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How Huawei’s lobbying campaign in Europe went rogue.

Once a high-flyer in Europe, Huawei’s growth stalled due to concerns over its ties with Beijing.

As the Chinese tech giant fought for survival, its EU lobbying campaign took a dark turn.

mediafaro.org/article/20250313…

#Huawei #EU #Lobbying #Espionage #Security #Threat #Cybersecurity #EuropeanCommission #Telecoms #Tech #Longread


How Huawei’s lobbying campaign in Europe went rogue.

Once a high-flyer in Europe, Huawei’s growth stalled due to concerns over its ties with Beijing.

As the Chinese tech giant fought for survival, its EU lobbying campaign took a dark turn.

mediafaro.org/article/20250313…

#Huawei #EU #Lobbying #Espionage #Security #Threat #Cybersecurity #EuropeanCommission #Telecoms #Tech #Longread


"Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that the government is to launch a "media war room" to target Palestine content online, in the latest attempt to propagate pro-Israel narratives on internet platforms."

Israel is scared. Despite millions of dollars in #lobbying, buying media, #politicians and #SocialMedia, the truth is coming out. Millions of #activists around the world expose the crimes of #Israel to people of the world.

newarab.com/news/israels-new-m…
#Propaganda #Genocide #Hasbara #Palestine #HasbaraArmy @palestine @israel


Coal lobby group urged members to attend fundraiser with Nationals leader David Littleproud

#Lobbying #EnergyPolicy #DavidLittleproud #CoalIndustry #WarChest

theguardian.com/australia-news…


Pollution de l'eau : les labos pharmaceutiques refusent de payer

Efpia fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d… a saisi la justice européenne pour contester la directive qui vise à améliorer le traitement des eaux usées avant leur rejet dans la nature. 20min.ch/fr/story/europe-les-l… L'EFPIA avait poussé l'UE à obtenir des exemptions qui protégeraient ses membres des poursuites en cas de problèmes avec de nouveaux vaccins contre le coronavirus.

#lobbying #pollution #ue


More evidence of who exactly Rachel Reeves is listening to, when (re)formulating policies.... and if I tell you its investment firm Blackstone's CEO, who made representations about NonDoms interests right before the 'crack down' on NonDoms was softened, would you be shocked? Sadly, its all too predictable.

No doubt he'll have been whispering to her about those benefits scroungers & disabled people robbing the benefits system, too

#Politics #lobbying #RachelReeves

opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone…


Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after concerns from Blackstone CEO

#Reeves changed #Labour's position on #non-doms weeks after 1 of world’s most largest #financiers asked her personally not to increase taxes on super rich

Info released under Freedom of Information Act show Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of leading asset manager #Blackstone, raised concerns with Reeves about plans to reform tax treatment of #non-domiciled individuals

opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone…

#corruption #UK #wealthy #lobbying


Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after ‘concerns’ from Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman


Rachel #Reeves changed the #Labour government’s position on non-doms weeks after one of the world’s most powerful financiers asked her personally not to increase the tax burden on the super rich.

Documents released to #openDemocracy under the Freedom of Information Act reveal Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of leading asset manager #Blackstone, raised “concerns” with Reeves about her plans to reform the tax treatment of non-domiciled individuals at a meeting in Downing Street in December.

opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone…

#corruption #UK #wealthy #lobbying #NotLabour #LabourLies


[Article] Ces lobbyistes qui attendent Richard Ferrand au Conseil constitutionnel

Les cabinets de conseils, avocats et autres agents d’influence ont pris l’habitude de draguer les Sages pour leur faire censurer des articles de loi. Une pression qu’aura à gérer le nouveau président de l’institution… lui-même reconverti dans le…
blast-info.fr/articles/2025/ce… #Justice #Lobbying #Politique


A very good reel on how laws are passed in the #eu Understanding this is absolutely crucial if you want to grasp who can influence policy processes - and when. In my classes I usually devote an entire session to explain how this works. So @thegreenmonki did a great job explaining this process quickly!

instagram.com/reel/DGyMrKSuXNj…

#europe #politics #europeanunion #lobbying #policy


"Epidémiologistes et oncologues s’intéressent à d’autres paramètres qui pourraient favoriser la carcinogenèse, comme certains additifs alimentaires (dioxyde de titane, glutamate monosodique) ou encore l’exposition dans l’enfance ou pendant la grossesse à certaines substances, comme les antibiotiques, qui peuvent modifier le microbiote. D’autres produits sont soupçonnés de perturber ce dernier, comme les pesticides, les microplastiques, les perturbateurs endocriniens ou encore les polluants atmosphériques, mais les données manquent"
#agroindustrie #lobbying #santepublique #CriminelsenColBlanc


"La consommation d’alcool et de tabac, le surpoids, l’obésité, un manque d’activité physique, des régimes alimentaires pauvres en fibres, en calcium et/ou riches en viande rouge, qui sont les facteurs de risque connus de la maladie, jouent probablement un rôle"
#carnisme #lobbying #agroindustrie #grandedistribution #santepublique
Le Monde – Les chiffres préoccupants des cancers chez les moins de 50 ans
lemonde.fr/sciences/article/20…


EU lawmakers try to counter tech bros’ Washington lobbying.

European Union politicians who helped shape the bloc’s crackdown on Big Tech are trying to sway United States policymakers who've been listening to tech bros like X’s Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.

mediafaro.org/article/20250303…

#EU #BigTech #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #Policy #Lobbying


What we currently see: companies often claim to have "company #values". With the current situation we see, this is all a lie. The only values they have is to bow to the #politics and then #lobbying the politics into their favor. Every word in regards to values, believes are "flexible"...


“The BBC has announced that it has ‘no plans’ to restore to its iPlayer platform the documentary on the struggle faced by Gaza’s children under Israel’s genocide that it deleted last week under pressure from the Israeli embassy and UK Israel lobby.” – Skwawkbox

Watch it here. Share it far and wide.

vimeo.com/1059233402

#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #warCrimes #BBC #UK #censorship #lobbying


Alberta hired more U.S. lobbyists than other provinces, feds since 2000: data
Since 2000, Alberta has hired more U.S. lobbyists than any other province, or even the federal government, according to U.S. regulatory data. But how effective is that approach as a way to influence policy south of the border?
#politics #economy #lobbying #Alberta #US #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al…


Dekleva is now at the #EPA in a crucial job: She…has the authority to approve new #chemicals…. Earlier she spent 32yrs at Dupont, the chemical maker, before joining…the first #Trump admin.

Her most recent employer, the chemicals #lobbying group, has made reversing the EPA’s course on #formaldehyde a priority & is pushing to abolish a program under which the agency assess the #risks of chemicals to human #health.

#PublicHealth #cancer #science #law #USpol #idiocracy


#Formaldehyde, the #chemical of choice for undertakers & embalmers, is also used in products like furniture & clothes. But it can also cause #cancer & severe #respiratory problems. So, in 2021, the #EPA began a new effort to #regulate it.
The #chemicals industry fought back w/an intensity that astonished even seasoned ofcls. Its campaign was led by Lynn Dekleva, then a lobbyist at the American Chemistry Council, an #industry group that spends millions on govt #lobbying.
#PublicHealth #law #USpol


@EUCommission Clean Industrial Deal sounds a total disaster - corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02… "deepens the EU’s commitment to false solutions to the climate disaster." #CID #lobbying






There's no ambiguity - like at all.

#BigTech is the first form of #business to directly purchase #POTUS. The #oil industry must be kicking themselves for having spent all that #lobbying money over the years.

They just had to skip the middleman... by completely sabotaging other government bodies. It's that easy.

Order today!

Trump threatens tariffs on any nation that taxes Big Tech • The Register
theregister.com/2025/02/24/tru…


Calls to toughen Lords rules as it is revealed one in 10 peers are paid for political advice

#PaidRoles #OneInTenPeers #ProperRegulation #Lobbying #RegulationNeeded

theguardian.com/politics/2025/…


As someone who has worked for government for a long time, both national and EU, let me point out that lobbying isn’t bad as such.

Government cannot function if we don’t talk to all sides affected by our proposals.

The issue is that some sides have way more resources to talk than others: time, people, lawyers, technical experts, etc.

Corporations are pre-organised. Unions and NGOs, and SME lobbies, need to be built and supported.

#EuropeanUnion #EU #Governance #Lobbying #Corporations #Tech


Here are links to the raw data in Excel format, by Corporate Observatory Europe:

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02…

#EU #EuropeanUnion #EC #Lobbying #Corporations #Tech


Lobbying the European Union: which businesses and industries have the biggest budget?

Some great data here, source in reply.

Note the budgets of Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Google (apart from our own industries and banks)

euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02…

#EU #EuropeanUnion #EC #Lobbying #Corporations #Tech #Democracy


How the working class can fight this monster?
#EU #lobbying #ClassWar #capitalism #EUpol
mstdn.social/@corporateeurope/…


Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want? We together with LobbyControl, took a look and can reveal that corporate lobby spending has reached unprecedented levels.

#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture



Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want? We together with LobbyControl, took a look and can reveal that corporate lobby spending has reached unprecedented levels.

#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture


Who is Iain Anderson & how did he become a non-executive director in the Department of Business & Trade?

Well, having spent many years as a lobbyist for the financial services sector & paid up member of the Tory party, in the wake of the Liz Truss debacle, he seems to have had a Damascene conversion & joined Labour (just in time for them to get into Govt.; lucky eh?).

If you wonder who's whispering in Rachel's ear here's one candidate.

#lobbying #FinacncialServices

opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone…


For someone who swallowed the #antiwindenergy pill, I'm sharing this with family members who barely speak English.

The fact is that #windturbines aren't as bad as people think. The #OilIndustry uses #psyop and #lobbying to spread #FUD, as well as lies to demoralize people - LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES.

Certain #films and #movies are part of said #corporatepropaganda, like #Yellowstone and #Landman.

How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town
youtube.com/watch?v=wBC_bug5DI…



Long read: How a peripheral state can leverage its wealth, strategic geography and alliances to exert outsized influence on regional and global affairs

"How the UAE can simultaneously be both a subject of imperialism and an agent of imperialist practices within its spheres of influence while challenging traditional imperialist actors": tni.org/en/article/the-emergin…

@israel @geography 🧵

#geography #CivilWar #Africa #Emirates #oilAndGas #internationalTrade #interference #allies #Houthis #MiddleEast #RedSea #Dubai #AbuDhabi #UAE #Yemen #MuslimBrothers #terrorism #counterTerrorism #salafists #mercenaries #stateViolence #imperialism #fossilFuels #civilWar #PersianGulf #Gulf #geopolitics #hegemony #MAE #Sudan #Egypt #MENA #geoStrategy #sanctions #LNG #military #nuclear #power #longRead #lobbying #foreignPolicy #USA #Libya #influence #development #revolvingDoor #revolvingDoors #Clinton #Trump #Harvard #Wimbledon #ManchesterCity #foreignInfluence #arms #armsTrade #normalisation #SaudiArabia


#CampaignFinance #CampaignDonations #Lobbying

I disagree: "equal justice under law" and the same rights, even for oligarchs.
Not, *more* is what is causing all these problems in a democracy.

Public infrastructure, in particular for #SocialMedia, should never be privately owned.

@The_Icarian