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Paul de Clerck

@PauldeClerck3

Working with Friends of the Earth Europe to end corporate impunity, stop dangerous trade deals and secure fossil free politics

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Joined June 2014
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BREAKING: After 20+ years of 🤫secretive negotiations ✊widespread opposition from farmers, civil society & social movement groups 🛑 rejection by several parliaments the EU just decided to ignore democracy, people's rights & the planet, and closed the #EUMercosur trade deal.
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One again Fossil fuel companies show that they are ruthless. After destroying thousands of peoples' lives and causing climate change, they now want to be compensated for having to stop that. #noect #stopisds
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@euronews26 Sep 2024
New reports highlight the influence of fossil fuel lobbying on EU climate policy, with over 1,000 meetings held from 2019-2024. Concerns grow over the push for hydrogen and carbon capture technologies. #ClimatePolicy #FossilFuels #Sustainability

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☄️TWO new reports show dubiously close ties between the @EU_Commission and the #FossilFuel industry with 1⃣0⃣0⃣s of meetings and millions 💰 invested in lobbying! 🔗 fossilfreepolitics.org/news/… 1/8 #FossilFreePolitics
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If you read 1⃣ thing today, read @PerryAlexJ's chilling account of the atrocities committed in Mozambique to protect a gas production site. 🔗 politico.eu/article/totalene… The story has been developing for years but this account raises tough questions about TotalEnergies' involvement: 🌑 what they knew 🌑 their links to the army in Mozambique #HoldBizAccountable #NoToGas
‘All must be beheaded’: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giant’s African stronghold

‘All must be beheaded’: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giant’s African stronghold

Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.

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🥂 A TOAST 🥂 This week, we celebrated a major milestone with our partners in civil society: the EU's exit from the climate-wrecking #EnergyCharterTreaty! 🚪 After years of campaigning, we’re one step closer to a clean energy future ✊ Here's what we did to mark the occasion🧵⤵️
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Our full reaction 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-r…
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🟢Breaking! The EU just greenlit its historic exit from the climate-wrecking #EnergyCharterTreaty! It's a huge win for climate justice activists across Europe, but the fight to dismantle the power of the fossil industry continues. Here's why👇 #ExitECT #StopISDS
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🟠NEW: The @Europarl_EN vote to endorse the long-awaited #CSDDD law 🎉 This is a win for justice ⚖️ But it shouldn’t take years for the EU to decide whether to value human lives above business profits. #HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfit
“We welcome that the law is finally adopted, but it is very alarming to see how member states weakened the law in the final negotiations. The EU claims to defend justice, democracy and human rights - but the last years of campaigning have shown the EU’s priorities are easily swayed by corporate interests. The CSDDD should never have been controversial, and yet the text approved today has gaping loopholes.”

ALT “We welcome that the law is finally adopted, but it is very alarming to see how member states weakened the law in the final negotiations. The EU claims to defend justice, democracy and human rights - but the last years of campaigning have shown the EU’s priorities are easily swayed by corporate interests. The CSDDD should never have been controversial, and yet the text approved today has gaping loopholes.”

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🟢 BIG WIN 🎉 EU Parliament votes to #ExitECT! Today shows #PeoplePower can win even over big corporations. We're one step closer to breaking free from fossil fuels!✊ And don't worry, we'll keep pushing for clean energy, revising our trade system and for #ClimateJustice 😉
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Breaking! @EP_Trade and @EP_Industry vote for the EU‘s exit of the dangerous Energy Charter Treaty. No more damaging private arbitration because of climate measures. A big green success! – at Brussels, Belgium
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🗞️News on the #CSDDD The @EP_Legal just voted & approved the CSDDD after the COREPER @EUCouncil endorsement from last Friday. 👏Glad to see 20 positive votes Next date: Parliamentary plenary in April
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@EP_Legal19 Mar 2024
⚖️@EP_Legal starting now! 🗳️ Corporate sustainability due diligence by @larawoltersEU 📢Digital tools in company law by @Emil_Radev 🗓️ bit.ly/3IGxOOh 📹 bit.ly/3GFlGgX
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Replying to @foeeurope @OlafScholz @c_lindner
We completely agree. German Porsche driver @c_lindner blocking EU legislation is as irritating as @WKogler puts it. Can you tell? 🤔 Post👉xitter.cf/MarterbauerM/status/17… #HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfit
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🇦🇹 Vizekanzler @WKogler zum #Lieferkettengesetz: „Bis Dezember waren sich alle einig. Dann kam zum wiederholten Mal ein deutscher Porsche-Fahrer, der als Finanzminister völlig überfordert ist, um die Ecke und hat alles durcheinandergebracht.“ diepresse.com/18087268/vizek…
Vizekanzler Werner Kogler: „Die FPÖ führt sich phasenweise ärger...

Vizekanzler Werner Kogler: „Die FPÖ führt sich phasenweise ärger...

Vizekanzler Werner Kogler spricht über »blaue Putin-Brüder«, Pläne der Koalition für die Bauwirtschaft und die Zukunft des Pensionssystems.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is refusing to support the EU’s 🇪🇺 groundbreaking law to protect human rights and the environment. ⬇️We made a list of everyone who wants it. Who’s he going to listen to? #CSDDD #lieferkettengesetz @bundeskanzler
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📢ECVC calls to mobilise this Thursday 1 Feb at 11:00 at Place de Luxembourg, Brussels! Farmers have had enough! ✊We are calling for fair incomes for all farmers, to stop #EUMercosur immediately and suspend FTAs linked to agriculture! Find out more: shorturl.at/msCW6
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Aerial image of an open cast coal mine that dominates the foreground. In the distance are a couple of gossamer like wind turbines in green fields. The text reads "look how ugly these wind turbines are!"

ALT Aerial image of an open cast coal mine that dominates the foreground. In the distance are a couple of gossamer like wind turbines in green fields. The text reads "look how ugly these wind turbines are!"

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2/3 After #Qatargate it was shocking that there was no real EP reaction. We've not been informed of any investigations into our complaints which related to #DueDiligence (Niebler) & tech files (Voss) + these MEPs’ side jobs, including with law firms. corporateeurope.org/en/2023/…
NGOs submit complaint about risk of MEP's conflicts of interest

NGOs submit complaint about risk of MEP's conflicts of interest

NGOs including Corporate Europe Observatory have today raised serious concerns about the risk of conflicts of interest by an MEP working on the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence file.

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1/3 In April & June 2023 4 NGOs sent complaints to @Europarl_EN regarding concerns about conflicts of interest re: two MEPs - MEP Niebler - corporateeurope.org/en/2023/… MEP Voss - corporateeurope.org/en/2023/…
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ALT European Parliament by Steven Lek https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_Parliament_building_Brussels_3.jpg

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❗❗While the final political trilogue on #CSDDD is a significant step towards corporate justice, it falls short dramatically on key environmental and human rights elements❗❗ More in our press release👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-r… #HoldBizAccountable #JusticeNotProfits
The final political trilogue on CSDDD: A bittersweet moment for corporate justice

The final political trilogue on CSDDD: A bittersweet moment for corporate justice

With the final political trilogue concluded in the early hours of December 14th, Friends of the Earth Europe acknowledges a new step towards the final adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due...

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Signing the EU-Mercosur deal, even with #Milei? Unfortunately many liberal MEPs seem to care more about the profits of multinational companies than about the #climate or social rights. Socialists also need to make up their minds and #StopEUMercosur! #PlanetAndPeopleFirst
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