Corporate Europe Observatory

02/06/2026

New podcast episode, out now, link in bio

01/06/2026

🎧 New podcast episode, out now, link in bio.

20/05/2026

The EU is planning a major hand-out to big corporations like Bayer and BASF, that aim to control the food chain even further, by scrapping safety and transparency rules for risky new GMOs, and let corporations profit from patented GM crops.

MEPs vote in June, let them know what you think at the petition in the link in bio!

12/05/2026

🚨 NEW REPORT: The EU is handing industry a 🚨

Oil & gas, mining + Big Tech lobbyists are getting exactly what they asked for — the Commission is ripping up permitting rules to fast-track polluting pipelines, mines and data centres.

And communities trying to fight back? They're losing the tools to do it. 🚧⛰️🖥️
Even worse: industry wants YOU to pay for it. More pollution, publicly subsidised. 🏭💰

Read all about it here 👉

New report on how the European Commission is weakening permitting rules to fast-track polluting projects, such as mines, CO2 pipelines and data centres.

11/05/2026

AI Omnibus deal puts fundamental rights at risk and creates legal complexity, here’s what you need to know.

11/05/2026

Last week the EU Parliament and member states reached a deal on the AI Omnibus.

The deal is only a first step in the EU's misguided plans to weaken the digital rulebook to please big business and the Trump administration.

🧐 As CEO and LobbyControl previously documented, the Commission’s Digital Omnibus proposal closely mirrored key lobby demands from Big Tech companies 👉 https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

In a final deal, the EU Parliament and national governments decided to:

🛑 Postpone the implementation of high-risk AI obligations until December 2027 – a key Big Tech demand.
🛑 Exempt AI in machinery from the AI Act, following last-minute pressure from industrial giants such as Siemens, ASML and Bosch, joined by the German government.
👍 A proposal to remove a public database in which tech companies must register the AI systems these companies deem exempt from high-risk classification was rejected.

Read our latest post on Deregulation Watch 👉 https://corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch

Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environmental, and human rights protections.

07/05/2026

Breaking! internal campaign video leaked!

The EPP comes out of the closet!

Via a leak we got hold of a draft campaign video made by the EPP , formerly known as , featuring their president , arguably one of the most influential politicians in European politics today.

In the video Weber announces what some EU-watchers already know: the EPP is taking over far-right party narratives and strategies on migration and green deal policies.

It is more and more clear that the EPP is radicalizing in fast mode and in the µEuropean Parliament is voting more and more together with the far right.

The video now confirms this.

In the video Wever says things like “There is really too much Red Tape! Kilometers and Kilometers of red tape. Too much Red Tape from these woke and naive green hippy losers, which are the real reason why the far right is growing!!! People do not want to hear about climate change at all!”

At the end of the campaign video Weber announces the EPP will “promote business interests, full stop! Deregulate everything ecological! We will cut red tape and softly kill the Green Deal.”

He then unveils the new name of the EPP!

Check it out! And share. And laugh! Or weep!

30/04/2026

Ever wondered which building houses the lobbying firms that helped draft EU pesticide rules? Or where fossil fuel companies wine and dine MEPs? We have. And we’ll show you. Our free Brussels lobby tour on 28 May at 5pm will walk you through the geography of corporate capture — no jargon, just facts.

Register: [email protected]

27/04/2026

📣 Hello, can we have one minute of your time?

🤮 Last week the Council voted in favour of a major hand-out to big corporations like Bayer and BASF. The new law if passed will scrap safety and transparency rules for risky new GMOs (also called NGTs).

The new law means that your freedom of choice is now under threat as GM food will no longer have to be labeled. Biotech seed corporations will increase market domination through the deregulation of patented GM crops. This will harm the interests of small- and medium-sized breeders, farmers and consumers.

👉 In 2024, Parliament had called for mandatory labelling and traceability for all GMO products and voted in favour of a ban on patented seeds. However, neither of those demands have been respected in the negotiations.

The European Parliament has one more chance to reinstate their demands. Let’s call on Members of the European Parliament to safeguard GMO-free farming and the labelling of GMO foods, and to stand up for the protection of organic plant breeding.

☘️ Take action now!
Use the email tool to send a message directly to the parliamentarians.
Sign at the link in bio and spread the word!
The tool will remain active until the plenary vote in May. Just select the country and the MEPs, and send your message! (Please note that the system will only let you send a message once).

23/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for a webinar on our report 'This is what corporate capture looks like!' by its main author, Kenneth Haar!

If you didn't manage to, you can:
watch the webinar 👉️ youtu.be/Qs6nNIeAD9E

check out the report 👉️ https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/what-corporate-capture-looks

Webinar: This is what corporate capture looks like!