https://www.europesays.com/uk/78095/ EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition – POLITICO #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #BradSmith #BrandoBenifei #Buildings #Companies #Competition #CompetitionRules #Copyright #Data #digital #DigitalMarkets #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #Exclusive #Innovation #Lobbying #MarietjeSchaake #Markets #Media #Parliament #Policy #Regulation #Rights #Services #SocialMedia #UnitedStates
EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/985376/ #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #BradSmith #BrandoBenifei #Buildings #Companies #Competition #CompetitionRules #Copyright #Data #digital #DigitalMarkets #Europe #Exclusive #Innovation #Lobbying #MarietjeSchaake #Markets #Media #Parliament #Policy #Regulation #Rights #services #SocialMedia #UnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/2051530/ European Parliament cracks down on lobbyists in effort to stop corruption – POLITICO #Accountability #Buildings #corruption #Department #europe #Lobbying #Mauritania #MEPS #Morocco #NGOs #parliament #Qatar #Qatargate:EuropeanParliamentCorruptionScandal #security #Transparency
"The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code."
"From the second to the third draft of the Code, obligations changed to encouragements. Prohibitions became suggestions. Best efforts, reasonable efforts."
@corporateeurope: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/coded-privileged-access
https://www.europesays.com/2033044/ Germany triggers EU’s emergency clause for defense spending – POLITICO #Budget #défense #Environment #europe #Finance #germany #investment #Lobbying #parliament #Russia #security #Ukraine #ValdisDombrovskis #war
https://www.europesays.com/uk/57417/ Germany triggers EU’s emergency clause for defense spending – POLITICO #Budget #Defense #Environment #EU #Europe #Finance #Germany #Investment #Lobbying #Parliament #Russia #Security #Ukraine #ValdisDombrovskis #War
The EU Commission bans officials from meeting with Huawei lobbyists after the European Parliament barred Huawei staff from its premises amid bribery scandal fallout. #EU #Huawei #lobbying #TechPolicy #Security #Bribery #Europe #Regulation #DigitalSovereignty
You're addicted to alcohol, eh? You think alcohol is bad, do you?
Well, why do you buy so much of it then? #Gotcha!
What happens when citizens and experts rethink corruption together?
RESPOND's Co-Creation Workshops did just that—challenging assumptions and uncovering new perspectives. Can shared reflection lead to better policies?
https://www.eu-respond.eu/news/report-on-respond-co-creation-workshops/
#RESPOND #Corruption #CoCreation #SocialResearch #CitizenVoice #RESPONDProject #Horizon #Europe #CoCreation #Corruption #PublicPolicy #Governance #SocialResearch #EUProjects #HorizonEurope #PoliticalFinance #MediaCapture t #Lobbying #RevolvingDoors
"Prior to the pandemic farming contributed less than 10% to GDP and dairying was 3.6% of GDP. Clearly, farming is not the backbone of the economy and 30,000 farmers have a far greater influence on Government policies than they deserve.
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Farmers pay $151 million in levies each year to farming organisations to promote their interests and products. They can also pay over $1000 each year to Federated Farmers."
https://www.europesays.com/1991625/ Schweiz kämpft um Zugang zu US-KI-Chips #AmerikanischeKIChips #Exportkontrollen #Lobbying #Nachrichten #Nouvelles #schweiz #Suisse #switzerland #Technologie
Having listened to the interview, this Let’s Level the Playing Field campaign to regulate lobbying does seem like a nonpartisan effort with some weight behind it. Led by a group of NGOs, one chaired by a former Nat Cabinet minister (TI NZ), one the personal fiefdom of a former Labour PM (Clark).
I hadn't heard of the third group, Health Coalition Aotearoa, but they helped exposed a Chinese vape company trying to bribe NZ officials;
Huawei fires two staffers in response to corruption scandal.
Huawei has fired two employees and suspended a third for their alleged involvement in a bribery investigation surrounding the Chinese technology giant and the European Parliament, POLITICO has learned.
It is unclear whether the three employees are the same as the Huawei officials who were preliminary charged.
Huawei corruption probe: eight charged.
The Belgian prosecutor has charged eight people with active corruption, money laundering and criminal organisation in an investigation into Huawei’s suspected illegal payments to secure support from European lawmakers in the company’s interests.
Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.
The @eppgroup tonight showed it's not interested in compromise politics but in killing civil society + environmental policies. The @EUCommission announced a #LIFE Programm statement for tomorrow. EPP & @ecrgroup wanted a vote and despite replacing several (EPP: 6) MEPs lost 40:41. Why risking the anyhow too small funding instrument for nature instead of regulating corporate lobby and introducing conflict of interest rules?! #EUGreenDeal #Democracy #Lobbying #NGOs #Brandmauer
