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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

🎂 Today is President von der Leyen’s birthday.

While most people make wishes, she has the role and power to make commitments.
What should she do first? Tell us in the comments.

Not part of our community yet?
👉 Join us now: go.wemove.eu/JoinOurCommu...

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

If Europe wants to stand for peace, it must stop trading with war criminals.

👉 Sign the petition calling on the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel until it respects international law: go.wemove.eu/StopIsrael

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Trade continues. Arms exports continue.
And with every deal, the EU deepens its complicity in Israel’s crimes.The EU cannot preach human rights at home while funding genocide abroad.

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

“I was beaten from the moment we entered the port… Anyone who failed to keep their eyes down was punished with a hit to the head.”

Israeli authorities deny these accounts but Palestinians have lived this reality for decades. This is not an exception. It’s the system Europe keeps funding.

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

🔹 Guns pointed at their heads
🔹 Dogs used to intimidate them
🔹 Sleep and medicine deprivation
🔹 Forced to watch footage of Hamas attacks
🔹 Stripped of identity and dignity

One journalist said:

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 1d

For decades, Palestinians have resisted occupation, violence, and oppression.

Now, those who tried to bring them aid say they faced the same brutality.
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla - activists, journalists and lawyers - report being beaten, humiliated and detained by Israeli forces:

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s new EU trade deal pressures Europe to buy fossil fuels and give in to blackmail.
This isn’t the future we want.
Tell EU leaders to stand up for people and the planet. ✊

👉 Sign the petition: go.wemove.eu/SayNoToTrump

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Imaginez votre plage préférée entourée de plateformes pétrolières et polluée par des marées noires 😢 Je viens de signer une pétition pour mettre fin au forage en mer Baltique. Protégeons nos mers pour préserver la faune, le climat et notre avenir ! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

Pour une mer Baltique saine et protégée !

Imaginez votre plage préférée entourée de plateformes pétrolières et polluée par des marées noires 😢 Je viens de signer une pétition pour mettre fin au forage en mer Baltique. Protégeons nos mers pour...

action.wemove.eu

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Drill, baby, drill? Not here! 🚫🌊 EU: Choose wind & sun over spills & destruction. Stop new oil rigs in the Baltic! ✍️ go.wemove.eu/baltic-sea @bund.net

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 6d

In the dead of night, Israeli forces stormed the Global Sumud Flotilla. 200+ civilians dragged away in handcuffs.

Many European governments are staying silent.

📞 Call/email your minister TODAY to demand safe passage for aid to Gaza.
go.wemove.eu/flotilla-bluesky

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 9d

10 years ago, one idea sparked a movement. Today, thousands of us are changing Europe for the better. As Europe faces its greatest challenges ahead, share this video to help inspire more people to make people powered change: action.wemove.eu/signup/2025-...

10 years of people power in Europe

10 years ago, one idea sparked a movement. Today, thousands of us are changing Europe for the better. As Europe faces its greatest challenges ahead, share this video to help inspire more people to…

action.wemove.eu

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 17d

Musk is gambling with our democracy. Europe has rules to stop him. To force EU regulators to play their cards, we delivered illegal tweets on playing cards + 150k signatures. EU: play your ace, the DSA!

@cnam-ie.bsky.social, @ec.europa.eu, @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 27d

Football should not be used to sportswash war crimes.

Whether you’re a football fan or not, we are all able to act.

👉 Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football: go.wemove.eu/Ban_Israel

Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban…

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 27d

THIS is what’s happening in Gaza:
- Destroying homes
- Cutting off aid
- Taking children’s lives
- Starving an entire population

Yet in Europe, Israel is still welcomed to play football, as if nothing is happening. Italy and other countries are preparing to host them for the World Cup qualifiers.

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 28d

Tenerife’s ocean coast is under threat from a mega theme park that would destroy seagrass and marine life.

Locals are fighting back, but they need us.

👉 Protect our ocean. Sign the petition: go.wemove.eu/Protect_Our_...

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 28d

⚠️ They need you to protect them. Their courage should not be met with silence.

👉 Join 120,000+ voices demanding the EU act now: go.wemove.eu/Protect_the_...

Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla!

The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the…

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 28d

Among them is Alexis Deswaef, lawyer and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights. From the deck, he sends this message:
“We are in danger when our mission is peaceful. We need protection: sign the petition and keep watching us on our way to Gaza.”

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Three days ago, a drone attacked the Family Boat. Two days later, another ship: the Alma was hit.

Still, the Global Flotilla sails on. Ordinary people, driven by one goal: to break the siege on Gaza with a peaceful mission.

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 The Flotilla to Gaza is already under attack.
Last night, the main ship was reportedly hit by a drone. Everyone on board is safe. 💪
More than 90k people have already spoken out. With your help, we can reach 100k. Don’t let them sail alone. Share today!
go.wemove.eu/Globalsumudf...

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Sep 4

The largest citizen flotilla for Gaza has just set sail.
When governments fail, it is up to people like us to act.

Add your name to the petition and help protect this mission.
👉 go.wemove.eu/Global_Sumud...

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Sep 4

Toxic trade deals don’t feed people.
They poison our food.
They destroy forests.
They push farmers out of business

And that’s what the EU–Mercosur deal would do

90,000+ people have already spoken out
Now we need to grow louder

Stop the toxic Mercosur deal
✍️Sign & share: go.wemove.eu/StopMercosur

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Sep 1

Europe is burning: wildfires are forcing families from their homes in Greece, Spain, and Portugal. And yet, extremist politicians are trying to kill the EU’s plan to slash emissions by 90% by 2040. Let’s send our leaders a clear message: No rollback on climate action!
👉 go.wemove.eu/cutemissions

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you have ever scrolled your feed and felt powerless, this is where your name matters. Your signature tells ministers that people across Europe want action now and it gives cover to those on the fence to do the right thing.

👉 Sign the petition today. go.wemove.eu/stop-eu-isra...

No EU Business with War Criminals

Urgent action needed: Children in Gaza are being deliberately starved. Call on the EU to suspend its trade deal with Israel, stop arms exports, and sanction perpetrators of human rights crimes.

go.wemove.eu

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Aug 29

Foreign Ministers meet in Copenhagen. Behind closed doors they will choose to keep enabling Netanyahu’s atrocities or to suspend the EU Israel trade agreement that finances his war.

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WeMove Europe @wemoveeurope.bsky.social · Aug 29

Over 2,500 postcards from our community have reached their desks, a wall of faces and voices urging them to stop the EU’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. As children starve and over a million Palestinians face forced displacement, the EU keeps selling the weapons that fuel the massacre.

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