Rudi Kennes MEP
@rudikennes.bsky.social
Europees Parlementslid van de werkende klasse in de fractie The Left, vroegere automobielarbeider, vakbondsman ABVV-FGTB en overtuigd antifascist 🔻✊🏻
On Tuesday we had the honour of welcoming @franceskalbs.bsky.social to the European Parliament and to our @left.eu Group meeting. As UN special rapporteur, she has been so important in amplifying and legitimising Palestinian voices fighting occupation, apartheid, and genocide.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
On Tuesday we had the honour of welcoming @franceskalbs.bsky.social to the European Parliament and to our @left.eu Group meeting. As UN special rapporteur, she has been so important in amplifying and legitimising Palestinian voices fighting occupation, apartheid, and genocide.
🧵Last Wednesday, together with my colleague Sebastian Everding and the Keep Me Posted campaign, we hosted a discussion in the European Parliament about why it is important for the EU to let citizens and residents have a say on whether they prefer digital or analogue communications and services. 1/7
November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🧵Last Wednesday, together with my colleague Sebastian Everding and the Keep Me Posted campaign, we hosted a discussion in the European Parliament about why it is important for the EU to let citizens and residents have a say on whether they prefer digital or analogue communications and services. 1/7
Last week I spoke at a seminar about the revision of the European Works Council Directive for SBI Formaat in the headquarters of the @fnv.bsky.social in Utrecht.
I shared with other EWC members my experience with EWCs and why
I shared with other EWC members my experience with EWCs and why
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Last week I spoke at a seminar about the revision of the European Works Council Directive for SBI Formaat in the headquarters of the @fnv.bsky.social in Utrecht.
I shared with other EWC members my experience with EWCs and why
I shared with other EWC members my experience with EWCs and why
A seguito del gravissimo attentato intimidatorio nei confronti di #SigfridoRanucci, voglio esprimere la mia solidarietà a lui e famiglia. Il giornalismo investigativo di @reportrai3.bsky.social da trent'anni fa informazione con inchieste importantissime e coraggiose. 1/2
@sandroruotolo.bsky.social
@sandroruotolo.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A seguito del gravissimo attentato intimidatorio nei confronti di #SigfridoRanucci, voglio esprimere la mia solidarietà a lui e famiglia. Il giornalismo investigativo di @reportrai3.bsky.social da trent'anni fa informazione con inchieste importantissime e coraggiose. 1/2
@sandroruotolo.bsky.social
@sandroruotolo.bsky.social
Reposted by Rudi Kennes MEP
The EU promised Egypt €7.4 billion in exchange for human rights improvements. Sadly, we see no change so far.
Don't roll out the red carpet for Al-Sisi, but demand change during Wednesday's summit: No human rights improvements, no EU money.
That's our message to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 👇
Don't roll out the red carpet for Al-Sisi, but demand change during Wednesday's summit: No human rights improvements, no EU money.
That's our message to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 👇
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The EU promised Egypt €7.4 billion in exchange for human rights improvements. Sadly, we see no change so far.
Don't roll out the red carpet for Al-Sisi, but demand change during Wednesday's summit: No human rights improvements, no EU money.
That's our message to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 👇
Don't roll out the red carpet for Al-Sisi, but demand change during Wednesday's summit: No human rights improvements, no EU money.
That's our message to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 👇
The Commissioner said it very clearly: we need to cut spending. Preferably on social and green policies, if you read the budget.
Who will benefit?
First of all: the arms industry, who will enjoy a 5 times bigger budget, despite the huge subsidies it already receives. 1/3
#budget
Who will benefit?
First of all: the arms industry, who will enjoy a 5 times bigger budget, despite the huge subsidies it already receives. 1/3
#budget
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Commissioner said it very clearly: we need to cut spending. Preferably on social and green policies, if you read the budget.
Who will benefit?
First of all: the arms industry, who will enjoy a 5 times bigger budget, despite the huge subsidies it already receives. 1/3
#budget
Who will benefit?
First of all: the arms industry, who will enjoy a 5 times bigger budget, despite the huge subsidies it already receives. 1/3
#budget
Today, European farmers are protesting in Strasbourg against reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy and fighting possible budget cuts.
I believe they have every right to do so, and I fully support the struggle for survival of small European farmers against 1/2
I believe they have every right to do so, and I fully support the struggle for survival of small European farmers against 1/2
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today, European farmers are protesting in Strasbourg against reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy and fighting possible budget cuts.
I believe they have every right to do so, and I fully support the struggle for survival of small European farmers against 1/2
I believe they have every right to do so, and I fully support the struggle for survival of small European farmers against 1/2
We are in Geneva today and tomorrow with Rima Hassan of @lfi.bsky.social and the @left.eu to talk about #corporateaccountability at the United Nations, and today we march to protest against the shameless profiteering of international companies from the genocide in Gaza and in the West Bank. 1/2
October 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We are in Geneva today and tomorrow with Rima Hassan of @lfi.bsky.social and the @left.eu to talk about #corporateaccountability at the United Nations, and today we march to protest against the shameless profiteering of international companies from the genocide in Gaza and in the West Bank. 1/2
Meer dan 125.000 betogers. Gaat Arizona nu wèl luisteren? 🔻✊🏻
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Meer dan 125.000 betogers. Gaat Arizona nu wèl luisteren? 🔻✊🏻
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Het succes van de bedrijvenlobby is bijna bewonderingswaardig. Ook tijdens het Vlaams Europadebat werd deregulering weer veelvuldig opgevoerd als oplossing voor al onze problemen. Natuurlijk is iedereen voor goede en efficiënte regels,
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Het succes van de bedrijvenlobby is bijna bewonderingswaardig. Ook tijdens het Vlaams Europadebat werd deregulering weer veelvuldig opgevoerd als oplossing voor al onze problemen. Natuurlijk is iedereen voor goede en efficiënte regels,
Reposted by Rudi Kennes MEP
Public money is funding spyware!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Public money is funding spyware!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!
This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!
🧵I have been appointed to be Shadow Rapporteur for @left.eu for the dossier on a #JustTransition Directive. So far, the dual green and digital transition has not been fair at all. Workers, communities and the environment have paid a heavy price, while those who did not plan 1/3
September 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🧵I have been appointed to be Shadow Rapporteur for @left.eu for the dossier on a #JustTransition Directive. So far, the dual green and digital transition has not been fair at all. Workers, communities and the environment have paid a heavy price, while those who did not plan 1/3
🧵Séjourné attended the ITRE committee, so I asked him what the Competitiveness Fund would do for ordinary people. I told him how I noticed that funding for defence had increased 5 times but the same cannot be said for provisions aimed at promoting collective bargaining, training or job security. 1/7
September 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🧵Séjourné attended the ITRE committee, so I asked him what the Competitiveness Fund would do for ordinary people. I told him how I noticed that funding for defence had increased 5 times but the same cannot be said for provisions aimed at promoting collective bargaining, training or job security. 1/7
🧵👇Workers of the European institutions refuse to accept the EU’s inaction and complicity with the ongoing genocide in #Gaza.
Yesterday, the staff of the institutions organised a protest to express their anger at the EU’s refusal to condemn the crimes committed by Israel. 1/6
Yesterday, the staff of the institutions organised a protest to express their anger at the EU’s refusal to condemn the crimes committed by Israel. 1/6
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🧵👇Workers of the European institutions refuse to accept the EU’s inaction and complicity with the ongoing genocide in #Gaza.
Yesterday, the staff of the institutions organised a protest to express their anger at the EU’s refusal to condemn the crimes committed by Israel. 1/6
Yesterday, the staff of the institutions organised a protest to express their anger at the EU’s refusal to condemn the crimes committed by Israel. 1/6
Your body, your choice!
#Abortion is a human right, and we cannot afford to stay silent as the right wing tries to roll back progress.
The autonomy and freedom of women are under threat, and it is more important than ever to stand up and speak out for the right to self-determination.
#Abortion is a human right, and we cannot afford to stay silent as the right wing tries to roll back progress.
The autonomy and freedom of women are under threat, and it is more important than ever to stand up and speak out for the right to self-determination.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your body, your choice!
#Abortion is a human right, and we cannot afford to stay silent as the right wing tries to roll back progress.
The autonomy and freedom of women are under threat, and it is more important than ever to stand up and speak out for the right to self-determination.
#Abortion is a human right, and we cannot afford to stay silent as the right wing tries to roll back progress.
The autonomy and freedom of women are under threat, and it is more important than ever to stand up and speak out for the right to self-determination.
🧵 18 September is International Equal Pay Day. Why? Because it is the day after which the average woman works for free for the rest of the year. In 2025, women’s labour is still paid much less than a man’s. In Belgium, women’s work is 20% cheaper. 1/7 #equalpayday
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Equal Pay Day | United Nations
International Equal Pay Day celebrates all efforts made to achieve equal pay for work of equal value while encouraging the work that is still needed to achieve this goal.
www.un.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🧵 18 September is International Equal Pay Day. Why? Because it is the day after which the average woman works for free for the rest of the year. In 2025, women’s labour is still paid much less than a man’s. In Belgium, women’s work is 20% cheaper. 1/7 #equalpayday
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Tijdens de laatste plenaire vergadering hebben we een interessant debat gevoerd over de betekenis van “veiligheid”. Veiligheid betekent ook investeren in onze hulpdiensten, in goede huisvesting, in gezondheidszorg, en veilige zekere banen.
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Tijdens de laatste plenaire vergadering hebben we een interessant debat gevoerd over de betekenis van “veiligheid”. Veiligheid betekent ook investeren in onze hulpdiensten, in goede huisvesting, in gezondheidszorg, en veilige zekere banen.
Wij, als linkse fractie leiden de strijd om een einde te maken aan Von der Leyen's tijd als voorzitter van de Europese Commissie.
Verraad van boeren en arbeiders ✅
Sociale uitgaven doorsluizen naar wapenhandelaars ✅
Medeplichtigheid aan genocide ✅
Ze moet weg.
🔻✊🏻
Verraad van boeren en arbeiders ✅
Sociale uitgaven doorsluizen naar wapenhandelaars ✅
Medeplichtigheid aan genocide ✅
Ze moet weg.
🔻✊🏻
September 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wij, als linkse fractie leiden de strijd om een einde te maken aan Von der Leyen's tijd als voorzitter van de Europese Commissie.
Verraad van boeren en arbeiders ✅
Sociale uitgaven doorsluizen naar wapenhandelaars ✅
Medeplichtigheid aan genocide ✅
Ze moet weg.
🔻✊🏻
Verraad van boeren en arbeiders ✅
Sociale uitgaven doorsluizen naar wapenhandelaars ✅
Medeplichtigheid aan genocide ✅
Ze moet weg.
🔻✊🏻
Vandaag had ik een ontmoeting in het Europees Parlement van de vzw ConTempo die me hadden gevraagd om een bezoek te kunnen brengen aan Straatsburg.
De vzw ConTempo is een veilige haven voor mensen in rouw na het overlijden van hun partner.
De vzw ConTempo is een veilige haven voor mensen in rouw na het overlijden van hun partner.
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Vandaag had ik een ontmoeting in het Europees Parlement van de vzw ConTempo die me hadden gevraagd om een bezoek te kunnen brengen aan Straatsburg.
De vzw ConTempo is een veilige haven voor mensen in rouw na het overlijden van hun partner.
De vzw ConTempo is een veilige haven voor mensen in rouw na het overlijden van hun partner.
Vandaag trokken we ook De Rode Lijn met alle progressieven in het Europees Parlement voor GAZA 🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Vandaag trokken we ook De Rode Lijn met alle progressieven in het Europees Parlement voor GAZA 🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine
#BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine
Deze morgen namens Het Onafhankelijkheidsfront bloemen neergelegd ter gelegenheid van de Bevrijdingsfeesten te Klein-Willebroek.
Door een vernuftig plan van de Belg Robert Vekemans kon men de Nazi’s misleiden en werd de brug over de Rupel zonder problemen genomen.
🔻✊🏻
#bevrijding #nooitmeerfascisme
Door een vernuftig plan van de Belg Robert Vekemans kon men de Nazi’s misleiden en werd de brug over de Rupel zonder problemen genomen.
🔻✊🏻
#bevrijding #nooitmeerfascisme
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Deze morgen namens Het Onafhankelijkheidsfront bloemen neergelegd ter gelegenheid van de Bevrijdingsfeesten te Klein-Willebroek.
Door een vernuftig plan van de Belg Robert Vekemans kon men de Nazi’s misleiden en werd de brug over de Rupel zonder problemen genomen.
🔻✊🏻
#bevrijding #nooitmeerfascisme
Door een vernuftig plan van de Belg Robert Vekemans kon men de Nazi’s misleiden en werd de brug over de Rupel zonder problemen genomen.
🔻✊🏻
#bevrijding #nooitmeerfascisme
Dear UEFA: Nice slogan but if you mean what you say, then kick Israël OUT !
🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #hypocrisy #STOPtheGENOCIDE
🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #hypocrisy #STOPtheGENOCIDE
August 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dear UEFA: Nice slogan but if you mean what you say, then kick Israël OUT !
🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #hypocrisy #STOPtheGENOCIDE
🔻✊🏻🇵🇸🍉
#BoycottIsrael #hypocrisy #STOPtheGENOCIDE
August 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM