tegen democratie en rechtsstaat.
Zij proberen met politieke, militaire én economische macht alle Europese instituties die deze waarden beschermen van binnenuit uit te hollen.
Zij proberen met politieke, militaire én economische macht alle Europese instituties die deze waarden beschermen van binnenuit uit te hollen.
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A global petition calling on TikTok to “address its toxic and addictive design” will be delivered to the company's Dublin office today.
The petition has been signed by over 170,000 people.
jrnl.ie/6884942
The petition has been signed by over 170,000 people.
jrnl.ie/6884942
Global petition criticising TikTok’s ‘toxic design’ to be delivered to its Dublin office later
Over 170,000 people signed the petition calling on TikTok to reform its ‘toxic and addictive design’.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A global petition calling on TikTok to “address its toxic and addictive design” will be delivered to the company's Dublin office today.
The petition has been signed by over 170,000 people.
jrnl.ie/6884942
The petition has been signed by over 170,000 people.
jrnl.ie/6884942
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Great to see campaigners against TikTok toxicity. However, Tiktok are unlikely to address campaigners demands, when it is against Tiktok's whole business model to de-toxify.
We need to build platforms from the ground up designed on values not profit, like […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
We need to build platforms from the ground up designed on values not profit, like […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Great to see campaigners against TikTok toxicity. However, Tiktok are unlikely to address campaigners demands, when it is against Tiktok's whole business model to de-toxify.
We need to build platforms from the ground up designed on values not profit, like […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
We need to build platforms from the ground up designed on values not profit, like […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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"The leaders of Europe’s center-left and liberal groups [@reneweurope.bsky.social & @socialistsanddemocrats.eu] say the @eppgroup.bsky.social has gone too far in working with the #farright. They also say there’s nothing they can do about it." that is a pretty damning admission 🤦
The leaders of Europe’s center-left and liberal groups say the European People’s Party has gone too far in working with the far right.
They also say there’s nothing they can do about it.
They also say there’s nothing they can do about it.
‘It’s an abusive marriage’: EPP’s far-right flirtation leaves its centrist allies stuck
“They betray us, but we keep going back to them,” a Socialist lawmaker said.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"The leaders of Europe’s center-left and liberal groups [@reneweurope.bsky.social & @socialistsanddemocrats.eu] say the @eppgroup.bsky.social has gone too far in working with the #farright. They also say there’s nothing they can do about it." that is a pretty damning admission 🤦
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It's a disgrace that the president of the European Parliament is using such a shamelessly bogus argument to silence elected officials, just to push through an unpopular, undemocratic and possibly illegal trade deal that will accelerate nature destruction
MEPs: keep fighting to #StopEUMercosur!
MEPs: keep fighting to #StopEUMercosur!
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It's a disgrace that the president of the European Parliament is using such a shamelessly bogus argument to silence elected officials, just to push through an unpopular, undemocratic and possibly illegal trade deal that will accelerate nature destruction
MEPs: keep fighting to #StopEUMercosur!
MEPs: keep fighting to #StopEUMercosur!