🔥 What happens after Europe’s NGOs are dismantled?
Last week, @alemanno.bsky.social mapped how civic space in Europe is being suffocated – how NGOs die.
This week, we asked the next question: what happens when they do?
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🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED
Blood tests found PFAS in every EU leader tested, proof that pollution runs through Europe’s veins. As calls grow for a full ban on “forever chemicals,” Brussels offers the wrong cure: weaker protections disguised as “simplification.”
🚨 Today’s speech was not a State of the Union – it was a state of delusion about the triple climate, nature and pollution crises and the solutions Europe urgently needs. #SOTEU #EUGreenDeal
💔 STATE OF DISUNION
Ahead of von der Leyen’s speech, the EU faces a wave of deregulation disguised as “simplification.” Hard-won safeguards for clean water, forests & nature are on the line. Citizens are pushing back through one of the biggest grassroots campaigns in years.
Don’t let the EU tear down nature protection ❌
The European Commission is quietly trying to dismantle the laws that safeguard what we cherish most: our nature.
They think we wouldn’t notice or care. But we do.
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu
Very good one! 👏☀️
Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow the Money found a very different story. Discover the full investigation in our latest podcast episode.
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The EU needs an anti-greenwashing law. Dropping the #GreenClaimsDirective would be a major setback for consumer protection and sustainable businesses.
It erodes public trust, contradicts EU commitments, and weakens the fight against greenwashing and disinformation.
🔥 Brussels is heating up.
The EU dropped the Green Claims Directive, sparking backlash from its own allies. Add NATO’s call for 5% military spending + green rollbacks = pressure rising.
But there’s hope: water justice in France + river restoration gains.
Links below 👇
Big news! YEE has been elected Vice President of the @eeb.org Executive Board. We’re proud to amplify youth voices for a just and sustainable Europe. Let’s make change happen!
#ClimateAction #EEB #Sustainability
𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺!❤️🔥
This week, our members gathered to elect a new Board, welcome 12 new organisations to the EEB family, and chart together our way forward as Europe's largest and most diverse network of environmental NGOs. #EEB25
We hate to say we told you so, but… we told you so.
Commissioner Serafin has debunked the myth that NGOs were “obliged” to lobby MEPs.
The EU Court of Auditors also confirmed: no misuse of funds, no undue lobbying.
Civil society is independent — and always has been.
🛑 Civil society is under attack — and so is our democracy.
NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.
Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.
The @eppgroup.bsky.social tonight showed it's not interested in compromise politics but in killing civil society + environmental policies. EC @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu announced #LIFE Programm statement for tomorrow. EPP & @ecrgroup.bsky.social wanted vote abd despite replacing 6 MEPs lost 40:41!
Industrial policy is public policy—it demands democracy.
No civic groups were invited to the EU’s strategic dialogue on steel. This isn’t a glitch; it’s a pattern. Corporate voices dominate the new industrial agenda, while civil society is sidelined.
Op-ed signed by Europe’s main NGO networks ⬇️
Reducing methane is the emergency lever we need to slow the rate of global heating🌡️
But a tracker published by Changing Markets Foundation and Mighty Earth reveals a troubling lack of #ClimateAction from major #supermarkets, who have a vital role to play in reducing emissions from meat and dairy.
This is the most rightwing EU executive in the bloc’s history and, in fact, a Trump-like roll back of the “Union of Equality” agenda seems to be ongoing. Are journalists part of the problem?
Brussels green NGOs defended their track record in a special press call after weeks in which Europe's biggest political group has campaigned to restrict their funding.
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Who’s missing?
🚨 Last week, some European conservatives have launched a full blown attack on environmental NGOs.
Claiming the 🇪🇺 Commission has paid NGOs to lobby members of the European Parliament on its behalf on Green Deal.
Here’s why it’s 100% FALSE @eeb.org @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social
These attacks don’t just target NGOs—they threaten European democracy. Shrinking civic space is a tactic seen in authoritarian regimes. We must not let it take root in the EU.
✍️ Read our full response: shorturl.at/FKdYV
🚨 European Environmental NGOs are under attack. False claims about NGO funding suggest we lobby for the EU Commission or lack transparency—these are baseless and dangerous.
The EEB is:
✅ Shaped by 185 citizen groups
✅ Independent & science-driven
✅ On the EU Transparency Register since 2009
#dontbedelulu deal with the pollulu!!!! 💪 @eeb.org 🌱we don't only say it but we do it! Taking the train and not the plane to Warsaw for work with @chrisskriver.bsky.social
Our Deputy Secretary General, Patrizia Heidegger was in frankly speaking, the podcast on responsible business with @alemanno.bsky.social.
Together they discussed the EU Green Deal and advancing a just transition.
🎙️You can listen to it here:
Spotify spoti.fi/4jaiUkK
Apple Podcasts apple.co/4h68D6W
I can't believe that the question of whether or not Greenland is for sale is something we are discussing.
The real question is: what is this a distraction from? So many things... 🫠
With @wwfeu.bsky.social director we had yesterday the opportunity to personally thank @lgewessler.bsky.social for the key role she played in passing the landmark EU #RestoreNature law.
@birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @eeb.org @clientearth.bsky.social
