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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎙️ New EU Watchdog Radio episode! Billions of euros of public and private investment in digital and material infrastructure are being spent. So much cash, but who benefits? Where is the public value? These are some of the questions we've raised. 🎧 Listen to it wherever you listen to podcasts.

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AI and Data Centres investments: Billions In, Answers Out

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📩 Don’t miss our next newsletter! Subscribe before we send the next one, and stay up to date with key updates in public finance. Subscribe here: counter-balance.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Can the @eib.org be a "Data Centers Bank" and still call itself a Climate Bank? The EU's Climate Bank is ramping up financing for AI & data centre infrastructure, with real consequences for energy and climate. 🗓️ Join our Webinar 🔗 Register here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/DBBBBY3

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Advising on the EU’s Global Gateway strategy and receiving Global Gateway financial support. What a convenient arrangement for the investment fund Meridiam. 🤔💸 Our latest blog looks at its access to EU decision-makers through the Global Gateway Business Advisory Group. 👀 Read more 👇🏼

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Meridiam and Global Gateway: the arts of lobbying - Counter Balance

“It is arts more than science”. This is how Matthieu Muzumdar talked about a Global Gateway project in Jordan, during the latest European Investment Bank (EIB) Forum in March 2026. He was representing...

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Peter Bosshard @peterbosshard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Publicly insured CO2 emissions: a legitimate business secret or a political embarrassment? Read my latest blog post about the data which the Swiss export credit agency, a major global gas power financier, doesn’t want you to know. #SwissClimateRambles swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/what-the-s...

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What the Swiss government’s fossil fuel financiers don’t want you to know

Federally insured CO2 emissions – a business secret or political embarrassment?

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What if I told you that the @eib.org is still giving money to companies fuelling the climate crisis? 🔥🌎 The EIB has a policy that is supposed to stop this: the PATH Framework. Yet companies and financial institutions can still receive billions while doing business as usual.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

☑️ We pay. ❌ They don’t. Why? 👀 Any guess who "they" are? Find out who - sign up here👇🏾 forms.gle/jwmY5ASNaBof...

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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🔥 Europe is burning. Yet @eib.org is loaning hundreds of millions of Euros to ENI, an oil major, to convert refineries into biofuels. We wrote to the EIB, explaining why this is a dangerous step that endangers the climate and communities. Read our letter 👇 www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2026/civil-s...

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📢 We're hiring! Counter Balance is looking for a Junior Policy and Advocacy Officer to join our team. If you're passionate about public finance, climate action and social justice, this could be the role for you. See the full job description: counter-balance.org/uploads/file...

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Do you know what the Social and Green EIB campaign is about? 👀 The campaign is led by Counter Balance and supported by 15 organisations. Together, we want the @eib.org to serve people and the planet 🪴🌏, instead of corporate interests 💸

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How can Europe tackle the climate crisis while making everyday life more affordable? 🎙️ In today’s #EUWatchdogRadio episode, Marilisa Marigliano and Frank Vanaerschot from Counter Balance discuss why affordable housing, clean energy and public transport should be at the heart of public investments.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🌍 Europe is facing another energy crisis driven by its dependence on fossil fuels — while millions already struggle with rising costs. Shielding societies from these crises requires stronger public investment tackling decarbonisation and affordability together 👇🧵

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The EU and big business want access to lithium, copper, cobalt, and much more. 🌍 But do you know who is bearing the costs of this? Well.. communities, mainly in the Global South, who are rarely given a real say over mining projects on their own land. ⛏️❌

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📢 Counter Balance, together with 14 civil society organisations, has sent a joint letter to the @eib.org on the implementation of the second phase of the Climate Bank Roadmap. Here’s what we call for 🧵👇

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CIDSE @cidse.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🌎 ¿Qué es el #GlobalGateway y cómo afecta a América Latina y el Caribe? Lanzaremos un manual para personas formadoras sobre el Global Gateway. 📖 ¡Únete a nosotros el 11 de junio a las 16:00 CEST a través del enlace!" 🌐 En español 👉 ¡Regístrate y comparte! buff.ly/qsCBnO9

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Lanzamiento del Manual Sobre Global Gateway Para Personas Formadoras

NB: El evento se desarrollará integramente en español.Regístrese a través del enlace.CIDSE Contacto: Susana Hernández Torres, Responsable de Regulación Corporativa, CIDSE (h

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

📢 Our 2025 Activity Report is out! Throughout 2025, Counter Balance pushed for European public finance to serve people and the planet instead of corporate interests. Read it here 👇 counter-balance.org/publications...

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Activity Report 2025 - Counter Balance

Today, Counter Balance launches its 2025 Activity Report, a year-in-review of our work challenging European public finance to serve people and the planet, not corporate interests. In 2025, we coordin...

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EU-LAT Network / Red EU-LAT @eulatnetwork.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🌍 ¿Qué implica el Global Gateway para América Latina? Te invitamos al webinario sobre el Manual para personas formadoras elaborado por @counter-balance.bsky.social , CIDSE y la Red EU-LAT. 📅 11 de junio | 🕓 16h (CEST) 🔗 Inscripciones: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The @eib.org is about to approve its new Complaints Mechanism Policy. Together with 20 civil society organisations, we reviewed the draft and shared recommendations to strengthen accountability and transparency. 👇 Read more in the joint comments: bankwatch.org/publication/...

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The EIB funds massive projects worldwide, and when those projects harm communities, people can file a complaint to its Complaints Mechanism. Its rules are currently being reviewed. Some wins: ✅ More independence ✅ Clearer procedures ✅ Early dispute resolution tool But communities still need more.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

After channelling taxpayer money into Paragon spyware, the EIF announced yesterday at the European Parliament it will stop funding non-EU spyware companies. But the new policy does not resolve the main problem — EU-based spyware companies remain eligible for funding. ⚠️💻🔎

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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The @ec.europa.eu @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social understand workers' income is squeezed We have an economic/ social/ #publicservicesemergency We need measures to go with it End austerity, promote higher wages & pensions Invest in public services @neweconomics.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🎙️ In today’s EU Watchdog Radio episode, Marilisa Marigliano from Counter Balance, speaks with Laëtitia Sédou, EU Project Manager at the European Network Against Arms Trade, about how public finance is being mobilised to serve militarisation.

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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The EP voted for a bigger Global Europe — EUR 225bn. This is the right signal on scale, given rising development needs, deepening fragilities, and the climate challenge. Now the question is what the money is actually for.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Have you registered yet? ❓ Tomorrow at Buen Vivir: celebrate TWO big wins 🎉 🚫 No more public money for fossil fuels 🚫 No funding for a deadly gas project in Mozambique Let’s learn the tactics behind this successful campaign and explore how these lessons can be applied to other campaigns.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today, Librex, Rethinking Economics ULB, and Revue politique are hosting the conference ‘Belfius: Who Benefits from privatisation? 🎤🏦 The aim is to examine the government’s plan to privatise the Belgian state-owned bank, Belfius 🇧🇪 📅 9 April 🕖 7:00 PM 📍 Paul Hatry Lecture Theatre (R42.4.402)

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

(1/3) 💸💣 Defence spending is having its moment. In the EU, military budgets are growing fast and with little public debate about where the money comes from or what it funds. The @eib.org is playing its part. 🧵👇

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Billions are being shifted away from fossil fuels, and that’s worth celebrating 🎉 ✅ The UK ended public finance for fossil fuel projects abroad. ✅ Millions were stopped from funding a harmful LNG project in Mozambique 🎉 Join us in the celebration: bit.ly/4sFaC8G

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 23/03/2026

70 organisations have written to MEPs asking them to vote against the #PCIlist proposal for a new generation of hydrogen and fossil fuel pipelines. We call on the Commission to draw up an electricity-only list of projects to avoid fossil fuel lock-in. www.foodandwatereurope.org/wp-content/u...

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 17/03/2026

Scandal alert! 🖋️ VDL has officially declined to meet the people. While she’s busy with the industry, she has declined the 270+ groups waiting for her. We’re withholding our ball because we don't talk to empty chairs. Stay tuned: the ton isn't going anywhere, and we have a lot to say about this snub.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 17/03/2026

📣 270+ organisations gathered. A ballroom prepared. And the Guest of Honour? She has declined the dance. 👀 It seems @vonderleyen only has eyes for her industrial suitors. 😱 The @EU_Commission has officially refused to meet the people. #AntwerpCounterSummit A scandal, truly.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🇪🇺🏦 A new blog on the @eib.org Forum 2026 is out! For three days, bankers, ministers and CEOs from big companies discussed Europe’s investment future. But behind the panels, speeches and networking, something else was happening: contracts were being signed.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🌍⚖️ The @eib.org claims to be the Climate Bank. But financing fossil-linked infrastructure and companies while ignoring international legal obligations tells a different story. We joined 14 CSOs in demanding the EIB act NOW. Read the letter👇

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🌍🤝 At the recent EIBF Forum, “win-win partnerships” dominated discussions around EIB Global. Yet the focus remained largely on advancing EU commercial interests, supply chains and strategic priorities, raising questions about whose interests are shaping development finance. 🇪🇺💰 More below 👇

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Lora Verheecke @loraverheecke.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

In #EIBForum, happy as the EIB says we can not go back to #fossilfuels in front of Eni lobbyist but so sad not to hear any voices against #nuclear, #CCS (Eni's favourite)

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🎙️ A new episode from the #EUWatchdogRadio is out! Today marks the one-year anniversary of the EU’s flagship Clean Industrial Deal. But so far who benefits, and who actually decides the direction of Europe’s green transition? 🎧 Listen: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/0hGcv52J40b

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Today, 17 international CSOs sent a letter calling on the Swiss government to stop violating its commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels. We demand 🇨🇭 to honor its climate commitments and immediately cease issuing export credit insurance for gas-fired power plants. Read 👇

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Industry Support at All Costs? 🇪🇺 Our new report shows how InvestEU is scaling up public guarantees while undermining a just transition. 🧵👇 🔗 Read more: counter-balance.org/publications...

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

⚠️ The latest proposals from @ec.europa.eu for the #MFF have serious repercussions for int’l #development, accelerating the shift towards private finance over the EU’s mandate to reduce poverty & tackle inequalities. How? See our 🆕report or the 🧵below: www.eurodad.org/mff_blended_... /1

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Global Gateway isn’t about development. It’s about advancing European capital at the expense of people and the planet. 🌍💥 A new wave of EU infrastructure is being rolled out globally. But who really benefits from it? 👇🧵 Read the blog post we just published: counter-balance.org/news/global-...

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📄 CSOs published recommendations to the Board of Directors of the @eib.org on its facility to pre-finance the Social Climate Fund. How this Facility is designed will determine if people and communities across the EU are supported or ignored. 🇪🇺 Here are some of our key recommendations 👇🧵

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🎤 Today, we have listened to how de-risking can be a dangerous tool that can raise debt and even deepen inequalities between countries. ⛓️ Why do we channel public money to profit-oriented bodies with almost no criteria? 💸 @epsu.bsky.social @eeb.org @neweconomics.bsky.social

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

*Derisking: The public investment to attract private companies & investors by reducing risks or increasing returns for projects that are deemed strategic. Alongside the deregulation wave, it's another point in Commission’s competitiveness agenda. Gambling with public money.

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

EU budget is not tight when it comes to corporate adventures. ➡️ EU takes the risk - gives the money. ⬅️ Corporates enjoy, almost with no conditionalities. We're listening @angelawigger.bsky.social at the Derisking* event by @eeb.org , @neweconomics.bsky.social, @counter-balance.bsky.social & EPSU.

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

📝 A new blog is out! While negotiations on the next EU budget are underway, rethinking how and why we de-risk private investment is a pressing necessity if EU public finance is to truly serve households’ liveability and support a fair and sustainable transition. 👉 Read more: lnkd.in/dWXuEAdG

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🌍 We’re launching our campaign to reclaim Europe’s public bank for the public good. Right now, the @eib.org is prioritising competitiveness and corporate profit — instead of people, climate justice, and social equity. Here what we demand 👇🧵

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🌍 We’ve just published a critical summary of the EU’s Global Gateway initiative 👉 counter-balance.org/publications... Here’s why this strategy deserves closer scrutiny 👇🧵

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Global Gateway: A Euro-centric global policy

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Counter Balance @counter-balance.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Have you registered yet ❓ 📢 Profit Over People: How De-risking Is Shaping Europe’s Corporate-Driven Economic Agenda 📅 27 January 2026 📍 EEB Office, Brussels 🤝 Organised by @counter-balance.bsky.social • @epsu.bsky.social • @eeb.org • @neweconomics.bsky.social 👉 Register now: bit.ly/4pAA7Gs

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