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Tag: Lobbying

15 November 2020

Secrets of the Council

Secrets of the Council
By Harald Schumann

The Council of the European Union: 27 Governments. 150 committees. Unnamed diplomats. Secret negotiations. Thousands of paragraphs written into the laws that govern our lives. That is why our team will be following the Council’s proceedings closely, reporting on which governments are blocking or watering down legislative proposals, and with whom they are in league. Read more "Secrets of the Council"

19 June 2019

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts
By Nico Schmidt and Daphné Dupont-Nivet

Google and Facebook pressured and “arm-wrestled” a group of experts to soften European guidelines on online disinformation and fake news, according to new testimony from insiders released to journalists at Investigate Europe today. Read more "Facebook and Google pressured EU experts"

21 May 2019

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders

By Nico Schmidt and Daphné Dupont-Nivet

Read more "Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders"

21 May 2019

Facebook apparently put pressure on members of an EU expert group to combat misinformation

By Nico Schmidt and Daphné Dupont-Nivet

Dieser Text wurde gemeinsam mit unserem Medienpartner Buzzfeed News Germany am 21. Mai 2019 veröffentlicht. Facebook soll bei zu harter Regulierung damit gedroht haben, die Unterstützung für journalistische und akademische Projekte einzustellen. Facebook soll die Arbeit einer hochrangigen … Read more "Facebook apparently put pressure on members of an EU expert group to combat misinformation"

19 May 2019

Fake news, so Facebook blackmailed the EU commissioners

By Maria Maggiore

Read more "Fake news, so Facebook blackmailed the EU commissioners"

16 May 2019

Legislation from closed chambers – how (un)democratic is the EU?

Legislation from closed chambers – how (un)democratic is the EU?
By Harald Schumann

The leaders of the European Union guide democracy in name only. In practice, they constantly override it and violate fundamental democratic norms on a grand scale. The anti-democratic practices in the Council of the EU, also known as the Council of Ministers, are a real scandal. IE-member Harald Schumann is convinced: Anyone who follows the passage of legislation in the EU, and in particular the means by which monetary union is controlled, must come to this conclusion. Read more "Legislation from closed chambers – how (un)democratic is the EU?"

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