For avoidance of doubt, I'm 100% rejoin.
I just want to avoid perma-debate or rejoining in a way that just empowers the likes of Farage and fucks up the EU by us sending people like him back in as MEPs. The ppl of the EU countries deserve better than the UK of 2015/16 spoiling things again.
I just want to avoid perma-debate or rejoining in a way that just empowers the likes of Farage and fucks up the EU by us sending people like him back in as MEPs. The ppl of the EU countries deserve better than the UK of 2015/16 spoiling things again.
September 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
For avoidance of doubt, I'm 100% rejoin.
I just want to avoid perma-debate or rejoining in a way that just empowers the likes of Farage and fucks up the EU by us sending people like him back in as MEPs. The ppl of the EU countries deserve better than the UK of 2015/16 spoiling things again.
I just want to avoid perma-debate or rejoining in a way that just empowers the likes of Farage and fucks up the EU by us sending people like him back in as MEPs. The ppl of the EU countries deserve better than the UK of 2015/16 spoiling things again.
This suggests that MEPs’ campaign commitments are not merely campaign rhetoric but are connected to their willingness to support action on these issues once elected.
Importantly, the link remains when members of green parties are excluded from the analysis.
Importantly, the link remains when members of green parties are excluded from the analysis.
September 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This suggests that MEPs’ campaign commitments are not merely campaign rhetoric but are connected to their willingness to support action on these issues once elected.
Importantly, the link remains when members of green parties are excluded from the analysis.
Importantly, the link remains when members of green parties are excluded from the analysis.
In this paper, I assess the link between MEPs' 2019 campaign tweets and roll-call votes related to emissions reduction🌎
I find that there is indeed a link 🔗: MEPs who focused more on environmental issues during the campaign also cast more pro-environmental votes.
I find that there is indeed a link 🔗: MEPs who focused more on environmental issues during the campaign also cast more pro-environmental votes.
September 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In this paper, I assess the link between MEPs' 2019 campaign tweets and roll-call votes related to emissions reduction🌎
I find that there is indeed a link 🔗: MEPs who focused more on environmental issues during the campaign also cast more pro-environmental votes.
I find that there is indeed a link 🔗: MEPs who focused more on environmental issues during the campaign also cast more pro-environmental votes.
MEPs rate new club rules
MEPs rate new club rules
Also, in tonight's edition: a Greens leadership contest
dlvr.it
September 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
MEPs rate new club rules
MEPs have voted to raise Erasmus+ funding to €47bn, up from the Commission's proposed €40bn. The move comes as several budget-conscious member states push for cuts to overall EU spending.
🗞️ euobserver.com
#EU
🗞️ euobserver.com
#EU
MEPs vote for €47bn in new Erasmus+ funds, as frugal states seek cuts to EU budget
With 24 votes in favour and one abstention, MEPs proposed to increase the European Commission's original proposal from €40bn to €47bn on Tuesday.
euobserver.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
MEPs have voted to raise Erasmus+ funding to €47bn, up from the Commission's proposed €40bn. The move comes as several budget-conscious member states push for cuts to overall EU spending.
🗞️ euobserver.com
#EU
🗞️ euobserver.com
#EU
With 24 votes in favour and one abstention, MEPs proposed to increase the European Commission's original proposal from €40bn to €47bn on Tuesday.
MEPs vote for €47bn in new Erasmus+ funds, as frugal states seek cuts to EU budget
With 24 votes in favour and one abstention, MEPs proposed to increase the European Commission's original proposal from €40bn to €47bn on Tuesday.
euobserver.com
September 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
With 24 votes in favour and one abstention, MEPs proposed to increase the European Commission's original proposal from €40bn to €47bn on Tuesday.
Out today, in MECS September News - eCooking milestone in Tanzania as Government of Tanzania published a Notice declaring Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) compulsory for three household eCooking appliances, latest publications & lots more:
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September 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Out today, in MECS September News - eCooking milestone in Tanzania as Government of Tanzania published a Notice declaring Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) compulsory for three household eCooking appliances, latest publications & lots more:
mailchi.mp/lboro/mecs-n...
mailchi.mp/lboro/mecs-n...
La Comissió de Cultura i Educació (CULT) del Parlament Europeu ha votat avui a favor d'esmenar una proposta de la Comissió per al programa Erasmus+ 2028-2034.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Erasmus+: MEPs push to make 2028-2034 programme more accessible | News | European Parliament
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
www.europarl.europa.eu
September 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
La Comissió de Cultura i Educació (CULT) del Parlament Europeu ha votat avui a favor d'esmenar una proposta de la Comissió per al programa Erasmus+ 2028-2034.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
In meetings w/ Europol leadership MEPs will discuss:
🔍 ECAMS & migrant smuggling
💻 Cybercrime (EC3)
💰 Economic & financial crime (EFECC)
🔬 Europol Innovation Lab
🛡️ Data protection
📝Also on the table: input on the Commission's proposal to revise Europol's mandate.
2/3
🔍 ECAMS & migrant smuggling
💻 Cybercrime (EC3)
💰 Economic & financial crime (EFECC)
🔬 Europol Innovation Lab
🛡️ Data protection
📝Also on the table: input on the Commission's proposal to revise Europol's mandate.
2/3
September 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
In meetings w/ Europol leadership MEPs will discuss:
🔍 ECAMS & migrant smuggling
💻 Cybercrime (EC3)
💰 Economic & financial crime (EFECC)
🔬 Europol Innovation Lab
🛡️ Data protection
📝Also on the table: input on the Commission's proposal to revise Europol's mandate.
2/3
🔍 ECAMS & migrant smuggling
💻 Cybercrime (EC3)
💰 Economic & financial crime (EFECC)
🔬 Europol Innovation Lab
🛡️ Data protection
📝Also on the table: input on the Commission's proposal to revise Europol's mandate.
2/3
📍 Europol HQ, The Hague | 📅1 October
@libe.europarl.europa.eu MEPs are heading to @europol.europa.eu HQ
On the agenda: the new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, Europol's expanding mandate, and proper safeguards for stronger powers
1/3
@libe.europarl.europa.eu MEPs are heading to @europol.europa.eu HQ
On the agenda: the new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, Europol's expanding mandate, and proper safeguards for stronger powers
1/3
September 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
📍 Europol HQ, The Hague | 📅1 October
@libe.europarl.europa.eu MEPs are heading to @europol.europa.eu HQ
On the agenda: the new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, Europol's expanding mandate, and proper safeguards for stronger powers
1/3
@libe.europarl.europa.eu MEPs are heading to @europol.europa.eu HQ
On the agenda: the new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, Europol's expanding mandate, and proper safeguards for stronger powers
1/3
September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICC judge Nicolas Guillou says US sanctions are already affecting his ability to pay in shops and online in Europe.
MEPs Aurore Lalucq and Dirk Gotink want EU protection prepared before sanctions potentially expand.
#ICC #Sanctions
MEPs Aurore Lalucq and Dirk Gotink want EU protection prepared before sanctions potentially expand.
#ICC #Sanctions
September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICC judge Nicolas Guillou says US sanctions are already affecting his ability to pay in shops and online in Europe.
MEPs Aurore Lalucq and Dirk Gotink want EU protection prepared before sanctions potentially expand.
#ICC #Sanctions
MEPs Aurore Lalucq and Dirk Gotink want EU protection prepared before sanctions potentially expand.
#ICC #Sanctions
Does AI training count as scientific research? The answer may be decided by MEPs negotiating the EU's Digital Omnibus, writes Stephen Wyber.
What Counts as Scientific Research? The EU’s Digital Omnibus Could Set the Definition
Stephan Wyber explores how the EU Digital Omnibus could define scientific research in GDPR and shape the future of research, data and copyright law.
buff.ly
September 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Does AI training count as scientific research? The answer may be decided by MEPs negotiating the EU's Digital Omnibus, writes Stephen Wyber.
WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THE EU'S #DIGITALOMNIBUS COULD SET THE DEFINITION
The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research
🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
kr21.info/techpolicypr...
#Science4EU
The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research
🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
kr21.info/techpolicypr...
#Science4EU
September 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THE EU'S #DIGITALOMNIBUS COULD SET THE DEFINITION
The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research
🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
kr21.info/techpolicypr...
#Science4EU
The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research
🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
kr21.info/techpolicypr...
#Science4EU
🚨.@cult.europarl.europa.eu voted their opinion on EU budget 2027:
MEPs deplore the Council’s cuts to #ErasmusPlus, #CreativeEurope and #EUSolidarityCorps to €159 million, €31.6 million and € 0.18 million.
🗣️Rapporteur Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP, PT)
➕23 /➖ 2 /🟰1
Opinion👇
europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/20
MEPs deplore the Council’s cuts to #ErasmusPlus, #CreativeEurope and #EUSolidarityCorps to €159 million, €31.6 million and € 0.18 million.
🗣️Rapporteur Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP, PT)
➕23 /➖ 2 /🟰1
Opinion👇
europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/20
September 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🚨.@cult.europarl.europa.eu voted their opinion on EU budget 2027:
MEPs deplore the Council’s cuts to #ErasmusPlus, #CreativeEurope and #EUSolidarityCorps to €159 million, €31.6 million and € 0.18 million.
🗣️Rapporteur Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP, PT)
➕23 /➖ 2 /🟰1
Opinion👇
europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/20
MEPs deplore the Council’s cuts to #ErasmusPlus, #CreativeEurope and #EUSolidarityCorps to €159 million, €31.6 million and € 0.18 million.
🗣️Rapporteur Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP, PT)
➕23 /➖ 2 /🟰1
Opinion👇
europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/20
"(...) But we have the power to stop this. Contact your MEPs now with a clear message: NO to mass surveillance, YES to digital privacy."
Visit fightchatcontrol.eu for more details.
#ChatControl #Europe
#MassSurveillance #EU
#Privacy #HumanRights
Visit fightchatcontrol.eu for more details.
#ChatControl #Europe
#MassSurveillance #EU
#Privacy #HumanRights
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
September 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
"(...) But we have the power to stop this. Contact your MEPs now with a clear message: NO to mass surveillance, YES to digital privacy."
Visit fightchatcontrol.eu for more details.
#ChatControl #Europe
#MassSurveillance #EU
#Privacy #HumanRights
Visit fightchatcontrol.eu for more details.
#ChatControl #Europe
#MassSurveillance #EU
#Privacy #HumanRights
RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117353972604869899
It's a shame for me that I'm Lithuanian.Why our MEPs are so illiterate in any IT related topics...
#privacy #censorship #offrehacked
It's a shame for me that I'm Lithuanian.Why our MEPs are so illiterate in any IT related topics...
#privacy #censorship #offrehacked
mastodon.ar.al
September 29, 2026 at 11:03 AM
RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117353972604869899
It's a shame for me that I'm Lithuanian.Why our MEPs are so illiterate in any IT related topics...
#privacy #censorship #offrehacked
It's a shame for me that I'm Lithuanian.Why our MEPs are so illiterate in any IT related topics...
#privacy #censorship #offrehacked
Erasmus+: MEPs push to make 2028-2034 programme more accessible
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Details ⤵️
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Details ⤵️
Erasmus+: MEPs push to make 2028-2034 programme more accessible | News | European Parliament
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
www.europarl.europa.eu
September 29, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Erasmus+: MEPs push to make 2028-2034 programme more accessible
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Details ⤵️
Culture and education committee MEPs want the next Erasmus+ programme to be simpler, more predictable, and more accessible.
Details ⤵️
#EUBudget: leaders battle, MEPs sharpen their knives, by @nicolettaionta.bsky.social , Victoria Becker, @eddywax.bsky.social & @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social | Rapporteur
www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-budg...
www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-budg...
EU budget: leaders battle, MEPs sharpen their knives | Rapporteur
Even with a fraught budget deal, sign-off in the European Parliament will not be easy
www.rapporteur.com
September 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
#EUBudget: leaders battle, MEPs sharpen their knives, by @nicolettaionta.bsky.social , Victoria Becker, @eddywax.bsky.social & @sofiamazzanaro.bsky.social | Rapporteur
www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-budg...
www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-budg...
It's a pleasure to have my cartoon "Send Them Back" participating in the 5th International Diogenes Of Sinop Cartoon Competition On “Republic And Democracy”, Türkiye 🇹🇷
In June, the EU Parliament passed an "ICE for Europe" deportation law, with right-wing MEPs chanting "send them back" as it passed.
In June, the EU Parliament passed an "ICE for Europe" deportation law, with right-wing MEPs chanting "send them back" as it passed.
September 29, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It's a pleasure to have my cartoon "Send Them Back" participating in the 5th International Diogenes Of Sinop Cartoon Competition On “Republic And Democracy”, Türkiye 🇹🇷
In June, the EU Parliament passed an "ICE for Europe" deportation law, with right-wing MEPs chanting "send them back" as it passed.
In June, the EU Parliament passed an "ICE for Europe" deportation law, with right-wing MEPs chanting "send them back" as it passed.
First, centre-right morons like the @cducsu.de @cducsueuropa.bsky.social under #Merz harp on and push about how Europe needs to be more independent, boosting its own economy in the process, only to turn around like a TACO-Trump and water down their own initiative until it's basically non-existent. 🤡
‘Made in everywhere’: MEPs clash over reach of EU industrial law
Lead MEPs want 'Made in Europe' perks limited to the 27 member states. The centre-right, whose votes could decide the file, is split.
euobserver.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:07 AM
First, centre-right morons like the @cducsu.de @cducsueuropa.bsky.social under #Merz harp on and push about how Europe needs to be more independent, boosting its own economy in the process, only to turn around like a TACO-Trump and water down their own initiative until it's basically non-existent. 🤡
🤔 Should dual-use research become part of the next Horizon Europe?
Research ministers from eight European countries are urging MEPs to support a broader role for dual-use research in FP10.
Read: buff.ly/lcq9tHR
Research ministers from eight European countries are urging MEPs to support a broader role for dual-use research in FP10.
Read: buff.ly/lcq9tHR
Allow dual-use research in next Horizon Europe, research ministers urge MEPs
Research ministers from the Nordics and Baltics, plus Poland and Romania, sent a joint statement to the European Parliament and European Commission on September 28 urging them to support dual-use…
buff.ly
September 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🤔 Should dual-use research become part of the next Horizon Europe?
Research ministers from eight European countries are urging MEPs to support a broader role for dual-use research in FP10.
Read: buff.ly/lcq9tHR
Research ministers from eight European countries are urging MEPs to support a broader role for dual-use research in FP10.
Read: buff.ly/lcq9tHR
The cost of living crisis is hitting families hard. We won’t accept that!
Our 10-point plan to make 🇪🇺 affordable:
✅Fairness for families
✅Boosting growth
✅Shielding citizens from shocks
✅Keeping high living standards
MEPs Billy Kelleher & @sigridfriis.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3zmf4haz
Our 10-point plan to make 🇪🇺 affordable:
✅Fairness for families
✅Boosting growth
✅Shielding citizens from shocks
✅Keeping high living standards
MEPs Billy Kelleher & @sigridfriis.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3zmf4haz
Renew Europe presents action plan to make Europe… - Renew Europe
We are the pro-European political group in the European Parliament fighting for your freedom and civil rights while securing economic growth and jobs.
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The cost of living crisis is hitting families hard. We won’t accept that!
Our 10-point plan to make 🇪🇺 affordable:
✅Fairness for families
✅Boosting growth
✅Shielding citizens from shocks
✅Keeping high living standards
MEPs Billy Kelleher & @sigridfriis.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3zmf4haz
Our 10-point plan to make 🇪🇺 affordable:
✅Fairness for families
✅Boosting growth
✅Shielding citizens from shocks
✅Keeping high living standards
MEPs Billy Kelleher & @sigridfriis.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/3zmf4haz
Leaked Council docs prove it: “search plans” are mass scanning rebranded. Council lawyers say likely illegal. MEPs must reject any deal keeping loophole. https://patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-governments-push-search-plans-to-permanently-legalise-chat-mass-scanning-in-final-trilogue-showdown/
EU Chat Control: Governments push “Search Plans” to permanently legalise chat mass scanning in Final Trilogue Showdown
As European negotiators enter what is intended to be the final trilogue on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR or "Chat Control 2.0") on September 29, internal leaked documents reveal EU governments pushing a “compromise” based on “search plans” that would enable large-scale scanning of private
patrick-breyer.de
September 29, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Leaked Council docs prove it: “search plans” are mass scanning rebranded. Council lawyers say likely illegal. MEPs must reject any deal keeping loophole. https://patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-chat-control-governments-push-search-plans-to-permanently-legalise-chat-mass-scanning-in-final-trilogue-showdown/
🇪🇺⏳ #chatcontrol countdown:
Pick up the phone before 6 PM! 📞 MEPs must not accept "search plans" & mass scanning in tonight's trilogue.
📲 MEP phone numbers: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates
📄 Press release & info […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
Pick up the phone before 6 PM! 📞 MEPs must not accept "search plans" & mass scanning in tonight's trilogue.
📲 MEP phone numbers: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates
📄 Press release & info […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
September 29, 2026 at 6:45 AM
🇪🇺⏳ #chatcontrol countdown:
Pick up the phone before 6 PM! 📞 MEPs must not accept "search plans" & mass scanning in tonight's trilogue.
📲 MEP phone numbers: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates
📄 Press release & info […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
Pick up the phone before 6 PM! 📞 MEPs must not accept "search plans" & mass scanning in tonight's trilogue.
📲 MEP phone numbers: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#delegates
📄 Press release & info […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]