📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study with @npub16ux2...q37k shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power: 💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million 🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists 🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day

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Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory

New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was alread...

🌊The EU Commission’s deregulation wave means attacks on labour rights, climate policies, nature protection & public health. If you want to know more, join us on a free lobby tour Sept 17 at 5h30pm! Sign in at: ceo@corporateeurope.org (until Tuesday 16 September EOD) Duration of the tour: 1.5 hours

⚠️ Corporate lobby groups are promoting a radical plan to create an EU-level ‘28th regime’ of parallel, weaker rules for start-ups and ‘innovative’ companies This could enable social dumping and trigger a race to the bottom for social rights #Deregulation #rulestoprotect

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A social dumping disaster? EU’s ‘ 28th Regime’ plans could help corporations bypass member state rules | Corporate Europe Observatory

In the name of competitiveness, corporate lobby groups are promoting a radical plan to create an EU-level ‘28th regime’ of parallel, weaker rul...

It’s famous for its anti-tax stance. It has Apple and Microsoft on its board. Its top funder is a key funder of the Trump camp. It has boosted its EU lobbying and is being received with open arms by the Commission. Want to know more? Don't expect much from the EU's register. Read our profile of the opaque Tax Foundation 👉

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Opaque US anti-tax foundation to advise EU Commission | Corporate Europe Observatory

A US think tank that recently opened a Brussels office to lobby for aggressively lower taxes is received with open arms by the Commission. But who ...

The 'Competitiveness Compass' launched today confirms that the Von der Leyen Commission is embarking on far-reaching #deregulation 👎 We're launching ‘Deregulation Watch’ to monitor the EU deregulation wave and its threats to social and environmental standards

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Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory

Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at sta...

🚨New report 📝 Behind closed doors, Big Tech is writing the standards that will govern their own AI systems ❌ The EU should not outsource public policy-making on fundamental rights to private bodies 👉

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Bias baked in | Corporate Europe Observatory

Setting ‘harmonised standards’ for artificial intelligence is a crucial element of the EU’s AI Act. But who develops these standards? CEO rev...

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