+100 people gathered today in Brussels to plan our fightback against #Deregulation and #Omnibus packages.
Trade unions, NGOs, public health & consumer organisations, corporate watchdogs... representing millions of citizens across Europe demand #RulesToProtect people, environment and the planet.
Trade unions, NGOs, public health & consumer organisations, corporate watchdogs... representing millions of citizens across Europe demand #RulesToProtect people, environment and the planet.
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
+100 people gathered today in Brussels to plan our fightback against #Deregulation and #Omnibus packages.
Trade unions, NGOs, public health & consumer organisations, corporate watchdogs... representing millions of citizens across Europe demand #RulesToProtect people, environment and the planet.
Trade unions, NGOs, public health & consumer organisations, corporate watchdogs... representing millions of citizens across Europe demand #RulesToProtect people, environment and the planet.
“Legislative and regulatory self-restraint” 🙄
A document obtained by @politico.eu shows EU leaders will be calling on the Commission not to bring in any new laws… except for dismantling existing ones of course (no restraint on “omnibuses”!).
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
A document obtained by @politico.eu shows EU leaders will be calling on the Commission not to bring in any new laws… except for dismantling existing ones of course (no restraint on “omnibuses”!).
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“Legislative and regulatory self-restraint” 🙄
A document obtained by @politico.eu shows EU leaders will be calling on the Commission not to bring in any new laws… except for dismantling existing ones of course (no restraint on “omnibuses”!).
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
A document obtained by @politico.eu shows EU leaders will be calling on the Commission not to bring in any new laws… except for dismantling existing ones of course (no restraint on “omnibuses”!).
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
🚨 Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
: do not weaken EU water law!
The WFD protects our rivers, health & climate.
Living Rivers Europe urges: reject its inclusion in the Environmental Omnibus.
78% of us want stronger EU water protection rules - not more rollbacks.
Letter ⬇️
#RulesToProtect
: do not weaken EU water law!
The WFD protects our rivers, health & climate.
Living Rivers Europe urges: reject its inclusion in the Environmental Omnibus.
78% of us want stronger EU water protection rules - not more rollbacks.
Letter ⬇️
#RulesToProtect
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚨 Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
: do not weaken EU water law!
The WFD protects our rivers, health & climate.
Living Rivers Europe urges: reject its inclusion in the Environmental Omnibus.
78% of us want stronger EU water protection rules - not more rollbacks.
Letter ⬇️
#RulesToProtect
: do not weaken EU water law!
The WFD protects our rivers, health & climate.
Living Rivers Europe urges: reject its inclusion in the Environmental Omnibus.
78% of us want stronger EU water protection rules - not more rollbacks.
Letter ⬇️
#RulesToProtect
✊600 actions, 195 cities, 85 countries. From Fiji to Canada and Benin to the UK - last weekend we yelled #DrawTheLine all over the world!
We need to put people over profits. Greed is killing our planet.
But our hope lies in action. We can do this, TOGETHER!✊ #RulesToProtect #BackToTheFuture
We need to put people over profits. Greed is killing our planet.
But our hope lies in action. We can do this, TOGETHER!✊ #RulesToProtect #BackToTheFuture
September 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
✊600 actions, 195 cities, 85 countries. From Fiji to Canada and Benin to the UK - last weekend we yelled #DrawTheLine all over the world!
We need to put people over profits. Greed is killing our planet.
But our hope lies in action. We can do this, TOGETHER!✊ #RulesToProtect #BackToTheFuture
We need to put people over profits. Greed is killing our planet.
But our hope lies in action. We can do this, TOGETHER!✊ #RulesToProtect #BackToTheFuture
🧵4/4
⏳ Delaying action means spiralling environmental, health & economic costs.
We stand with the 600+ scientists calling for bold, science-based EU action to protect Europe’s waters - not later, now. 🌊🌱
🔗 Full statement + signatories in comments.
#HandsOffNature #RulesToProtect #ActNow
⏳ Delaying action means spiralling environmental, health & economic costs.
We stand with the 600+ scientists calling for bold, science-based EU action to protect Europe’s waters - not later, now. 🌊🌱
🔗 Full statement + signatories in comments.
#HandsOffNature #RulesToProtect #ActNow
September 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
🧵4/4
⏳ Delaying action means spiralling environmental, health & economic costs.
We stand with the 600+ scientists calling for bold, science-based EU action to protect Europe’s waters - not later, now. 🌊🌱
🔗 Full statement + signatories in comments.
#HandsOffNature #RulesToProtect #ActNow
⏳ Delaying action means spiralling environmental, health & economic costs.
We stand with the 600+ scientists calling for bold, science-based EU action to protect Europe’s waters - not later, now. 🌊🌱
🔗 Full statement + signatories in comments.
#HandsOffNature #RulesToProtect #ActNow
Morgen hält die EU-Kommissionspräsidentin im EU-Parlament ihre Rede zur Lage der Union.Gemeinsam mit 470 Organisationen & Gewerkschaften warnen wir vor den von ihr geplanten drastischen Einschnitten bei Umwelt-, Verbraucherschutz- & Menschenrechten #Rulestoprotect www.lobbycontrol.de/lobbyismus-i...
470 Organisationen fordern den Erhalt unserer EU-Schutzregeln von Ursula von der Leyen
Noch in der letzte Wahlperiode wurden in Brüssel viele wichtige Gesetze zum Schutz von Mensch und Umwelt vorangetrieben. Jetzt beugt sich die Kommissionspräsidentin der Industrielobby und will viele v...
www.lobbycontrol.de
September 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Morgen hält die EU-Kommissionspräsidentin im EU-Parlament ihre Rede zur Lage der Union.Gemeinsam mit 470 Organisationen & Gewerkschaften warnen wir vor den von ihr geplanten drastischen Einschnitten bei Umwelt-, Verbraucherschutz- & Menschenrechten #Rulestoprotect www.lobbycontrol.de/lobbyismus-i...
👆The reality is that the Omnibus packages launched on issues like corporate accountability and chemicals are very clearly about deregulation and slashing rules that protect people and the environment.
#rulestoprotect
#rulestoprotect
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
👆The reality is that the Omnibus packages launched on issues like corporate accountability and chemicals are very clearly about deregulation and slashing rules that protect people and the environment.
#rulestoprotect
#rulestoprotect
Trade unions have compared the #28thRegime with the Bolkestein Directive and its 'country of origin' principle which was defeated after Europe-wide protests in the early 2000s
Will the European Commission bring back #Bolkestein?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/s...
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
Will the European Commission bring back #Bolkestein?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/s...
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
September 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Trade unions have compared the #28thRegime with the Bolkestein Directive and its 'country of origin' principle which was defeated after Europe-wide protests in the early 2000s
Will the European Commission bring back #Bolkestein?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/s...
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
Will the European Commission bring back #Bolkestein?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/s...
#deregulation #RulesToProtect
#RulestoProtect After nine months under von der Leyen’s leadership, the European Commission is planning an unprecedented wave of drastic cuts to regulations protecting labour, social, and human rights, as well as digital rights, and the environment. @corporateeurope.org
@foeeurope.bsky.social
@foeeurope.bsky.social
The EU weakens the rules that safeguard people and the environment - Oidhaco
470 civil society, trade unions and public interest groups tell President von der Leyen, European Commissioners and EU Member States that our rights, planet, health and justice are not for sale The EU...
www.oidhaco.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#RulestoProtect After nine months under von der Leyen’s leadership, the European Commission is planning an unprecedented wave of drastic cuts to regulations protecting labour, social, and human rights, as well as digital rights, and the environment. @corporateeurope.org
@foeeurope.bsky.social
@foeeurope.bsky.social
👏We must move forward, not back track on #RulesToProtect.
January 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
👏We must move forward, not back track on #RulesToProtect.
On my way to Brussels for discussions on how we will stop corporate capture and the deregulatory wave in the EU. #rulestoprotect #DMA #DSA #REACH #CSDDD
April 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On my way to Brussels for discussions on how we will stop corporate capture and the deregulatory wave in the EU. #rulestoprotect #DMA #DSA #REACH #CSDDD
Civil society & trade union groups have a clear message for @EU_Commission: put public welfare over corporate interests #rulestoprotect
June 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Civil society & trade union groups have a clear message for @EU_Commission: put public welfare over corporate interests #rulestoprotect
Very important reflections in this academic article on the unprecedented #deregulation agenda currently promoted by the European Commission, incl on how "non-market voices are marginalised".
Raises the burning question: "are we facing the advent of a European deregulatory state?"
#RulesToProtect ⬇️
Raises the burning question: "are we facing the advent of a European deregulatory state?"
#RulesToProtect ⬇️
New publication by our member and coordinator of the "Regulation(s)" axis of our research program, @lolaavril.bsky.social ! Lola pursues her reflection on the EU post-regulatory state and the Commission’s new deregulation agenda.
The Editorial in the new issue by @lolaavril.bsky.social on what the post-regulatory sate is morphing into
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Very important reflections in this academic article on the unprecedented #deregulation agenda currently promoted by the European Commission, incl on how "non-market voices are marginalised".
Raises the burning question: "are we facing the advent of a European deregulatory state?"
#RulesToProtect ⬇️
Raises the burning question: "are we facing the advent of a European deregulatory state?"
#RulesToProtect ⬇️
Deregulating crucial protections
⚖️deepens inequality
🏛️erodes trust in institutions
🔥fuels anti-democratic narratives
270+ civil society & trade union groups urge the EU Commission for #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy in EU regulations 👉
www.akeuropa.eu/en/joint-ope...
⚖️deepens inequality
🏛️erodes trust in institutions
🔥fuels anti-democratic narratives
270+ civil society & trade union groups urge the EU Commission for #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy in EU regulations 👉
www.akeuropa.eu/en/joint-ope...
January 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Deregulating crucial protections
⚖️deepens inequality
🏛️erodes trust in institutions
🔥fuels anti-democratic narratives
270+ civil society & trade union groups urge the EU Commission for #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy in EU regulations 👉
www.akeuropa.eu/en/joint-ope...
⚖️deepens inequality
🏛️erodes trust in institutions
🔥fuels anti-democratic narratives
270+ civil society & trade union groups urge the EU Commission for #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy in EU regulations 👉
www.akeuropa.eu/en/joint-ope...
🤰🏼🍀🐝 Europeans want health & nature protected. The EU must act - the world is watching.
👀 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu - time to step up...
#RulesToProtect #HandsOffNature
🔗https://euobserver.com/eu-political/ar10983b93
👀 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu - time to step up...
#RulesToProtect #HandsOffNature
🔗https://euobserver.com/eu-political/ar10983b93
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🤰🏼🍀🐝 Europeans want health & nature protected. The EU must act - the world is watching.
👀 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu - time to step up...
#RulesToProtect #HandsOffNature
🔗https://euobserver.com/eu-political/ar10983b93
👀 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu - time to step up...
#RulesToProtect #HandsOffNature
🔗https://euobserver.com/eu-political/ar10983b93
The German govt's new report into its energy transition shows meeting its 2030 green hydrogen target is "barely achievable".
The hydrogen lobby's response? More deregulation 🤦🏻♂️
Calls for a "pragmatic focus on unshackling investment long weighed down by overly complex regulation"
#RulesToProtect
The hydrogen lobby's response? More deregulation 🤦🏻♂️
Calls for a "pragmatic focus on unshackling investment long weighed down by overly complex regulation"
#RulesToProtect
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The German govt's new report into its energy transition shows meeting its 2030 green hydrogen target is "barely achievable".
The hydrogen lobby's response? More deregulation 🤦🏻♂️
Calls for a "pragmatic focus on unshackling investment long weighed down by overly complex regulation"
#RulesToProtect
The hydrogen lobby's response? More deregulation 🤦🏻♂️
Calls for a "pragmatic focus on unshackling investment long weighed down by overly complex regulation"
#RulesToProtect
Food safety, public health, workers’ rights, animal welfare and environmental protections are the backbone of a fair and resilient society.
270+ orgs urge @ec.europa.eu to uphold #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy
🔗https://shorturl.at/yZ4GZ
270+ orgs urge @ec.europa.eu to uphold #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy
🔗https://shorturl.at/yZ4GZ
January 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Food safety, public health, workers’ rights, animal welfare and environmental protections are the backbone of a fair and resilient society.
270+ orgs urge @ec.europa.eu to uphold #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy
🔗https://shorturl.at/yZ4GZ
270+ orgs urge @ec.europa.eu to uphold #RulesToProtect people, nature & democracy
🔗https://shorturl.at/yZ4GZ
"Rules to protect people make economical sense"
"The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget!"
"For those who make money more protection seems like a cost in the short term, but for the rest of us it gives huge benefits"
#RulesToProtect
"The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget!"
"For those who make money more protection seems like a cost in the short term, but for the rest of us it gives huge benefits"
#RulesToProtect
June 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Rules to protect people make economical sense"
"The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget!"
"For those who make money more protection seems like a cost in the short term, but for the rest of us it gives huge benefits"
#RulesToProtect
"The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget!"
"For those who make money more protection seems like a cost in the short term, but for the rest of us it gives huge benefits"
#RulesToProtect
In case you missed it: last week CEO launched #DeregulationWatch ✨
The goal: to help civil society monitor new developments in the new EU #deregulation agenda and organise in defense of strong #RulesToProtect social, environmental and human rights
Check it out ⬇️
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/d...
The goal: to help civil society monitor new developments in the new EU #deregulation agenda and organise in defense of strong #RulesToProtect social, environmental and human rights
Check it out ⬇️
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/d...
Deregulation Watch
We have set up Deregulation Watch to help civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defense of strong social, environmental and human r...
corporateeurope.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In case you missed it: last week CEO launched #DeregulationWatch ✨
The goal: to help civil society monitor new developments in the new EU #deregulation agenda and organise in defense of strong #RulesToProtect social, environmental and human rights
Check it out ⬇️
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/d...
The goal: to help civil society monitor new developments in the new EU #deregulation agenda and organise in defense of strong #RulesToProtect social, environmental and human rights
Check it out ⬇️
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/d...
Toon Penen, Grondrecht: "We are poisoned by #PFAS pollution by #3M, and even so they are trying to get more permits to pollute. Half the population has too high levels of PFAS in their bodies. We need policies to stop PFAS pollution to protect these people's rights!"
#RulesToProtect conference
#RulesToProtect conference
June 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Toon Penen, Grondrecht: "We are poisoned by #PFAS pollution by #3M, and even so they are trying to get more permits to pollute. Half the population has too high levels of PFAS in their bodies. We need policies to stop PFAS pollution to protect these people's rights!"
#RulesToProtect conference
#RulesToProtect conference
Yesterday, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations (among which, us): we need rules to protect people and the environment!
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/e...
#RulesToProtect @caneurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @eeb.org
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/e...
#RulesToProtect @caneurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @eeb.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yesterday, civil society and trade unions delivered a very clear message in a statement signed by 470 organisations (among which, us): we need rules to protect people and the environment!
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/e...
#RulesToProtect @caneurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @eeb.org
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/e...
#RulesToProtect @caneurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @eeb.org
📢“Our protection must not be sold for profit”
This week, we joined 470 orgs denouncing the EU Commission’s deregulation push to labour, social, human, environnmental + digital rights ahead of Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU.
👉Read the statement: corporateeurope.org/sites/defaul... #RulesToProtect
This week, we joined 470 orgs denouncing the EU Commission’s deregulation push to labour, social, human, environnmental + digital rights ahead of Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU.
👉Read the statement: corporateeurope.org/sites/defaul... #RulesToProtect
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📢“Our protection must not be sold for profit”
This week, we joined 470 orgs denouncing the EU Commission’s deregulation push to labour, social, human, environnmental + digital rights ahead of Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU.
👉Read the statement: corporateeurope.org/sites/defaul... #RulesToProtect
This week, we joined 470 orgs denouncing the EU Commission’s deregulation push to labour, social, human, environnmental + digital rights ahead of Ursula von der Leyen’s #SOTEU.
👉Read the statement: corporateeurope.org/sites/defaul... #RulesToProtect
Food and feed safety rules are next on the list of EU laws to be “simplified” by the @ec.europa.eu — with a broad consultation coming soon.
Genuine simplification or deregulation in disguise…?
#RulesToProtect
Genuine simplification or deregulation in disguise…?
#RulesToProtect
August 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Food and feed safety rules are next on the list of EU laws to be “simplified” by the @ec.europa.eu — with a broad consultation coming soon.
Genuine simplification or deregulation in disguise…?
#RulesToProtect
Genuine simplification or deregulation in disguise…?
#RulesToProtect
💥 It's a wrap! Our event discussing how to oppose corporate rule was a success.
We are more than energised, informed and ready to continue the fight for
💚 protecting the rights we currently have & need
📝 creating rules that protect people, climate & biodiversity from corporate harm
#RulestoProtect
We are more than energised, informed and ready to continue the fight for
💚 protecting the rights we currently have & need
📝 creating rules that protect people, climate & biodiversity from corporate harm
#RulestoProtect
June 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
💥 It's a wrap! Our event discussing how to oppose corporate rule was a success.
We are more than energised, informed and ready to continue the fight for
💚 protecting the rights we currently have & need
📝 creating rules that protect people, climate & biodiversity from corporate harm
#RulestoProtect
We are more than energised, informed and ready to continue the fight for
💚 protecting the rights we currently have & need
📝 creating rules that protect people, climate & biodiversity from corporate harm
#RulestoProtect
@noemiejegou.bsky.social from @eeb.org said: "The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget! This is now borne by tax payers." These figures were calculated in a government report by 5 Nordic countries.
#rulestoprotect
#rulestoprotect
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@noemiejegou.bsky.social from @eeb.org said: "The cost of PFAS pollution adds up to 184 billion euro, more than the EU budget! This is now borne by tax payers." These figures were calculated in a government report by 5 Nordic countries.
#rulestoprotect
#rulestoprotect