Faustine Bas-Defossez
@faustine-bd.bsky.social
'my mum's job is to save the planet' as my 4 years old little boy tells his friends
Views are my own
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faustine-bas-defossez-92085713/?originalSubdomain=be
Views are my own
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faustine-bas-defossez-92085713/?originalSubdomain=be
My home working buddy 🥰 my dopamine boost. Love Brussels' wildlife #brusselsmabelle
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My home working buddy 🥰 my dopamine boost. Love Brussels' wildlife #brusselsmabelle
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 4 days left to stop this. Don't let them destroy our rivers, forests & wildlife in silence. Don't let them scrap the rules that are there to protect us and our children #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
September 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 4 days left to stop this. Don't let them destroy our rivers, forests & wildlife in silence. Don't let them scrap the rules that are there to protect us and our children #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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Europe’s competitiveness and citizens would benefit from stronger chemicals rules: close the info gap, phase out harmful substances, and ensure proper enforcement.
By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/prop...
By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/prop...
Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation
Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.
www.politico.eu
June 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Europe’s competitiveness and citizens would benefit from stronger chemicals rules: close the info gap, phase out harmful substances, and ensure proper enforcement.
By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/prop...
By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/prop...
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✉️ In July, the Commission will present its proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027.
67 MEPs call for LIFE to remain independent because it’s key to biodiversity.
The environment is not a cost; it’s an investment in our future.
67 MEPs call for LIFE to remain independent because it’s key to biodiversity.
The environment is not a cost; it’s an investment in our future.
June 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
✉️ In July, the Commission will present its proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027.
67 MEPs call for LIFE to remain independent because it’s key to biodiversity.
The environment is not a cost; it’s an investment in our future.
67 MEPs call for LIFE to remain independent because it’s key to biodiversity.
The environment is not a cost; it’s an investment in our future.
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🚨 LIVE FROM STRASBOURG-GOOD NEWS!
The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’! Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.
The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’! Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.
May 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨 LIVE FROM STRASBOURG-GOOD NEWS!
The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’! Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.
The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’! Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.
Home working with a view🤩🐿❤️ (PS: I think this little guy comes with a clear message: Protect the EU environmental acquis)!
April 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Home working with a view🤩🐿❤️ (PS: I think this little guy comes with a clear message: Protect the EU environmental acquis)!
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🛑 Civil society is under attack — and so is our democracy.
NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.
Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.
NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.
Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.
April 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🛑 Civil society is under attack — and so is our democracy.
NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.
Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.
NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.
Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.
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Ces attaques (infondées) contre les ONGs pour leur couper tout subsides deviennent de plus en plus récurrentes hélas, voir aussi au niveau européen (avec @faustine-bd.bsky.social du @eeb.org dans l’itv ci-dessous).
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Station Europe - Les ONG volent-elles l’argent de l’Europe ? - BX1
« Scandale à Bruxelles ». C’est le titre que l’on peut lire dans certains journaux cette semaine. Des ONG qui travaillent sur l’environnement auraient bénéficié abusivement de financements européens. ...
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April 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ces attaques (infondées) contre les ONGs pour leur couper tout subsides deviennent de plus en plus récurrentes hélas, voir aussi au niveau européen (avec @faustine-bd.bsky.social du @eeb.org dans l’itv ci-dessous).
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💓 Civil society is the beating heart of European democracy.
Today, the EEB’s @faustine-bd.bsky.social reminded the @eesc.bsky.social plenary of this fact, as she tackled baseless attacks on environmental NGOs’ LIFE funding head-on 🔥
#EESCPlenary
Today, the EEB’s @faustine-bd.bsky.social reminded the @eesc.bsky.social plenary of this fact, as she tackled baseless attacks on environmental NGOs’ LIFE funding head-on 🔥
#EESCPlenary
February 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
💓 Civil society is the beating heart of European democracy.
Today, the EEB’s @faustine-bd.bsky.social reminded the @eesc.bsky.social plenary of this fact, as she tackled baseless attacks on environmental NGOs’ LIFE funding head-on 🔥
#EESCPlenary
Today, the EEB’s @faustine-bd.bsky.social reminded the @eesc.bsky.social plenary of this fact, as she tackled baseless attacks on environmental NGOs’ LIFE funding head-on 🔥
#EESCPlenary
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Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want?
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
February 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want?
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
Can someone please wake me up from this nightmare and say that it is not real? reporterre.net/Femme-climat....
« Femme », « climat »... Trump interdit des mots dans les articles scientifiques
Les scientifiques étasuniens doivent désormais bannir tout un lexique environnemental et social de leurs travaux, sous peine de risquer la perte de financements. Un basculement dystopique qu'elles et ...
reporterre.net
February 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Can someone please wake me up from this nightmare and say that it is not real? reporterre.net/Femme-climat....
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Très bon long format pour comprendre la guerre de la lobby agricole contre l'environnement. Entre désinformation, propagande et platitudes, la vois de @faustine-bd.bsky.social se lève claire, calme, rigoureuse, et sans concessions.
Bravo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
Bravo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
"QUAND L'AGRICULTEUR PLEURE, LES LOBBIES TRIOMPHENT" - Faustine Bas-Defossez | LIMIT
YouTube video by LIMIT
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January 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Très bon long format pour comprendre la guerre de la lobby agricole contre l'environnement. Entre désinformation, propagande et platitudes, la vois de @faustine-bd.bsky.social se lève claire, calme, rigoureuse, et sans concessions.
Bravo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
Bravo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
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New findings show that EPP MEP Monika Hohlmeier, who is leading attacks on NGOs being funded via the EU's LIFE Programme, has a glaring conflict of interest 🚨
Hohlmeier is on the payroll of BayWa, a corporation that received €6.5 million funding from LIFE 🤯
www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/c...
Hohlmeier is on the payroll of BayWa, a corporation that received €6.5 million funding from LIFE 🤯
www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/c...
Conflict of Interest Exposed in Conservative Push to Defund NGOs
As the right-of-centre attacks on EU funding to NGOs intensifies, new findings expose a glaring conflict of interest involving Member of European Parliament Monika Hohlmeier (EPP). This casts serious ...
www.corporateeurope.org
January 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New findings show that EPP MEP Monika Hohlmeier, who is leading attacks on NGOs being funded via the EU's LIFE Programme, has a glaring conflict of interest 🚨
Hohlmeier is on the payroll of BayWa, a corporation that received €6.5 million funding from LIFE 🤯
www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/c...
Hohlmeier is on the payroll of BayWa, a corporation that received €6.5 million funding from LIFE 🤯
www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/c...
#dontbedelulu deal with the pollulu!!!! 💪 @eeb.org 🌱we don't only say it but we do it! Taking the train and not the plane to Warsaw for work with @chrisskriver.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#dontbedelulu deal with the pollulu!!!! 💪 @eeb.org 🌱we don't only say it but we do it! Taking the train and not the plane to Warsaw for work with @chrisskriver.bsky.social
Thanks to Commissioner Jessika Roswall for a good meeting and stressing that civil society and work of NGOs are essential.
We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent!
We count on you to lead the way!
We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent!
We count on you to lead the way!
Yesterday, @patricktenbrink.bsky.social, @faustine-bd.bsky.social and our Head of Chemicals, met with @jessikaroswall.bsky.social to discuss the vital role of NGOs in decision-making and the urgent need to tackle chemical pollution under the EU Green Deal to move towards a #toxicfreefuture.
January 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thanks to Commissioner Jessika Roswall for a good meeting and stressing that civil society and work of NGOs are essential.
We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent!
We count on you to lead the way!
We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent!
We count on you to lead the way!
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Today, we co-hosted a training session at the EU Parliament focusing on how nature and sustainable agriculture can help tackle the triple crisis🌱🎓
Thanks to our hosts @pcanfin.bsky.social, Herbert Dorfmann (@eppgroup.bsky.social) and Annalisa Corrado (@socialistsanddemocrats.eu)
Thanks to our hosts @pcanfin.bsky.social, Herbert Dorfmann (@eppgroup.bsky.social) and Annalisa Corrado (@socialistsanddemocrats.eu)
January 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today, we co-hosted a training session at the EU Parliament focusing on how nature and sustainable agriculture can help tackle the triple crisis🌱🎓
Thanks to our hosts @pcanfin.bsky.social, Herbert Dorfmann (@eppgroup.bsky.social) and Annalisa Corrado (@socialistsanddemocrats.eu)
Thanks to our hosts @pcanfin.bsky.social, Herbert Dorfmann (@eppgroup.bsky.social) and Annalisa Corrado (@socialistsanddemocrats.eu)
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🔊We are many voices calling on EU leaders to tackle this problem at the root:
❌Stop fueling corporate greed #ForeverLobbying
✅#BanPFAS is the solution to this public health crisis
🔗Join the petition
action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
❌Stop fueling corporate greed #ForeverLobbying
✅#BanPFAS is the solution to this public health crisis
🔗Join the petition
action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
January 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🔊We are many voices calling on EU leaders to tackle this problem at the root:
❌Stop fueling corporate greed #ForeverLobbying
✅#BanPFAS is the solution to this public health crisis
🔗Join the petition
action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
❌Stop fueling corporate greed #ForeverLobbying
✅#BanPFAS is the solution to this public health crisis
🔗Join the petition
action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
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🚨Breaking news!
💶100 billion a year would be the cost to eliminate #PFAS from the environment in Europe
This is the cost of inaction!
Instead of leaving the #foreverchemicals industry tap open, the solution is to #BanPFAS
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
💶100 billion a year would be the cost to eliminate #PFAS from the environment in Europe
This is the cost of inaction!
Instead of leaving the #foreverchemicals industry tap open, the solution is to #BanPFAS
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
PFAS: The astronomical cost of depolluting Europe
As Europe begins to realize the scale of its poisoning by these toxic and ultra-resistant chemical substances produced by industry, Le Monde and 29 media partners have, for the first time, calculated ...
www.lemonde.fr
January 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨Breaking news!
💶100 billion a year would be the cost to eliminate #PFAS from the environment in Europe
This is the cost of inaction!
Instead of leaving the #foreverchemicals industry tap open, the solution is to #BanPFAS
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
💶100 billion a year would be the cost to eliminate #PFAS from the environment in Europe
This is the cost of inaction!
Instead of leaving the #foreverchemicals industry tap open, the solution is to #BanPFAS
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
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#PFAS, or forever chemicals, are widespread.
Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.
Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.
Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
January 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#PFAS, or forever chemicals, are widespread.
Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.
Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.
Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...
Merci à @vinzkante.bsky.social de m'avoir permis de mettre la lumière sur notre système alimentaire délétère et l'urgence de le transformer. Pour en savoir plus c'est ici 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
"QUAND L'AGRICULTEUR PLEURE, LES LOBBIES TRIOMPHENT" - Faustine Bas-Defossez | LIMIT
YouTube video by LIMIT
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Merci à @vinzkante.bsky.social de m'avoir permis de mettre la lumière sur notre système alimentaire délétère et l'urgence de le transformer. Pour en savoir plus c'est ici 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...
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Did you know...
👩🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men
🔴Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social is at the EU Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
👩🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men
🔴Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social is at the EU Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Multimedia Centre
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu
December 12, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Did you know...
👩🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men
🔴Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social is at the EU Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
👩🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men
🔴Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social is at the EU Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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⚠️Europe's waters are polluted with PFAS⚠️
New briefing from the European Environment Agency shows PFAS pollution to be widespread throughout Europe's waters, often exceeding safe levels for human and environmental health!
Full briefing 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture
🧵👇
New briefing from the European Environment Agency shows PFAS pollution to be widespread throughout Europe's waters, often exceeding safe levels for human and environmental health!
Full briefing 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture
🧵👇
December 10, 2024 at 11:36 AM
⚠️Europe's waters are polluted with PFAS⚠️
New briefing from the European Environment Agency shows PFAS pollution to be widespread throughout Europe's waters, often exceeding safe levels for human and environmental health!
Full briefing 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture
🧵👇
New briefing from the European Environment Agency shows PFAS pollution to be widespread throughout Europe's waters, often exceeding safe levels for human and environmental health!
Full briefing 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
#BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture
🧵👇
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LIVE🔴
Tune in to watch EEB's @faustine-bd.bsky.social and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬
🧵👇https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpbOWjvgKE
Tune in to watch EEB's @faustine-bd.bsky.social and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬
🧵👇https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpbOWjvgKE
December 10, 2024 at 8:43 AM
LIVE🔴
Tune in to watch EEB's @faustine-bd.bsky.social and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬
🧵👇https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpbOWjvgKE
Tune in to watch EEB's @faustine-bd.bsky.social and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬
🧵👇https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpbOWjvgKE