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FoEE folk in Brussels, campaigning for resilient & just societies in harmony with the planet.
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Remember when Belgium opposed the EU plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine? The reason: fears of multi-billion-euro claims under #ISDS.

Curious what this tool means for Russian sanctions & EU policy sovereignty? Join us & @friendsofeurope.bsky.social next week to dig into it 👇
The EU’s sanctions paradox: frozen Russian assets and EU Bilateral Investment Treaties - Friends of Europe
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted wide-ranging sanctions against Russia and a subsequent effort by Europe and members of the Coalition of the Willing to support Ukraine by securing fund...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The World Economic Forum in Davos is ending without any solution for global inequality, while billionaire wealth is now higher than ever.

According to Oxfam, a record number of billionaires were created last year, while 1 in 4 people globally face hunger. 

📃: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Resisting the Rule of the Rich | Oxfam International
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January 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Join us on 29 January at the European Parliament for the launch of “Selling Nature” — a new study by RLS Brussels and @foeeurope.bsky.social, with MEP @mguenther.bsky.social (@left.eu), on the EU’s push for biodiversity markets. 14:00–15:30 CET.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Wind & solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU!🌞🌬️

Renewables cut people's bills. The tech for a 100% renewable energy system already exist. Now we need the political will to build it fast, fair & people-owned.

New findings from @ember-energy.org ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM
New research shows nearly 80% of Walloon farming soils are poisoned with bee-killer pesticides, even where never used.

Lab tests can't predict all toxic effects. We need more caution, not less.

@ec.europa.eu: don't gut safeguards by allowing indefinite pesticide approvals, stop the food omnibus.
78% des sols agricoles wallons contaminés aux insecticides, les terrains non traités ne sont pas épargnés - RTBF Actus
Entre 2023 et 2025, une équipe de recherche de l’Earth and Life Institute de l’UCLouvain a parcouru les terres...
www.rtbf.be
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Defending Greenland 🟰 defending democracy, climate action and communities. European leaders must step up!

Our statement with @noah.dk ⤵️
friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...
Defending Greenland = defending democracy, climate action and communities - Friends of the Earth Europe
As an organisation working for resource justice, human rights and environmental protection, we cannot remain silent when geopolitical power plays threaten people, ecosystems and international law. The...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Some GOOD news today 💥

The EU Parliament sent the #EUMercosur deal to the Court of Justice for review!

This puts approval on hold while judges assess legal red flags that threaten EU autonomy, democracy, climate & social protections.

One more barrier to #StopEUMercosur in its tracks!
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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EU #CAP farm subsidies overwhelmingly go to those who are already rich, and not enough support reaches those who really need it

Farmers on the brink of bankruptcy, small agroecological farms, and all those who want to transition to more sustainable practices – these need real support
Welfare for the rich: up to 40% of CAP money goes to 1% of recipients - Greenpeace European Unit
A tiny fraction of rich landowners and industrial farmers siphon off the lion’s share of the EU’s subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with a wealthy 1% of recipients taking as much a...
www.greenpeace.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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💳 The EU Commission pushes #NatureCredits to attract private investment for #biodiversity protection. But who benefits, bears the risks, what does it mean for environmental governance?

Join our event with @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social & MEP @mguenther.bsky.social 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
💳 The EU Commission pushes #NatureCredits to attract private investment for #biodiversity protection. But who benefits, bears the risks, what does it mean for environmental governance?

Join our event with @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social & MEP @mguenther.bsky.social 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Despite years of opposition, EU–Mercosur is being rammed through.

Big agribusiness wins; Indigenous people, farmers, health and nature lose. Why?
❌ Fewer protections
❌ Weaker standards
❌ More deforestation

Trade must serve people & planet - not profit. More from @foeeurope.bsky.social in comments⤵️
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights.

Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands.

👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory
In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The fight isn't over.

We can still #StopEUMercosur in the European Parliament. And E-VE-RY vote will count.

Help us keep the pressure on, email your MEPs and ask them to vote against this toxic deal! We've got a super easy tool for you to do that here 👉 stopeumercosur.org/take-action/
🚨BREAKING: EU leaders just approved the toxic #EUMercosur deal ignoring 25 years of dissent from farmers ➕ civil society ➕ trade unions ➕ Indigenous Peoples

It’s the 1st time in EU trade history a deal has been pushed through without all Member States’ consent, overruling major European countries.
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
🚨BREAKING: EU leaders just approved the toxic #EUMercosur deal ignoring 25 years of dissent from farmers ➕ civil society ➕ trade unions ➕ Indigenous Peoples

It’s the 1st time in EU trade history a deal has been pushed through without all Member States’ consent, overruling major European countries.
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
All we want for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ (and forever) is

Food that is healthy
Thriving biodiversity
Water that is drinkable
Soil that sustains life
A safe work environment

🎶 We don’t need no D E R E G U L A T I O N ⬇️👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyWv...

#RulesToProtect #Deregulator
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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🇻🇪 Solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the face of imperialist aggression

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) denounces and condemns the military aggression of the United States, which violates the sovereignty and self-determination of the Venezuelan people.
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
🔴 Just in time before the year ends!

Civil society organisations have sent a formal letter to 3️⃣0️⃣ public & private financial institutions to stop financing TotalEnergies’ destructive LNG gas project in Mozambique.

Read the full letter here ⬇️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/financ...

#StopMozGas
Financial institutions urged to follow UKEF and Atradius DSB in withdrawing from Mozambique LNG
Press release by: Justiça Ambiental! / Reclaim Finance / BankTrack / Friends of the Earth Japan / Friends of the Earth France Maputo, December 18 2025 - Financial institutions are being urged to immed...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🌡️ Pressure is mounting: After the UK and Dutch export credit agencies (UKEF & Atradius DSB) exited over human rights concerns, financial institutions must now withdraw their support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado.

📄 Read the letter ⬇️
Financial institutions urged to follow UKEF and Atradius DSB in withdrawing from Mozambique LNG - Reclaim Finance
Financial institutions are being urged to immediately withdraw their financial support from TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado
reclaimfinance.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"In the dispute over Russian billions in European banks, Russia is successfully intimidating the EU with lawsuits. European governments themselves are to blame for this."

The reason: investment treaties. So we filled complaints for the EU Commission to start infringement procedures against 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇦🇹 🇸🇪
zeit.de DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · Dec 18
Im Streit um russische Milliarden bei Europas Banken schüchtert Russland die EU mit Klagen erfolgreich ein. Schuld daran sind die europäischen Regierungen selbst.
Russisches Vermögen: Der hybride Krieg hat eine weitere Front
Im Streit um russische Milliarden bei Europas Banken schüchtert Russland die EU mit Klagen erfolgreich ein. Schuld daran sind die europäischen Regierungen selbst.
www.zeit.de
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The frozen Russian assets issue shows how Europe is held back by investment treaties.

⏭️ With civil society groups in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇸🇪 & @eurtradejustice.bsky.social we've filed complaints urging the Commission to open infringement procedures against these states for keeping treaties that clash with EU law.
NGOs file infringement complaints investment treaties clashing with EU sanctions & states’ right to regulate
At tomorrow’s European Council, EU leaders will try to close a deal on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s defence. This is challenged by Belgium, which fears billion-euros arbitration cl...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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🎅🧪☠️Estas Navidades la Comisión Europea nos regala pesticidas tóxicos, un regalo envenenado para la población europea, mientras la industria se frota las manos y hace caja.
www.tierra.org/el-omnibus-a... @foeeurope.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔎 Great investigative piece from Hans Wetzels & @alistairkeepe.bsky.social exposing the web of investment treaties that lets sanctioned oligarchs shop around for friendly investor tribunals & sue Ukraine for hundreds of millions.

With our @pauldeclerck.bsky.social in it 👇
⚖️As Ukraine fights a full-scale invasion, sanctioned Russian billionaires are demanding hundreds of millions in compensation – exploiting investment treaties to sue the war-torn state from courtrooms across Europe.

Read the article: www.ftm.eu/articles/rus...
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚨☣️ The EU Commission just published its "Food & Feed Omnibus” proposal, dismantling some of the EU’s most fundamental protections from pesticides that poison our food, water, nature.

This only serves the pesticide industry, not the public interest 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, the conservatives and the liberals rubber-stamped the final #Omnibus 1

🟰

Final destruction of rules to protect people and the environment from corporate harm 🫥🤯

More here ⬇️

www.linkedin.com/posts/alban-...
#omnibus1 #csddd | Alban Grosdidier
😱 This is the European Parliament caving to pressure coming from the far-right, the US administration and greedy multinationals. 🚫 Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, th...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The deregulator wants to poison us

EU decisionmakers intent to scrap safety reviews for chemicals that are used for our food & drink

Chemicals that could cause cancer...🫥 So #BigBizz can market them more easily 🤯

Write to @ec.europa.eu! Stop the #FoodOmnibus

friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM