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Climate

50 orgs say no to fossil fuel ally Hoekstra as EU Climate Commissioner.

28.09.2023
50 organisations have signed an open letter to the coordinators of the European Parliament Environment Committee, calling on them to reject the nomination of Dutch fossil fuel ally Wopke Hoekstra as the new Climate Commissioner.
Dangerous chemicals by Tom Blackwell

EU Ombudsman criticises Commission failure to disclose full REACH revision impact assessment

27.09.2023
The EU Ombudsman has found that it was “maladministration” when the EU Commission did not disclose the full impact assessment and associated Regulatory Scrutiny Board opinion on the upcoming REACH revision.
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Which comes first - chemical-industry profits or health?

Stricter European Union regulation of toxic chemicals is being jeopardised by corporate lobbying
25.09.2023
‘Stop deindustrialisation!’ is the latest hyperbole from the German chemical-industry association in pushing back against more robust regulation of toxic chemicals.
BusinessEurope is no. 1
Lobbying the EU

BusinessEurope: the death star of corporate lobbying

20.09.2023
The association of European employers, BusinessEurope, is the most active and probably the most powerful lobby group in the EU institutions. Determined to see the EU adopt policies that defend profits over people and planet, they have won privileged access to decision-makers like no other and even shape the direction of the EU as a whole. It is high time to roll back their power and privileged access.
Infographic with to piles of coins lablled 97 million euros in 2021 and 113 million euros in 2023. Titled "Digital industry lobby spending in Brussels"
Lobbying the EU

Lobbying power of Amazon, Google and Co. continues to grow

Big Tech spends 113 million euros per year on lobbying in Brussels
08.09.2023
An updated study shows that Big Tech spends 113 million euros on lobbying in Brussels - a 16.5 per cent increase since 2021.
Shell lobbyist

Amid rising climate catastrophes, why is the EU putting an oil man in charge?

Op-ed by Martha Myers
06.09.2023
At a time when the EU needs to be taking unprecedented action to tackle the climate crisis, Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has shockingly nominated ex-Shell employee and well-known corporate player Wopke Hoekstra as climate commissioner.
Image of beans and the words: EU Watchdog Radio Episode 45: No political will to curb food speculation
Food & agriculture

No political will to curb food speculation

EU Watchdog Radio Episode 45
25.07.2023
In this new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, Hans van Scharen talks to UN rapporteur on the right to Food Michael Fakhri and Political scientist Yiorgos Vassalos.
PFAS overview

Are PFAS the new tobacco?

The EU shouldn't listen to the chemicals industry when it comes to regulating PFAS
24.07.2023
The EU is proposing to phase out PFAS, the toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in everything from frying pans to waterproof coats. But PFAS producers and their industry customers are fighting back.
Aerial view of a queue of trucks, photo from Canva
Lobbying the EU

The EU's Single Market's obstacles to a just climate transition

Op ed by Olivier Hoedeman
22.07.2023
As the EU Single Market turns 30, we can't allow further obstacles to its just future.
Photo of Pfizer's covid vaccine, from Canva
Lobbying the EU

EU vaccine transparency: a shot in the dark

21.07.2023
In case of the EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the tens of billions of euros the EU spends on purchasing vaccines from powerful pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, the European Parliament has renounced its' key task of budgetary control.
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Climate

Oil-linked group's EU influencing exposed

Corporate Europe Observatory complains to EU institutions
19.07.2023
The Consumer Choice Center, a US oil-linked pressure group, is now the subject of a new complaint for untransparent and problematic lobbying.
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PFAS are forever?

How the chemical industry is fighting back against regulation
13.07.2023
Corporate Europe Observatory uncovers the story of how the toxics industry is fighting back against the upcoming regulation of PFAS or 'forever chemicals', which are found in everything from frying pans to food packaging.
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Flagship reports

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30 Years of EU Single Market

21.06.2023
Our new report exposes how corporations have used the EU Single Market to obstruct progressive legislation like social housing measures, progressive healthcare reforms, protection from harmful substances as well bans on short-distance flights.
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Germany’s great hydrogen race

23.03.2023
Our new report maps Germany’s 'brave new hydrogen world'. Which looks a lot like the old world: prolonging fossil fuel use and continuing its extractivist logic. We show who is driving the German – and thus EU – hydrogen hype, who benefits, and the negative impacts for prospective green hydrogen export countries.
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Inside job

08.06.2022
Find out how a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for abuses in their supply chains has been watered down by corporate lobbyists, with assistance from the EU's business-friendly ‘Better regulation’ agenda.
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A loud lobby for a silent spring

17.03.2022
In order to tackle the grave threat of the biodiversity crisis, the EU will table a proposal for targets for the reduction of pesticide use. This has put the pesticide industry into survival mode. A new leaked document from pesticides lobby group CropLife Europe shows that while it talks a big talk about backing the Green Deal, in reality it is employing a wide variety of lobbying tactics to undermine ambitious, binding targets.
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Under the influence (II)

20.12.2021
In January 2022, France will take on the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU. Yet this Presidency has been prepared in close collaboration with the French corporate sector, and is setting a policy agenda that strongly reflects business demands. It looks set to be a captured presidency.
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Under the influence (I)

12.10.2021
In January France will take over the Presidency of the EU Council for six months. But the early signs are worrying that this will be a pro-corporate presidency which prioritises a handful of corporate ‘champions’, and an ever greater role for big business in policy-making.
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