Luise Quaritsch
@luisequaritsch.bsky.social
Policy Fellow for EU democracy at Jacques Delors Centre Berlin
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Today’s Omnibus vote has rolled over an already perforated cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament. For the first time, the EPP sided with far-right groups on a file key to the Commission’s agenda. Make no mistake: this was no accident and it’s unclear whether the centrist coalition can recover🧵
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today’s Omnibus vote has rolled over an already perforated cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament. For the first time, the EPP sided with far-right groups on a file key to the Commission’s agenda. Make no mistake: this was no accident and it’s unclear whether the centrist coalition can recover🧵
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Today´s vote on the Sustainability Omnibus was a watershed moment in the European Parliament, as the EPP sides with far-right political groups to scratch climate transition plans and civil liability under the CSDDD, and reduce the scope of companies covered under the CSRD.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today´s vote on the Sustainability Omnibus was a watershed moment in the European Parliament, as the EPP sides with far-right political groups to scratch climate transition plans and civil liability under the CSDDD, and reduce the scope of companies covered under the CSRD.
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Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
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🛡️ #DemocracyShield: "Die Initiative enthalte sicherlich gute Ideen und sinnvolle Vorschläge, sagt etwa @luisequaritsch.bsky.social, Policy Fellow EU Democracy am #JDC. 'Aber wer auf eine ganz große Sache gewartet hat, die steckt nicht darin.'" via @table.media 👉 table.media/europe/analy...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🛡️ #DemocracyShield: "Die Initiative enthalte sicherlich gute Ideen und sinnvolle Vorschläge, sagt etwa @luisequaritsch.bsky.social, Policy Fellow EU Democracy am #JDC. 'Aber wer auf eine ganz große Sache gewartet hat, die steckt nicht darin.'" via @table.media 👉 table.media/europe/analy...
The European Democracy Shield🛡️ is finally out today. Here is what it says (and what I think):🧵⬇️
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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The European Democracy Shield🛡️ is finally out today. Here is what it says (and what I think):🧵⬇️
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
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🆕 🗣️EUDS Chair @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reacts to the European Democracy Shield proposal, aimed at empowering strong and resilient democracies.
The plan will be discussed w/ @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social on 24/11 in @euds.europarl.europa.eu
Read the full statement here 📃 link.europa.eu/cDptdC
The plan will be discussed w/ @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social on 24/11 in @euds.europarl.europa.eu
Read the full statement here 📃 link.europa.eu/cDptdC
Statement by chair Nathalie Loiseau on the European Democracy Shield proposal | News | European Parliament
Today the European Commission published its communication on the European Democracy Shield, aimed at empowering strong and resilient democracies.
link.europa.eu
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🆕 🗣️EUDS Chair @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reacts to the European Democracy Shield proposal, aimed at empowering strong and resilient democracies.
The plan will be discussed w/ @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social on 24/11 in @euds.europarl.europa.eu
Read the full statement here 📃 link.europa.eu/cDptdC
The plan will be discussed w/ @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social on 24/11 in @euds.europarl.europa.eu
Read the full statement here 📃 link.europa.eu/cDptdC
The Commission is set to finally unveil the Democracy Shield 🛡️on 12 November! Here is what it will look like and what details will matter. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The Commission is set to finally unveil the Democracy Shield 🛡️on 12 November! Here is what it will look like and what details will matter. 🧵
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Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
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Google rolled out AI Overviews earlier this year. Many users now see AI-generated summaries above traditional search results. This doesn’t just risk spreading unreliable answers, it could also divert traffic away from independent media and threaten media pluralism: algorithmwatch.org/en/google-ai...
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Google rolled out AI Overviews earlier this year. Many users now see AI-generated summaries above traditional search results. This doesn’t just risk spreading unreliable answers, it could also divert traffic away from independent media and threaten media pluralism: algorithmwatch.org/en/google-ai...
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With all the caveats that the far right hasn't been weakened, only splintered in the Netherlands, it's still very good to see an election where liberal democracy is not on the line and a government with a pro-European outlook is back in sight
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
With all the caveats that the far right hasn't been weakened, only splintered in the Netherlands, it's still very good to see an election where liberal democracy is not on the line and a government with a pro-European outlook is back in sight
This week, the Commission issued several preliminary findings under the DSA. After requesting information and the opening of proceedings, this is the third step in the DSA's enforcement process.
VLOPs now have the chance to react to the preliminary findings and defend themselves.
VLOPs now have the chance to react to the preliminary findings and defend themselves.
Preliminary findings:
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This week, the Commission issued several preliminary findings under the DSA. After requesting information and the opening of proceedings, this is the third step in the DSA's enforcement process.
VLOPs now have the chance to react to the preliminary findings and defend themselves.
VLOPs now have the chance to react to the preliminary findings and defend themselves.
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The National and Regional Partnership Programmes 2028-34 are under attack, as many fear they neglect cohesion goals. Better regional targeting could be one way to improve the Commission's proposal. In a new Policy Brief, I outline how this could be done.
👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
Breaking the traps: Smarter regional allocation of EU cohesion spending 2028-2034
The Commission’s proposal for National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) could offer a fresh start for the EU’s cohesion policy after 2028. Given the mixed results and implementation difficulties...
www.delorscentre.eu
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The National and Regional Partnership Programmes 2028-34 are under attack, as many fear they neglect cohesion goals. Better regional targeting could be one way to improve the Commission's proposal. In a new Policy Brief, I outline how this could be done.
👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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Preliminary findings:
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Preliminary findings:
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data.
🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions.
This is a duty, not a choice.
link.europa.eu/JYQrBX
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OpenAI, xAI & Mistral may have just received their first EU AI Act warning shot. Dutch regulator AP found ChatGPT, Grok & le Chat gave biased voting advice ahead of elections — a potential breach of new GPAI rules.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
OpenAI, xAI, Mistral get a shot across the bows to beware EU AI Act enforcement | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
OpenAI, xAI and Mistral could be open to legal risk after the findings of a Dutch privacy probe into election advice this week appeared to expose early violations of the EU AI Act’s rules for general-...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
OpenAI, xAI & Mistral may have just received their first EU AI Act warning shot. Dutch regulator AP found ChatGPT, Grok & le Chat gave biased voting advice ahead of elections — a potential breach of new GPAI rules.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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While the European Council in Brussels took the spotlight, this week's events in Strasbourg should set off alarm bells. The European Parliament slamming the brakes on the first “Omnibus” package isn’t just a hiccup – it’s a symptom of strain in the EU’s democratic engine. A thread 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
While the European Council in Brussels took the spotlight, this week's events in Strasbourg should set off alarm bells. The European Parliament slamming the brakes on the first “Omnibus” package isn’t just a hiccup – it’s a symptom of strain in the EU’s democratic engine. A thread 🧵
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Metsola seems to suggest that, because the European Council has said so, Parliament will have no choice but to push through the omnibus with votes from the far right after Wednesday’s failed vote. This is a worrying stance and a puzzling view of the EP’s relationship with EU leaders
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Metsola seems to suggest that, because the European Council has said so, Parliament will have no choice but to push through the omnibus with votes from the far right after Wednesday’s failed vote. This is a worrying stance and a puzzling view of the EP’s relationship with EU leaders
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The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today
With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.
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BREAKING: ChatGPT could soon fall under the DSA rules after OpenAI revealed its search feature has over 120M monthly users in the EU, far above the “systemic risk” threshold. Formal designation and calculation of the supervisory fee could take a few weeks.
www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...
www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...
OpenAI inches toward seeing ChatGPT regulated under EU digital rulebook | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has surpassed 120 million monthly users in the EU, crossing the 45 million threshold that could see it designated as a “systemic risk” search engine under the Digital Services Act. Th...
www.mlex.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: ChatGPT could soon fall under the DSA rules after OpenAI revealed its search feature has over 120M monthly users in the EU, far above the “systemic risk” threshold. Formal designation and calculation of the supervisory fee could take a few weeks.
www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...
www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...
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Should other EU countries copy Germany's Industriestrompreis?
Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry.
🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23)
Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry.
🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23)
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Should other EU countries copy Germany's Industriestrompreis?
Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry.
🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23)
Germany is set to introduce this controversial subsidy soon, which will lower electricity prices for industry.
🧵on whether it is a model to follow & what it means for other EU countries, based on data in new policy brief (1/23)
The EP's Internal Market Committee has just adopted a report on the draft directive on transparency of third country interest representation.
The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 🧵1/
The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 🧵1/
✅ IMCO also backs Adina Valean’s report to boost transparency of foreign lobbying! Press release available shortly
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The EP's Internal Market Committee has just adopted a report on the draft directive on transparency of third country interest representation.
The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 🧵1/
The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 🧵1/
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✅ IMCO also backs Adina Valean’s report to boost transparency of foreign lobbying! Press release available shortly
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
✅ IMCO also backs Adina Valean’s report to boost transparency of foreign lobbying! Press release available shortly
This Thursday, the European Parliament’s @imco.europarl.europa.eu will vote on the ‘transparency of third-country lobbying’ directive. The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 1/
October 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This Thursday, the European Parliament’s @imco.europarl.europa.eu will vote on the ‘transparency of third-country lobbying’ directive. The directive is intended to counter foreign interference by introducing mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying. 1/
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On Thursday, the EP's Internal Market Committee votes to introduce national #transparency registers for third-country #lobbying. While there may be some benefits, none of the measures will address foreign meddling meaningfully, @luisequaritsch.bsky.social writes.👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
The EU’s struggle to defend democracy from foreign interference
Foreign interference in EU democracies has intensified in recent years. To counter this, the European Commission has proposed mandatory national transparency registers for third-country lobbying.
www.delorscentre.eu
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
On Thursday, the EP's Internal Market Committee votes to introduce national #transparency registers for third-country #lobbying. While there may be some benefits, none of the measures will address foreign meddling meaningfully, @luisequaritsch.bsky.social writes.👉 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
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“Political candidates and others just will not be able to amplify their content through paid advertising but will have to rely on content being shared organically,” @luisequaritsch.bsky.social told @euronews.com about the new #EU rules on political ads 👉 www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...
EU rules on political ads enter into force: What will change?
EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections – will take effect on Friday. But what exactly will change for users?
www.euronews.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Political candidates and others just will not be able to amplify their content through paid advertising but will have to rely on content being shared organically,” @luisequaritsch.bsky.social told @euronews.com about the new #EU rules on political ads 👉 www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...
Today, the EU’s Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising enters into force. From now on, political ads – notably both online and offline – will have to carry a transparency label with key information about why people are seeing the ad, who paid for it and how much. 1/
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Today, the EU’s Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising enters into force. From now on, political ads – notably both online and offline – will have to carry a transparency label with key information about why people are seeing the ad, who paid for it and how much. 1/