Paul de Clerck

Working with Friends of the Earth Europe to end corporate impunity, stop dangerous trade deals and secure fossil free politics

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

BREAKING: After 20+ years of
🤫secretive negotiations
✊widespread opposition from farmers, civil society & social movement groups
🛑 rejection by several parliaments

the EU just decided to ignore democracy, people's rights & the planet, and closed the #EUMercosur trade deal.

[Paul de Clerck @PauldeClerck3]

One again Fossil fuel companies show that they are ruthless. After destroying thousands of peoples' lives and causing climate change, they now want to be compensated for having to stop that. #noect #stopisds

[euronews @euronews]

New reports highlight the influence of fossil fuel lobbying on EU climate policy, with over 1,000 meetings held from 2019-2024.

Concerns grow over the push for hydrogen and carbon capture technologies.

#ClimatePolicy #FossilFuels #Sustainability

[Fossil Free Politics @FossilFreeEU]

☄️TWO new reports show dubiously close ties between the @EU_Commission and the #FossilFuel industry with 1⃣0⃣0⃣s of meetings and millions 💰 invested in lobbying!

🔗 https://t.co/rdstdrwSDp

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#FossilFreePolitics

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

If you read 1⃣ thing today, read @PerryAlexJ's chilling account of the atrocities committed in Mozambique to protect a gas production site.

🔗 https://t.co/XoxrPJxaXB

The story has been developing for years but this account raises tough questions about TotalEnergies' involvement:

🌑 what they knew
🌑 their links to the army in Mozambique

#HoldBizAccountable #NoToGas

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

🥂 A TOAST 🥂

This week, we celebrated a major milestone with our partners in civil society: the EU's exit from the climate-wrecking #EnergyCharterTreaty! 🚪

After years of campaigning, we’re one step closer to a clean energy future ✊

Here's what we did to mark the occasion🧵⤵️

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

Our full reaction 👉 https://t.co/e3Rq5i3gRG

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

🟢Breaking! The EU just greenlit its historic exit from the climate-wrecking #EnergyCharterTreaty!

It's a huge win for climate justice activists across Europe, but the fight to dismantle the power of the fossil industry continues. Here's why👇 #ExitECT #StopISDS

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

🟠NEW: The @Europarl_EN vote to endorse the long-awaited #CSDDD law 🎉

This is a win for justice ⚖️

But it shouldn’t take years for the EU to decide whether to value human lives above business profits.

#HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfit

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

🟢 BIG WIN 🎉 EU Parliament votes to #ExitECT!

Today shows #PeoplePower can win even over big corporations. We're one step closer to breaking free from fossil fuels!✊

And don't worry, we'll keep pushing for clean energy, revising our trade system and for #ClimateJustice 😉

[Anna Cavazzini @anna_cavazzini]

Breaking! @EP_Trade and @EP_Industry vote for the EU‘s exit of the dangerous Energy Charter Treaty. No more damaging private arbitration because of climate measures. A big green success!

[European Coalition for Corporate Justice @ECCJorg]

🗞️News on the #CSDDD

The @EP_Legal just voted & approved the CSDDD after the COREPER @EUCouncil endorsement from last Friday.

👏Glad to see 20 positive votes

Next date: Parliamentary plenary in April

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

@AVerCampo @OlafScholz @c_lindner We completely agree. German Porsche driver @c_lindner blocking EU legislation is as irritating as @WKogler puts it. Can you tell? 🤔
Post👉https://t.co/LtRKpLTR6r

#HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfit

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to support the EU’s 🇪🇺 groundbreaking law to protect human rights and the environment.

⬇️We made a list of everyone who wants it. Who’s he going to listen to? #CSDDD #lieferkettengesetz @bundeskanzler

[European Coordination Via Campesina @ECVC1]

📢ECVC calls to mobilise this Thursday 1 Feb at 11:00 at Place de Luxembourg, Brussels! Farmers have had enough!

✊We are calling for fair incomes for all farmers, to stop #EUMercosur immediately and suspend FTAs linked to agriculture!

Find out more: https://t.co/RDdO9qQquv

[Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope]

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After #Qatargate it was shocking that there was no real EP reaction.

We've not been informed of any investigations into our complaints which related to #DueDiligence (Niebler) & tech files (Voss) + these MEPs’ side jobs, including with law firms.

https://t.co/c7L6Vi6prE

[Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope]

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In April & June 2023 4 NGOs sent complaints to @Europarl_EN regarding concerns about conflicts of interest re: two MEPs -

MEP Niebler - https://t.co/c7L6Vi6prE

MEP Voss - https://t.co/C2ZqWT5tao

[Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 @foeeurope]

❗❗While the final political trilogue on #CSDDD is a significant step towards corporate justice, it falls short dramatically on key environmental and human rights elements❗❗

More in our press release👇
https://t.co/YUunOOofCW

#HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfits

[Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @GreensEFA]

Signing the EU-Mercosur deal, even with #Milei?

Unfortunately many liberal MEPs seem to care more about the profits of multinational companies than about the #climate or social rights.

Socialists also need to make up their minds and #StopEUMercosur!

#PlanetAndPeopleFirst