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Olivier Hoedeman

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Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope - exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU.

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ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · 19h
“Fossil fuel corporations are destabilising our climate. Working people are paying the price.” At the Pre-COP31 meeting, ACTU President Michele O'Neil highlighted the human cost of the climate crisis. “Many people pay with their wallets, too many pay with their lives.”
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L'Echo @lechobe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
La proposition visant à créer une structure d’entreprise européenne baptisée "EU Inc." met en péril toutes les conquêtes sociales obtenues depuis un siècle.
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Opinion | EU Inc. ouvre la porte au dumping social en Europe
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Robin Wilson @robinwilson250.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Once more the @ec.europa.eu is backing capital rather than European citizens with its 'omnibus' package of deregulation for #pesticides, despite their toxic threat to human health, especially that of children: euobserver.com/240266/europ...
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Europe’s children will inherit public-health crisis from new EU pesticide approvals
By extending pesticide approvals and keeping hazardous products on the market, Brussels is bending to Big Pharma and causing a food-system and public-health burden for decades to come.
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michaelcbank.bsky.social @michaelcbank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The EU corporate lobby league 2026 - corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/e...
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The EU corporate lobby league 2026 | Corporate Europe Observatory
Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising, according to new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl. Big Tech spending tops them all.
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Marleen Stikker @marleen.oso.social · 02/10/2026
“The number of digital lobbyists has risen from 699 to 890 full-time equivalents (FTEs), surpassing the 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). A total of 437 lobbyists now have continuous access to the European Parliament.” corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/r... @corporateeurope.org
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Revealed: Tech industry now spending record €151 million on lobbying the EU | Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU’s digital rulebook is under unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration and a homegrown deregulation wave. A new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, based on the...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump has: -Cut protections for national monuments to open them up for mining -Pushed to open up our national forests for construction and logging -Proposed building data centers on thousands of acres of federal lands Nothing is sacred to this regime. It acts solely on behalf of the oligarchy.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
Here's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
This Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. (Gift Article)
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Swedish trade unions are signing a major appeal calling on Europe to cut ties with the controversial tech company Palantir. One of the signatories, the ST Trade Union, organizes employees of the police – an agency that itself works with Palantir."
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One aspect of Manchester City story massively underplayed is that England now has an independent football regulator Premier League lobbied against it - even hired Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm Global Counsel Tufton Street think tanks lobbied against it But now the regulator exists - and can act
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 02/10/2026
Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside Palantir's London HQ to demand an end to their #NHS contract. The rally closed a day of protests at 40+ locations across England, and a week of action against Palantir around the world. ✊ #PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 01/10/2026
The key points behind our decision: Fundamental shortcomings in governance and methodology could pave the way for weakening key EU health, environmental and climate safeguards. 🛡️ Protecting the status quo ⚠️ A push for deregulation 🏭 Industry in the driving seat eeb.org/en/eeb-pull-...
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EEB pull out of Crittical Chemicals Alliance over industry capture and deregulation risks
Brussels, 1 October – The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) today announced its withdrawal from the Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA), warning that the initiative is set to preserve current chemical...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 01/10/2026
380,000 children in EU are exposed to dangerous levels of pesticides. Yet the EU is proposing to make approvals for many pesticide substances "indefinite"🚨 Children deserve protection, not deregulation ⚠️🧒 Full piece published today by EEB & Child Rights International Network in @euobserver.com ⤵️
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Robin Wilson @robinwilson250.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As ever with this @ec.europa.eu, when there is a struggle between NGOs and fossil-fuel behemoths, capital (aka 'the markets') is the winner and the ever-more-rapidly deteriorating global ecosystem the loser: euobserver.com/240539/us-ci...
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US civil society groups call on EU not to delay methane rules
As Brussels moves to delay its methane rules, nearly 100 US civil society groups are urging EU governments not to cave to oil and gas lobbyists and the White House.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what genocide looks like in the early decades of the 21st century www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services.
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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Bericht aan De Wever: 'Ja, de staatskas is leeg, omdat die is leeggehaald’ (Paul De Grauwe en Michel Gevers) www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ny! New! The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them. By @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/01/y...
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You're Manchester City and we know what you are - josimarfootball.com
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 01/10/2026
🚨 The EEB is withdrawing from the Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA) ahead of its 8 October General Assembly EEB joined with a simple principle: “critical” should mean securing what people and the environment need – not protecting whatever Europe produces today Here’s why 🧵�
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 30/09/2026
As Brussels moves to delay its methane rules, nearly 100 US civil society groups are urging EU governments not to cave to oil and gas lobbyists and the White House.
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US civil society groups call on EU not to delay methane rules
As Brussels moves to delay its methane rules, nearly 100 US civil society groups are urging EU governments not to cave to oil and gas lobbyists and the White House.
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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🕴️To protect their profits, agribusiness invest heavily in lobbying. According to their own declarations, just nine of the most active agrifood industry actors reported spending over 50 million € between 2020 and 2023 while the EU pesticide reduction law was under debate (so probably more)
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EFBWW @efbww.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Letterbox companies are already a major problem in construction, as European Labour Authority reporting confirms. EU Inc. provides a shortcut to evade tax obligations and responsibility for workers. It must be stopped. Thank you to MEP @arashsaeidi.bsky.social for hosting today’s discussion.
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Leave X - Protect Democracy @leavex.eu · 30/09/2026
Revealed: Tech industry now spending record €151 million on lobbying the EU - corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/r...
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Revealed: Tech industry now spending record €151 million on lobbying the EU | Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU’s digital rulebook is under unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration and a homegrown deregulation wave. A new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, based on the...
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The rise of crypto casinos is bringing gambling and far-right extremism into the same online spaces. Platforms such as Duel, Stake, and Rainbet have partnered with neo-Nazi and manosphere figures, reaching millions of young men as financial distress can increase vulnerability to radicalization.
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Betting Your Future: Crypto Casinos Radicalizing Young Men into Hate
Crypto casinos are becoming a new pipeline into far-right radicalization. Largely unregulated gambling platforms such as Duel, Stake, and Rainbet use influencers with millions of followers, including ...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Since 2016 the unthinkable hasn’t stopped happening and the unsayable has become common sense.” Thought-provoking interview with Rodrigo Nunes in @equatormag.bsky.social — an interesting new media outlet focusing on the ‘Global South’.
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Brazil: The Future of the Far Right • EQUATOR
The limits of Lulismo, the sons of Bolsonaro and the new politics of disintegration
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Equator @equatormag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As Brazil heads to the polls on Sunday to decide between Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro, former president Javier Bolsonaro’s son, Equator asked Rodrigo Nunes about his assessment of Lula’s third term, the origins of Bolsonarismo and what Brazil reveals about the global far right.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Sources told Bloomberg that the 'kill chain' that led to the attack included input from the Maven AI system operated by Palantir. Maven did not flag that the site was now a school, the report claimed, nor did any personnel tasked with reviewing the AI target data."
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The action highlighted Palantir’s agreement with Israel & its role as lead supplier of the NHS' Data Platform. @amnestyuk.bsky.social considers that relationship incompatible with the values of the NHS, given Amnesty's findings that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza."
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UK: People Vs Palantir - 'blown up' Gaza ambulance taken to Palantir's London HQ
Amnesty UK and Just Treatment unveiled a replica Gaza ambulance outside Palantir’s HQ, urging the Government not to extend the company’s NHS contract.
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta hosted senior Irish Government officials & regulators at an event titled "Ireland as a Trusted Digital Regulatory Hub". Ireland's former regulator who sued all other EU data regulators to avoid investigating Meta was a speaker. (She now works for Meta's law firm.) lnkd.in/p/dYg9TPnk
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European Ombudsman @ombudsman.europa.eu · 30/09/2026
In the Legal Affairs Committee, Ombudswoman Anjinho stressed the need for transparent, evidence-based, and inclusive decision-making, even in urgent situations. She underlined that participatory democracy is key for public trust and keeping law-making accountable. link.europa.eu/X6dRfR
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Public Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇪🇺✊ More than 120 unions and campaign groups across Europe, including PSI, @epsu.bsky.social and @globaljusticenow.bsky.social, are calling on governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. #PublicServicesFightback
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Palantir – Out!: 120+ European trade unions and campaign groups demand procurement ban
US tech giant ‘impossible to trust’ with our public services and digital futures. Civil rights and common wealth under threat.
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#ENGLAND — "The coordinated campaign utilises rights enshrined in data protection laws and means the NHS must stop using the data unless it can provide a 'compelling reason' to continue."
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💙Mads Wulff💛 @madswulff.dk · 30/09/2026
Join the People Vs. Palantir Global Week of Action. #PeopleVsPalantir #PurgePalantir
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Attac Deutschland @attacdeutschland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Palantir unterstützt Menschenrechtsverletzungen, seine Führung zeigt offen Verachtung für die Demokratie. Zusammen mit 125 Organisationen aus 30 Ländern fordert Attac darum, dass Staaten und die EU-Institutionen ihre Zusammenarbeit mit #Palantir beenden! www.attac.de/startseite/t...
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Palantir raus aus unseren öffentlichen Diensten!
125 Organisationen aus 30 Ländern fordern, alle Verträge mit dem US-Überwachungskonzern zu kündigen
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Note: EU Commissioner @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu thinks Palantir is a great company But its shareholder trust and class F shares give founders like Thiel and Karp control And protection That is not reflecting European values nor security Hence... Palantir to get the boot As many... 2/3
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Organisations now argue No #Palantir in our public services No public money to a tax dodger, see @cictar.bsky.social Does @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu represent Commission? Does @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu condone taxavoiders? @epsu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @politico.eu @ryanlcooper.com
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120+ European campaign organisations and unions call on governments and European Commission to scrap Palantir contracts
Over 120 campaigning organisations and unions across Europe have issued a joint call to governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with the US tech company P...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 30/09/2026
💥 @lighthousereports.com has filed a complaint against the EU Commission for withholding access to crucial environmental information on data centres. 🧐 Earlier this year, we revealed that the Commission copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment on secrecy. This complaint is a direct challenge.
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Why we made a legal filing to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
Officials are holding key environmental impact figures for all AI data centres across Europe. They won’t let the public see them.
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump government leaves Group of States against Corruption of @coe.int Part of US government plans to undermine international institutions and law (which have benefitted US and its corporations massively) In this case, needed to prevent critical view of Trump's corruption and corporate capture
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Google event in Brussels this evening “to celebrate Ireland’s Presidency” of the EU Council. “Google is delighted to bring together Irish policymakers…” rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/irish... (they have wisely now removed some of this text)
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Palantir, the data surveillance company at the heart of the British state, has warned its most outspoken parliamentary critic, the Labour MP Clive Lewis, that it has been surveilling his anti-Palantir activities." via @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/palanti... “A company whose technologies are implicated in serious human rights abuses should not be allowed to become an integral part of Europe’s public infrastructure.”
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'Not Just Another Tech Company': Unions, Rights Groups Across EU Demand Governments Ditch Palantir | Common Dreams
Labor unions and rights groups in Europe call for governments to cut ties with Palantir, citing threats to democracy and civil liberties.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
Pesticides: Scientific community warns of 'dangerous step backward' in European laws
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Pesticides: Scientific community warns of 'dangerous step backward' in European laws
In a bid to simplify regulations and boost economic competitiveness, the European Commission is proposing numerous relaxations in the Omnibus X legislative package.
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇪🇺 #PublicHealth groups criticise #EuropeanParliament event on the role of wine in health policy, organised by the wine industry “wholly inappropriate” to give alcohol industry a platform in a health policy debate particularly on #WorldHeartDay” @ehnheart.bsky.social ehnheart.org/news-events/...
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European Heart Network | World Heart Day is no platform for alcohol industry influence
Brussels, 28 September 2026 – On 29 September, World Heart Day, MEP Dario Nardella (S&D) will host an event in...
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Statement of 120 organisations across Europe demanding end of public contracts to #Palantir A company avoiding paying a fair share of taxes And which leaders questioning values of equality and democracy Not to Palantir
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