Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)

🏖️ Animal factories are destroying your favourite beaches & swim spots. Important new piece on the damages caused by factory farming pollution to residents, fishers, businesses. From Lough Neagh 🇬🇧 to Mar Menor lagoon 🇪🇸, by way of Brittany 🇫🇷 & German lakes 🇩🇪, the issue knows no borders 👇

No agricultural public funds without phasing out harmful #pesticides: the Common Agricultural Policy should support farmers in providing public goods and farming beyond harmful pesticides. 🔗 Read the full letter: www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...

💥New list of 'Strategic Projects' for critical raw materials (mines, processing plants, etc) will fast-track permits for projects run by arms & oil companies, plus firms that have lobbied to weaken workers’ protections, or been hit by fraud scandals. Learn more: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

Lula’s surprise comeback comes after weeks of student-led organizing and campaigning on his behalf, and amid accusations that U.S.-based tech companies were suppressing Lula’s reach online in favor of his Trump-aligned opponent.

The prospect of another far-right Bolsonaro government in Brazil has been defeated. It was a nightmarish one for human rights, the environment, free press, and so much more. This is a moment to celebrate.

Civil society activists and trade unionists from across Europe are meeting in Brussels today to plan joint campaigns against the EU deregulation agenda 👏🏼💪🏼 It's time to stop the roll-back of rules that exist to protect people and the environment ✊🏼 #RulesToProtect

This is historic: Justice for Palestine has officially reached 1 million valid signatures. After France and the Netherlands verified their signatures, we have a total of 1,093,952 valid signatures. In short, it’s official: we can now say we will submit the required signatures to the Commission.

Ever more proof European Far-right doesnot support workers. They vote not to improve health and safety for workers, firefighters If up to them, employers can pollute, and poison you, you can die prematurely Sending refugees home does do zero for your health @epsu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org

EU member states have proposed a 30% cut to the bloc’s sole public funding program for civil society, even as Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda depends on those same groups to enforce its digital rulebook, writes Mark Scott.

👀 At least 11 EU countries rely on US tech giant Palantir for defense, intelligence, healthcare and other critical sectors. Experts and officials warn that Europe's growing dependence on the controversial company poses serious risks. @ftm.nl VSquare.org

Based on data from the EU Lobby register it seems that the lobby for companies (direct and indirect) is represented in at least 66% of meetings with EU institutions where lobbyists are allowed/invited. Right now almost 9000 lobbyist have EU pass in Brussels. www.lobbyfacts.eu corporateeurope.org/en

Corporate giants are using their wealth to weaken workers’ rights and undermine democracy. The ITUC’s new report names six companies, including Palantir – and cites EPSU research with CICTAR and @psiglobalunion.bsky.social on how it benefits from European public contracts while paying little tax 👇

"Turkish giant sponsoring COP31 cut climate goals then cashed in on oil boom" 📝 new piece by @climatechangenews.com on #COP31 sponsor Koç Holding's #conflictofinterest. Campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social calls it "hugely embarrassing" for the UNFCCC. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/10/21/t...

💥 In 2 weeks, communities & campaign groups across Europe will take action to Stop Dirty Data Centres. "It's our land, our water, our electricity and our health" - and it's time to stand together against Big Tech's big resource grab. 💪 Check out for more info+how to get involved on 6-7 November 👇

"Decarbonisation-ready" fossil fuel infrastructure to power data centres 🤥 Great article from @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com revealing AI data centres as a "golden goose" for the gas industry, and carbon capture as a "fossil-fuelled delusion". Learn more about the Big Tech-Big Oil bromance ⬇️

One million people across Europe have made themselves heard: Hands off nature! Polluters and many EU leaders are pushing to weaken health and environmental protections as we speak. 💚Let’s give our leaders more than a million reasons to not ignore nature! Sign until 20.10: www.handsoffnature.eu

Trump + Musk + US ultraconservatives vs EU tech law. We mapped it. Plus: how the pesticide lobby co-wrote EU food safety rules. Word for word. This is what corporate capture looks like. Get it in your inbox 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/newsletter

How a former Nato chief cashed in on the big business of lobbying for foreign governments

Big Tech Is the Biggest Bankroller of Trump’s Ballroom. "Nvidia and Apple gave the most. Each committed $25 million …Microsoft and Palantir committed $10 million each. Amazon, Meta, Cisco, and ServiceNow gave $5 million each … $22 million came from Google’s settlement of Trump’s lawsuit"

Which company visited the EU Parliament the most in 2025-2026 ? British American Tobacco, with 154 visits, more than any other lobbying company. Philip Morris is also in the top, with 85. Thanks to @reclaimfinance.org for this great analysis, beyond declared meeting only.

EU Inc. risks opening the door to more letterbox companies, cross-border fraud and labour exploitation. In an op-ed for Agence Europe, EFBWW President Claus von Elling and Secretary General Tom Deleu explain why construction must be excluded from the proposed 28th company regime #SinkEUInc

"Orban’s Favourite EU Think Tank is Back in Brussels. But Who’s Funding It?" “Likely suspects” could include U.S. funders of the MAGA movement or the Trump administration “It's first event shows that, like MCC Brussels, FSI Europe continues to align very closely with the most far-right MEPs" ⚠️

Today, 83 civil society organisations are calling on the European Commission to stop the expansion of waste incineration in the EU without delay! Read the letter here: zerowasteeurope.eu/library/call... @zerowasteeurope.eu

Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can't help but laugh 😂 EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen says Europe's moving away from Russian gas towards "a more diverse range of reliable suppliers". Ha! I've never heard Trump described in such terms! The EU is in fact shifting from one blackmailer to another. euobserver.com/242252/made-...