#Pestizide für die Ewigkeit? Die EU-Kommission will #Ackergifte ohne weitere Prüfung für immer zulassen. Die gesundheitlichen Kosten tragen wir alle, auch Du und ich. Die #Profite stecken sich Konzerne wie #Bayer & Co. in die Taschen. Ich fordere daher von den EU-Abgeordneten: Stoppt diesen Wahnsinn! Machst Du mit und unterstützt die Aktion?

https://www.foodwatch.org/de/mitmachen/eu-parlament-pestizid-paket-stoppen

#foodwatch #essen #ernährung #gift #eu

Gegen Pestizid-Flut unterschreiben!

Die EU-Kommission will Pestizide für immer zulassen. Das EU-Parlament kann diese giftigen Pläne aufhalten. Fordern Sie jetzt: Pestizid-Paket stoppen!

^{foodwatch.org}

Six EU countries push for windfall tax on #oil companies amid surging war profits

Citing surging #profits amid the #MiddleEast #war, six #EU countries, including Germany & Italy, want finance ministers to discuss the levy at next month’s meeting in Dublin.

Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide #WindfallTax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East, according to a draft letter seen by Euronews.

The finance ministers of #Germany, #Italy, #Austria, #Poland, and #Portugal, along with #Spain's economy minister, sent a joint letter to Ireland's finance minister, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency. The ministers urged that a levy be added to the agenda for next month's meeting of EU finance chiefs in Dublin.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/23/six-eu-countries-push-for-windfall-tax-on-oil-companies-amid-surging-war-profits

#DementiaDon #TrumpFails

Israelische Regierung treibt die Teilung des Westjordanlandes voran

Siehe: https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-siedlungspolitik-eu-100.html

Dies wird einen Friedensprozess sehr erschweren bis unmöglich machen.

#politik #Nahost #Israel #Palästina #zukunft #Frieden #protest #Problem #Regierung #eu #Sanktionen #Kritik

Siedlungsbau im Westjordanland: Stresstest für Israels Verhältnis zu Europa

Israel treibt den Bau neuer Siedlungen voran, sie könnten einen zusammenhängenden Palästinenserstaat unmöglich machen. Westliche Staaten verurteilen die Pläne, die EU diskutiert Sanktionen - und das Verhältnis zu Israel leidet weiter.

^{Julia Ley, ARD Tel Aviv (tagesschau.de)}

Die EU wollte das Cookie-Banner abschaffen, doch dann meldete sich Google.

https://tuta.com/de/blog/why-eu-member-states-and-google-want-to-keep-cookie-banner

#EU #Google #Cookiebanner

Die EU wollte das Cookie-Banner abschaffen, doch dann meldete sich Google. | Tuta

Die Europäische Kommission will endlich das lästige Cookie-Banner abschaffen und durch eine automatische Benachrichtigung ersetzen – doch dies würde Technologiegiganten wie Google schaden! Nun setzen sich EU-Mitgliedstaaten wie Deutschland und Frankr…

^Tuta

#Ceuta hat vor allem eines gezeigt: Wie leicht, die #EU zu manipulieren und aufzuhetzen ist 😱😥

Siehe:

Die Feinde, die die EU destabilisieren wollen, haben das ganz genau beobachtet. Statt Solidarität unter den Mitgliedsstaaten kann man sehr einfach manipulativ Zwietracht sähen.

#flüchtlinge #Grenze #migration #Marokko #Spanien #menschenrechte #politik #Demokratie #zukunft #propaganda #Rechtsextremismus #ethik #system #mainstream #verantwortung #Skandal #Manipulation #Angst #Gesellschaft #Faschismus #Rassismus #nonazis #Afrika

Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification

#politics #EU #democracy #surveillance

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000011_en

Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative

^{European Citizens' Initiative}

#meme #cybersecurity #chat #chatcontrol #security #eu# europe #politics #message #technology #spy #surveillance #problem #freedom #privacy #parliament #democracy #vote #ethics #future

Schon 2024 heißt es in der "Europäische Bewertung der Klimarisiken", dass Hitze bis Mitte des Jahrhunderts katastrophal in Europa sein wird.

Wir spüren es schon jetzt trotzdem ist unsere Regierung überrascht und nicht vorbereitet, was zu vielen Hitzetoten führt.

Quelle: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/european-climate-risk-assessment/german-pdf-europaeische-bewertung-der-klimarisiken-zusammenfassung

#Politik #Regierung #Klima #Hitze #Problem #Zukunft #EU #Europa #Krise

WE HAVE ALMOST SAVED GAMING.
Or have we? Can we still save it?

All it would have taken was a million signatures from EU citizens.

Don't we have a million gamers in the EU who are eligible to vote?

Here's probably the last update from #StopKillingGames :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRLujXtUo

https://StopKillingGames.com

Have you signed yet?

#Gaming #Game #Games #Gamers #LinuxGaming #GamePreservation #GameEmulators #Lutris #Proton #Wine #Steam #Freedom #EU #Law #GameDev #GameDevelopment #Help #Activism

The end of Stop Killing Games

The full scoop on Stop Killing Games! Covers past, present, and future.Link to European Citizens' Initiative:https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/ho...

^YouTube

UPDATE 2: We're carefully back online again, with a few exceptions:

https://mapstodon.space/@lokjo/114657821935053517

Can we have a lill boost please? The fediverse is the only place we're on.

We're a replacement for googlemaps.

European, non-commercial, pro-local.

https://www.lokjo.com

Thanks for sharing 😊

#golocal #maps #EU

Lokjo.com - Your worldwide local map

^{www.lokjo.com}

#EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by #Google, #Microsoft, #Amazon, #X, across Europe has no legal basis

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

#privacy #politics

EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet

^{Johnny Ryan (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)}

So remember folks, support huge EU corporations like this German one instead of US ones because our European Values™ are… oh…

“What Europe needs is something like DOGE.” – Tim Höttges, CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG (also, an asshole)

#EU #USA #fascism #corporatocracy #corporations #capitalism #EuroDOGE https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/114109161159516607

🎈 US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
—noyb.eu

｢ This deal was always built on sand, but the EU business lobby and the European Commission wanted it anyways. Instead of stable legal limitations, the EU agreed to executive promises that can be overturned in seconds. Now that the first Trump waves hit this deal, it quickly throws many EU businesses into a legal limbo ｣

https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal

#uspol #eu #privacy #surveillance #tadpf

US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal

Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.

^noyb.eu

Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.

This follows recent declassified information pointing to foreign interference from Russia.

We are also intensifying contacts with digital and cyber regulators across Europe in light of emerging evidence of systematic inauthentic activity.
A key step to enforce the Digital Services Act.

More: https://europa.eu/!fN4Xt6

#EU #DSA

Der Prototype Fund wird um vier Jahre verlängert

Mit der Neuauflage des Prototype Fund wird die Förderung von Freier und Open- Source-Software (FOSS) in Deutschland über vier weitere Jahre abgesichert und ausgebaut.

#Prototype_Fund #Förderung #EU #Projektförderung #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/prototype-fund-um-vier-jahre-verlaengert

Der Prototype Fund wird um vier Jahre verlängert

^GNU/Linux.ch

#Apple, #Google, and Meta are failing #DMA compliance, #EU suspects

Not even three weeks after the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) took effect, the #EuropeanCommission (EC) announced Monday that it is already probing three out of six gatekeepers—Apple, Google, and Meta—for suspected non-compliance.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012401

Apple, Google, and Meta are failing DMA compliance, EU suspects

Tech giants must defend against EU's "concrete evidence" of non-compliance.

^{Ars Technica}

💡 The campaign for elections in the 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion is heating up… It is important to get active and ensure #SoftwareFreedom is part of the larger political debate ‼️

How can you do this? 🤔

ℹ️ We have just published some practical advices on how to advocate for #FreeSoftware in the coming months! 🚀

#EUelections #EU #PMPC #PublicCode

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240321-01.html

Let’s advocate together for Free Software in the European Elections - FSFE

European citizens will hit the ballot boxes from 6 to 9 June 2024 to choose their next representatives in the European Parliament. As the campaign heats up...

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

We've fined Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App Store rules for music streaming providers.

For a decade, Apple abused its dominant position by restricting developers from informing consumers about alternative, cheaper music services available outside of the Apple ecosystem.

This is illegal under #EU #antitrust rules.

More info: http://europa.eu/!yyFVPj

If you are a citizen of any EU Member State, I implore you to consider signing the Tax-the-Rich citizens' initiative:
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/

The idea is to tax the super rich and then use the money for climate transition. :blobcathappypaws:

This is an official EU citizens' initiative, meaning that if it reaches certain thresholds, it *will have to be* considered by the EU institutions. That's a really powerful tool, if actually used.

So we should use it. :blobcatcool:

#TaxTheRich #EU

Tax The Rich

Nous voulons un impôt européen sur les grandes fortunes pour financer la transition climatique et sociale et aider les pays victimes des dérèglements climatiques.

^{Tax The Rich}

CAPTION CONTEST!

Best creative caption for this photo wins a ⭐

And the adoring respect of Aure ❤️

Give us your best caption!
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Finland #Kyiv #Lviv #Mariupol #Donbas #Kharkiv #Kherson #Odessa #Kupyansk #Crimea

Cathedral or Bazaar? We made our choice.

Over the last 15 years, we have supported the use of open technologies in public administration.

The Open Source Observatory has helped the European public sector leverage open technologies effectively and efficiently by providing various resources, including a knowledge centre to reveal the benefits and follow #EU open source software development.

Join us on 21 November to discuss #OpenSource policies, funding, and more → https://osorturns15.eu

#OSS

🇪🇺 €61 billion.

This is the amount of value-added tax (VAT) revenues lost in the #EU in 2021 mainly to fraud, evasion, non-fraudulent bankruptcies, miscalculations and financial insolvencies.

Yet, it is an improvement from the €99 billion lost in 2020.

Lost VAT revenues can severely hamper governments' ability to finance essential public goods and services, including schools, hospitals, and transportation.

We will continue to sustain and amplify efforts towards reinforcing VAT compliance.

Morgen Abend veranstalten wir nach längerer Pause wieder ein OpenChaos. @snoopy berichtet morgen Abend über die aktuellen Gesetzgebungsprojekte der Europäischen Union mit netzpolitischem Bezug.

Das OpenChaos beginnt morgen, Donnerstag, am 12. Oktober in unseren Räumlichkeiten in der Heliosstraße.

Beginn ist um 20:00 Uhr.

https://koeln.ccc.de/updates/2023-10-03_OC_European-Union.xml

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #eu #edri #aiact #ehds #ccc #c4

‘The ‘non-profit start-up’ Thorn, founded by actor Ashton Kutcher, is a driving force behind the EU’s campaign to scan the net for child abuse material. Newly public documents and financial information obtained by Follow the Money reveal the blurred boundaries between Thorn’s do-good public face and the powerful business behind it.’

https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ashton-kutchers-non-profit-start-up-makes-millions-from-fighting-child-abuse-online
#tech #law #eu #privacy #surveillance #gdpr

How Ashton Kutcher’s ‘non-profit start-up’ makes millions from the EU’s fight against child abuse on the net

^{Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism}