FFP is back in the European Parliament 🇪🇺
We brought together MEPs, scholars, and civil society representatives to discuss how to limit the influence of the fossil fuel lobby on EU decision making.
We also launched a pledge for MEPs: fossilfreepolitics.org/mep-pledge/
FFP event in the EP ➡️ How to limit the influence of the Fossil Fuel lobby on EU decision making?
We’re organising a cross-party discussion in the European Parliament on the 15th April.
Reach out to us if you’d like to be there 👋
Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of approving the US-EU trade deal.
This is bad news for Europe’s energy security and transition, and it is a clear sign of the tight grip that the fossil fuel lobby has on the EU.
Another example why we need #FossilFreePolitics now!
Network Highlights ⭐
Our colleagues at @global2000.bsky.social in Austria took a good look at who their representatives are meeting in Brussels.
The result: Austrian MEPs meet twice as often with economy & industry stakeholders than with civil society...
📄: www.global2000.at/publikatione...
Petrochemical industry talking points are being echoed at the highest levels of EU decision-making.
So we asked: who’s really influencing EU policy?
We compared petrochemical lobby demands and @ec.europa.eu rhetoric—and the overlaps are striking.
Check out the matches ⬇️ [1/1]
It's time to end our toxic relationship with fossil fuels 💔
New report on the fossil fuel lobby in Czechia ☣️
Free download — link in comments ⬇️
We expose how the fossil lobby blocks climate action & justice. The report names Czech politicians incl. MEP Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP), Minister of Industry Karel Havlíček & Environment Minister Petr Macinka.
The climate needs a fair, fast and funded fossil fuel phase-out, so why did EU governments roll out the red carpet for the oil and gas industry at #COP30?
Our take on this year's UN climate talks and what went down.
#KickBigPollutersOut
#FossilFreePolitics
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/c...
The Trojan horse of net zero 🐴
“Instead of focusing on the fossil phase-out, we’re funding a lifeline for the industry driving the crisis" said @kimclaes.bsky.social about the Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) tech.
Listen to Argos's new podcast for the full story (NL)
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/go...
The Commission's Industrial Carbon Management Forum #ICMForum starts MONDAY.
Decision makers and fossil lobbyists will plan how to roll-out #CCS, a proven-to-fail technofix that allows polluters to keep polluting at great public cost. New briefing: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
@ec.europa.eu
🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
💫 New Civil Society Pledge for #FossilFreePolitics💫
96 CSOs unite behind one demand: climate policy free from fossil fuel influence. 1/2🧵👇
🔗 caneurope.org/96-civil-soc...
@fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social
💣“They say ‘Just Transition, leaves no one behind’. But when you look at the reality, everyone is left behind.” - Zethu Hlatshwayo, South African climate justice activist featured in CEO’s documentary.
Join us for the premiere in Brussels on 27th Nov at 7pm
🎬 Watch our new trailer 👇
BREAKING: EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu says “We are not fighting fossil fuels, we are fighting the emissions from fossil fuels”
She is parroting oil&gas industry lines, pushing unproven costly technologies like CCS + CO2 removals to keep using fossil fuels.
#FossilFreePolitics
Truth hard to hear above the chorus of fossil fuel voices at COP
Some good reads about fossil fuel lobbyists at COP ✨
Euronews: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Reporterre (FR): reporterre.net/En-depit-des...
Meat giant JBS, accused of clearing the Amazon rainforest for cattle ranching, has 8️⃣ lobbyists at the 🇺🇳 U.N. climate talks in Brazil.
But it’s not the only #BigAg polluter on the ground.
@desmog.com's latest analysis reveals that 300+ industry reps are at #COP30, undermining climate action.
Stormy start for week two in Belém:
👍 Civil Society Pledge for Fossil Free Politics
👎 Carbon Capture and Storage lobbies roaming wildly at COP30
The Civil Society Pledge for Fossil Free Politics has launched, and 96 organisations have already signed up! 🚀
Learn more about our new collaboration with @caneurope.org 👇
The figures are out, but there's a whole day of activities planned in Belém to highlight the destructive role of big polluters at #COP30.
If you're inside, head to the action at 8am local time. At 11am there's also a press conference #KickBigPollutersOut 🔥
BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks in Brazil is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire. #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut now!
📍 Read the full analysis: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
Working with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition, Fossil Free Politics has done some more digging at the EU level, and it's not pleasant reading - especially if you're 🇫🇷 French or 🇮🇹 Italian. Their governments have rolled out the red carpet once more for some of the planet's biggest climate criminals.
📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees walking around the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
New research from #KickBigPollutersOut reveals there are more than 1,600 in the UN negotiations in Brazil.
Here's a thread with the top findings 🧵
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
"Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all COP30 delegations except Brazil" - via @ninalakhani.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
Time to kick them out? ⏰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@corporateeurope.org @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @globalwitness.org @foeeurope.bsky.social #KickBigPollutersOut
🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
Not again!? 84 fossil fuel lobbyists were brought by EU countries to #COP30 😤
See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥
#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
🚨 Kick Big #PollutersOut at COP30 tomorrow 🚨
📈 Data drops on how many fossil fuel lobbyists are in Belém
⏰ 12pm CET - Action - "Kick Out the Suits"
🎤 3pm CET - Press conference - on data and actions
🗣️ 8:45 CET - side event Protect! Reform! Deliver!
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kickbigpollutersout.org/Kick-Out-The...
A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷
👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year
👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists
✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
#COP30
NEW on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
Under pressure from the #Hydrogen lobby, EU Commission agrees to review its rules on producing #greenhydrogen 2 years earlier than planned. Industry wants sustainability criteria weakened... Expect more fossil gas consumption.
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...
