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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 1d

⚠️ Since the piece was published, 39 MEPs from 4 political groups have written to the @ec.europa.eu to express their "deep concerns" that EU subsidies, alongside national taxpayer funds, have directly financed #spyware companies.

Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 8d

Public money is funding spyware!

With 39 MEPs from 4 political groups, we are writing to the @ec.europa.eu to express deep concerns following @ftm.eu revelations that EU financed spyware companies!

This must stop! We call on full transparency and follow up on the PEGA committee recommendations!

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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 1d

Really enjoyed speaking with @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social and @alexfanta.bsky.social on the @ftm.eu podcast about my investigation into 🇪🇺European funding for commercial #spyware companies.

Thanks for having me! 🙏

📺 Watch: youtu.be/htXwY5KQzas?...

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · 2d

Op 14 oktober presenteert @brusselsenieuwe.bsky.social
het grote Europawoordvoerders-verkiezingsdebat, gepresenteerd door Sander van Vliet, Bijou van der Borst, Yves Lacroix en mijzelf. Kom dat zien in @nieuwspoort.bsky.social:
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Het grote Europawoordvoerders verkiezingsdebat - Brusselse Nieuwe

Europa bepaalt steeds meer de spelregels voor Nederland.

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · 15d

Ep.11 of the @ftm.eu podcast: European companies are plundering Senegal's seas. Local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. The culprit? European fishing companies. With livelihoods disappearing, many young West-Africans see no option but to migrate to Europe. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas

Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 24/09/2025 · 19m

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 22d

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to solve Italy’s migration challenges by building offshore migrant centres in Albania to process asylum seekers. Three years on, the hubs are half-empty, construction costs have ballooned into millions and courts keep stalling progress.

Podcast | Meloni's €70-million migration fiasco

When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ran her election campaign in 2022, she promised a bold solution to Italy’s migration issues: building offshore migrant centres in Albania. But three years la...

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · 22d

In ep.10 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist James Imam tells us all about Meloni's €70M migration fiasco: alleged human rights abuses, half-empty hubs, ballooning costs and legal chaos.

"Italians are paying for prisons in a foreign country that are leading to great suffering"

Meloni's €70 million migration fiasco

Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 17/09/2025 · 24m

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · 28d

In 2021, von der Leyen texted Pfizer’s CEO ahead of a multi-billion € vaccine deal. When @alexfanta.bsky.social
asked to see the texts, the Commission refused. In episode #9 of the @ftm.eu podcast, we unpack #Pfizergate with @lise-witteman.bsky.social
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Von der Leyen’s secret texts with Pfizer

Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 10/09/2025 · 24m

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Sep 8

Daniel Křetínský is a Czech billionaire businessman who built his fortune on coal – all the while receiving hundreds of millions of euros for green subsidies from the EU. In our latest podcast episode, journalists Hazel Sheffield and Sofia Cherici unpick his vast empire: www.ftm.nl/s/50a39

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 28

Veilige routes vergroten, gevaarlijke overtochten beperken – naar het Canadese voorbeeld. Dat is de verkiezingsinzet van @d66.nl op migratie. Maar kan dat wel in Europa? Voor @brusselsenieuwe.bsky.social sprak ik met @annemarijke.bsky.social over de nieuwe migratiekoers van haar partij:

Interview | Anne-Marijke Podt (D66) over koerswijziging op migratie: inspiratie uit Canada, maar een-op-een toepassen in Europa kan niet - Brusselse Nieuwe

D66 wil migratie hervormen met een systeem naar Canadees model: legale routes, minder bootvluchtelingen. Anne-Marijke Podt legt uit wat dit voor asielzoekers en Europa betekent.

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Alistair Keepe @alistairkeepe.bsky.social · Aug 28

2025 is a record-breaking year for claims filed by fossil fuel and mining firms against democratic policies – marking a grim milestone in a surge of polluting industries seeking compensation for lost profits via a secretive tribunal.

For @ftm.eu with contributions by ao @anilyilmaz.bsky.social

Record number of corporate lawsuits target climate action in controversial tribunal

Behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., fossil fuel and mining companies are suing governments over lost profits. Follow the Money has analysed how a system built to protect foreign investors poses a...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Aug 27

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 found a very different story. Watch the full episode here: www.ftm.nl/s/f37b9

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 26

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How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 26

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How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 26

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How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 26/08/2025 · 30m

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 26

🎙️ Episode #7 of the @ftm.eu podcast:
After the @eppgroup.bsky.social claimed Brussels was secretly funding green lobbyists, @lise-witteman.bsky.social & Hans Wetzels uncovered a very different story.

The EPP is scapegoating NGOs as it backpedals on the Green Deal.

🔗 www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

Podcast | How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs

Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, Follow the Money journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wet...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Aug 21

When French distributors faced a crop shortage, they used cheap Spanish bulk wine and falsely labeled it as Vin de France. Watch our latest podcast episode to find out how this "solution” quickly became one of the biggest wine frauds in recent years: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 19

Your “French” wine might not be French at all. 🍷 In episode #6 of the @ftm.eu podcast, journalist & wine connoisseur Barnaby Eales dives into how fraudsters passed off millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine as premium French bottles.
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Podcast | Bottled lies: Europe’s wine industry is tainted by fraud

The bottle of wine on your dinner table might not be what it claims. Journalists Barnaby Eales and Dominique Mesmin took a deep dive into how fraudsters sold millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine, p...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · Aug 18

Forever chemicals are everywhere, even in our drinking water. And they're not going anywhere.

In this episode of FTM The Podcast, hosts Emma du Chatinier and Alexander Fanta discuss the risks of these chemicals with physicist Thomas Goorden.

Watch the full episode here: lnkd.in/dyXYyACc

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Are EU health laws purely based on scientific evidence? In the case of ‘forever chemicals’ in our drinking water, industry lobbying appears to have influenced the EU to weaken vital regulation of a to...

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 12

In episode #5 of the @ftm.eu podcast, investigative journalist Thomas Goorden reveals how the EU — swayed by industry lobbying — is disregarding alarming levels of “forever chemicals” in our food and drinking water:
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The corporate campaign to weaken Europe’s fight against forever chemicals

Podcast Episode · Follow the Money: The Podcast · 12/08/2025 · 25m

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Aug 5

Episode #4 of the @ftm.eu Podcast with @henkwillem.bsky.social and @salsabilfayed.bsky.social: How a vulture capitalist that profits from stolen Palestinian land got a hold of Europe's festivals, @boilerroom.tv, and many more cultural spaces. open.spotify.com/episode/5Vpb...

How a vulture capitalist quietly took over Europe’s festival scene

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Emma du Chatinier @emmaduchatinier.bsky.social · Jul 30

Episode #3 of the Follow the Money podcast is out now! @birteschohaus.bsky.social tells us how Western shipowners have made billions by selling rusty oil tankers to Russia’s shadow fleet — helping Putin dodge sanctions and fund his war in Ukraine.

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The Western oil tankers that fund Putin's war

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