Vitor Teixeira

Policy Officer on EU Integrity - @TI_EU
Transparency & anti-corruption advocate

[Vitor Teixeira @vitor_aldo]

Moldova’s parliamentary elections were competitive but campaign marred by cyberattacks, illegal funding and disinformation, international observers say https://t.co/vTEn23Ez7A

[Transparency International @anticorruption]

🚨 HUNGARY: A new proposed law would give the government sweeping and authoritarian powers to punish critical civil society organisations and media. It also sets a dangerous precedent for the EU and the wider corporate sector.
Our statement here ⬇️ https://t.co/2ktAZt0yZ8

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

Who will be warning the @EU_Commission over its own proposed 'foreign agent' law?

[EESC Social Affairs @EESC_SOC]

.@ChristianMoos @EESC_SOC Rap. on the Defence of Democracy Package at
#CivSocWeek workshop on "Civic Space, threats to democracy and EU elections":

🚩"We must tackle undue interference, but focusing on foreign interest representation only is dangerous".
@EESC_LiaisonG

[EESC Liaison Group & Civil Society Relations @EESC_CivSocRel]

Discussing about Threats to Democracy

@SLagodinski: ''#CivilSociety organizations are our potential alliances to fight the threats to democracy. @Europarl_EN’s can support them by creating a European fund and protect them from receiving donations from countries outside the EU

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

We're calling for an independent investigation into the appointment of MEP Markus Pieper as EU SME Envoy, following the revelations that the remaining female candidates from smaller Member States outqualified him.

https://t.co/RgGr9O0yJl

[Transparency International @anticorruption]

Weak accountability and political corruption are undermining the rule of law in Western Europe & the European Union, a region where people are losing trust in their institutions. Check out our regional analysis ⬇️ https://t.co/glUl67nu2K

[EPD - European Partnership for Democracy @EPDeu]

#Policy 💬

⚖️The #RuleofLaw is key to well-functioning democratic and financially stable societies.

🗣️How can the EU improve the budget's protection framework in case of Rule of Law violations?

Join @EU2024BE and EPD for our Money talks ➡ https://t.co/P2jxMPUJnH

#EU2024BE

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

🤝Our new briefing analyses the state of lobby transparency across all 27 EU Member States, as well as the three main EU institutions.

We find haphazard regulation across the EU, raising the question as to why there is no EU-wide regulation of lobbying.

https://t.co/2rcVe8g5Yn

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

🇬🇷⚖️NEW: in the wake of our joint letter on the deteriorating rule of law situation in Greece, the @Europarl_EN has today adopted a resolution raising alarm over these highly concerning developments.

The @EU_Commission must act now!

https://t.co/U0jXbRgaXS

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

Together with 16 other NGOs, we've written to the @EU_Commission expressing our grave concern about the rule of law in Greece.

The climate for independent press and civil society in the country is deteriorating. This must be investigated fully. 🔎⚖️

https://t.co/CKf5CLxg2x

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

🚨⚖️ MORE BIG NEWS: the European Parliament has called on the European Council to trigger Article 7(2) against Hungary, given its continued corruption and breaches to the rule of law.

The EU institutions *must* heed this call.

https://t.co/s5wE75RFyj

[Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield @GDelbosCorfield]

(1/5) By adopting a Putin-inspired law to “protect national sovereignty”, Hungary is sinking further into autocracy.

As EP & local elections are approaching, this law will further attack civil society, political parties, journalists & any critical voices of Fidesz.
Here is why⤵️

[Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield @GDelbosCorfield]

Today, @EU_Commission has decided to unfreeze 10bn € of 🇪🇺 funds to #Hungary.

The decision is based on a positive assessment of the judicial reforms undertaken by the government.

@GreensEFA & majority of political groups disagree with this assessment⤵️

[Transparency International EU @TI_EU]

The @EU_Commission's proposed Defence of Democracy Package is not only unambitious, but its Directive is dangerous.

It won't fulfil its policy objective because it won't capture all malign influence in the EU.

Our complete statement is here: https://t.co/nrvo3i8ZF5

[LIBE Committee Press @EP_Justice]

🇪🇺⚖️Rule of law: MEPs and MPs to take stock of developments (Mon)

W/ @JFLopezAguilar @dreynders, Pascual Ignacio Navarro Ríos @eu2023es, @till_steffen, @barrymward, @EU_Commission, @SophieintVeld, @BardPetra, @HanneJuncher, @vitor_aldo

📄Info: https://t.co/251d9h0mog

[George Mack @george__mack]

My favorite Charlie Munger story:

In 1953, Munger was 29 years old.

Recently divorced. Lost the house. Huge social stigma of divorce back then.

His 8-year-old son, Teddy, was diagnosed with cancer.

The leukemia was incurable.

No medical insurance - Munger paid for all his medical care.

Charlie would visit Teddy in the hospital every day -- and then walk the streets crying.

Teddy died at the age of 9.

Charlie was broke, divorced and just lost his child.

99.9% of people would've turned to alcohol, drugs, or suicide. (And you'd understand why)

Munger never did.

Fast forward to 52 years old, a failed surgery left him blind in one eye with the potential of going fully blind one day.

Charlie was an obsessive learner who read every book he could get his hands on.

When confronted with the possibility of going blind and no longer being able to read he said:

"It's time for me to learn braille!"

The only thing that might be more impressive than his intellect was his actions.

RIP.

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Munger on Self-Pity:

"Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought.

Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia…

Every time you find your drifting into self-pity, I don’t care what the cause, your child could be dying from cancer, self-pity is not going to improve the situation. It’s a ridiculous way to behave.

Life will have terrible blows, horrible blows, unfair blows, it doesn’t matter. Some people recover and others don’t.

There I think the attitude of Epictetus is the best. He thought that every mischance in life was an opportunity to behave well. Every mischance in life was an opportunity to learn something and that your duty was not to be immersed in self-pity, but to utilize the terrible blow in a constructive fashion. That is a very good idea."

[Vitor Teixeira @vitor_aldo]

EU foreign agents law risks breaking bloc's own law, civic groups warn – @EURACTIV https://t.co/D7cfElUIA8

[Civil Society Europe @EuCivilsociety]

📢Key recommendations: Press conference on the EU’s ‘#DefenceOfDemocracy (DOD) Package’

On 27 November, CSE, @EPDeu and @TI_EU held a press briefing in light of the @EU_Commission's proposed DOD package.

📌Find here the key arguments presented👉https://t.co/MwEWiydXTv