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Francesca Colli

@fscolli.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University & Associate Research Fellow at the Egmont Institute, Brussels. I research and teach NGOs and environmental and climate policy in Europe. she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New article out with @franziskapetri.bsky.social in @jei-publication.bsky.social. We look at how and why EU Delegations - the EU's 'embassies' - engage with civil society organisations in third countries in climate diplomacy. 🇪🇺🌏 doi.org/10.1080/0703...
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Partners for the climate? How and why EU Delegations engage with civil society organisations in climate diplomacy
European Union (EU) Delegations play an important role in implementing the EU’s climate diplomacy ambitions, representing the EU’s values and interests around the globe, and promoting ambitious cli...
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Sharon van Geldere @sharonvangeldere.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
❓Are you researching civil society, advocacy, lobbying and/or interest groups? Ida Hobma, Joost Berkhout and I invite your paper proposals at panel #14 for the upcoming #Politicologenetmaal 2025 at @unigroningen.bsky.social! Please share! More info: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap... (1/2)
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Call for Papers 2025 – Politicologenetmaal 2025 in Groningen
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Mike Walker @maerkelig.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
“From Commission staffers “depressed” to see years of work being speedily undone, to Cabinet officials straining for influence under von der Leyen’s centralized working style, the speed and top-down nature of the new deregulation drive has transparency alarm bells ringing in Brussels.” 🤦🏽
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 23/01/2025
NEW | Solar generates more EU electricity than coal for the first time in 2024 🇪🇺☀️ Renewables made up nearly HALF of the electricity mix last year, while fossil power fell to a historic low ⚡ ember-energy.org/lat...
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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
In case we needed any more evidence that the simplification omnibus was a poorly-disguised excuse for member states and corporations to delay implementing due diligence rules ⬇️
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Carbon capture: The inside story of how the oil & gas industry's delay tactic became a darling of the EU - to the detriment of genuine climate action www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...
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How CCS became the fossil fuel industry’s favourite ‘escape hatch’
Oil and gas lobbyists have helped push carbon capture and storage into the heart of Europe’s climate plans.
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Foundation DAHRD @dahrd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🌍 Meet @fscolli.bsky.social asst prof in #EuropeanPolitics at #MaastrichtUniversity & research fellow at @egmontinstitute.bsky.social! Her research focuses on how civil society orgs design campaigns to influence #climate & environmental policies🌍♻️ 💡 Inspired? Join #MigraVoice: migravoice.eu 🌟
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 13/12/2024
🌏CEO's @kennethhaar.bsky.social & Hans van Scharen op-ed sounding the alarm re the Commission's latest attack on NGOs to prevent EU funds being used for "advocacy". 💰Leaving the space clear for corporate lobbyists – who already vastly outnumber and outspend public interest groups in EU lobbying.
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Defunding NGOs that lobby the EU will be profoundly undemocratic
The EU Commission’s new policy guidelines state EU money can no longer be used for civil society’s advocacy work. It’s clear this could have a huge impact, not just for so-called ‘green NGOs’, but for...
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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"One area in the Netherlands’ favour is the “good knowledge infrastructure” thanks to its universities and research institutes, the survey found. However, the government is planning to slash €200 million from its research budget and discourage foreign students from coming to the country."
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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New Blog Post summarizing our recent @natclimchange.bsky.social article
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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A commentary I wrote about climate advocacy under the second Von der Leyen Commission. Even more relevant with recent news about the restriction on lobbying activities by EU-funded NGOs.
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Kira Taylor @kirataylor.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
❗️Key dates for people following competitiveness, climate and energy from the Commission's indicative agenda: - 15.01.25 Competitiveness Compass - 26.02.25 Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus simplification package
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Iskander De Bruycker @iskanderdebruycker.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A sad decision for green NGOs: The European Commission is restricting €5.4 billion in LIFE funds for lobbying activities. This echoes anti-green positions pushed by VDL’s center-right EPP, limiting the influence of environmental groups on EU policy.👇 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Commission tells NGOs EU money is not for lobbying
A €5.4 billion fund for green projects can no longer be spent on lobbying, says Commission.
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Mike Walker @maerkelig.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Lowering the level of protection for #wolves 🐺 in the 🇪🇺 would be a purely cynical ploy to win political favour, baseless and unscientific, it would be clearly positioning the EU on the wrong side of #history - apex predators are such an important part of any healthy #ecosystem, ask a 🦈
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NGOs, experts make last push to uphold wolf protection status
While NGOs claim that the decision to lower the protection of wolves is unlawful and led the EU Ombudsman to open an investigation, experts have been called to oppose the proposal by 30 November.
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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
FASoS Brussels residents on the way to the Hague 💪🏼
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 18/11/2024
EU governments brought at least 113 fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP29, according to analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut and #FossilFreePolitics . Many were there to do gas deals. 🧵Thread 👇 #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut fossilfreepolitics.org/news/europe-...
Europe brings 113 fossil fuel lobbyists to the climate talks
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Francesca Colli @fscolli.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
#MHAWS basically got me through my PhD, so it seems only fitting that it should be my first Bluesky post 🙋🏽‍♀️
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