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The EU is confusing and secretive by design.

Here's a roundup of the top stories from this week, without the Brussels spin.🧵
#Qatargate update

The transport chief who took freebies from Qatar & authorised his own conflict of interest application will face an investigation from the EU’s anti-fraud office.

More revelations could be on the way…

politico.eu/article/fraud-…
MEPs chip away at sex-based protections.

A law aimed at fighting the ‘gender pay gap’ plans to include ‘discrimination from gender reassignment’.

The trend of removing sex-based protections in the name of trans-ideology continues.

euractiv.com/section/econom…
Our director @Furedibyte was in the EU Parliament this week and spoke with MEPs about how to beat the woke culture war.

At the event with @FondationID, Furedi argued that we’ve got to get much more serious about what our culture means.

After the landslide result for the Dutch Farmer's Party, the EU seems to be leaning on the Dutch government to accelerate the clampdown on emissions.

Are they hoping to force the changes through before the newly elected party can do anything about it?

The EU Commission is under fire from the EU Ombudsman for “systematic delays” in handling of requests for public access to documents.

The Ombudsman found deadlines are missed in 85% of cases.

Something to hide?

ombudsman.europa.eu/en/news-docume…
After months of debate, Turkey finally clears the way for Finland to join NATO. Sweden however is still on the waiting list.

As Finns prepare to head to the polls, what does this mean for them, and for European security?

edition.cnn.com/2023/03/30/eur…
The EU has lent support to an Italian mayor who criticised PM Meloni over her family policies.

The EU wants to force recognition of same-sex parents on all member-states.

Shouldn't the EU stay out of issues of national politics and family life?

politico.eu/article/milan-…
Finally, we leave you with this link to the live-tweet summary of our event this week on the real origins of #Qatargate

Hope you enjoy it!

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Mar 31
RULE OF LAW UPDATE: The EU again goes on the offensive on 'Rule of Law' concerns.

MEPs debated and voted on the EU's annual 'Rule of Law report' – the EU's version of the naughty list.

Here what you need to know 🧵 1/5 Image
Despite ‘Rule of Law’ advocates supposedly caring about murky financial relationships, the resolution called for more funding for NGOs.

Is this an attempt to clean up the EU, or ensure an endless supply of money for lobbyists?

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Despite the revelations of #Qatargate about the dangerous relationships between the EU & NGOs, MEPs are doubling down.

They want to use ‘Civil Society’ groups as spies for the Comission “to monitor and report on the rule of law situation”.

europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…

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