Daniel Freund @daniel_freund@respublicae.eu

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RT @JMorijn: 🔥 Groundbreaking infringement action by the Commission against Poland.

Directly and centrally relying on Article 10 TEU, democracy.

Here is a Guardian of the Treaties acting as the Guardian.

Commission launches infringement procedure against POLAND https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3134

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666806633153044482

Will take the European Parliament some work to bring independent control of lobbying rules back on track.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666796871535439874

RT @EU_Commission: We just opened an infringement procedure against Poland for violations of EU law.

We consider that the new law establishing a special committee unduly interferes with the democratic process.

Poland has now 21 days to reply to our letter of formal notice.

Our press release ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666787738085933059

RT @EUWatchBrussels: The European Commission is proposing a new ethics body with binding standards for all institutions. However, not everyone is convinced.

Green MEP @daniel_freund's reaction: "Ursula von der Leyen is breaking her central promise for lobby control.

"We do not have a lack of good… https://t.co/sKsw8jDK5p https://t.co/udPmqp20rs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666756850283413505

‼️Weak Ethics Body announced‼️

Commission proposal misses the point. We do not need a debate on the rules. We need to enforce those we already have.

For that we need independent oversight.

EU institutions cannot afford another Qatar-Gate!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666745482557771776

RT @diego_bxl: Luxembourg's call for the end of vetoes in foreign policy will never be credible while the country still defends vetoes on taxation issues ...

story via @Wort_LU featuring @spornschlegel and @daniel_freund

https://www.wort.lu/de/international/luxemburgs-rosinenpickerei-bei-der-eu-einstimmigkeitsregel-647f31cade135b92361811a4

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666458995354222593

RT @lobbycontrol: Anlässlich 6 Monate #Katargate haben die Grünen im EU-Parlament heute Ethikbehörden und Zivilgesellschaft zu einer Anhörung geladen. Wir waren auch dabei! Danke für die Debatte. Die Einigkeit war groß, dass die Bilanz, was aus dem Skandal gefolgt ist, bisher enttäuschend ausfällt https://t.co/SsZYWtk5R4

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666443010861563906

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Presidents of pro-European groups in EUParliament ask @osce_odihr for FULL SCALE election observation mission in Poland this year

Why?
-amended Electoral Code
-"Lex Tusk"
-lack of independent judiciary
-free media under pressure

-> highest democratic standards threatened

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666441116822953986

Infringement proceedings against Poland because of "Lex Tusk". EU-Commission is acting really FAST on this.

Good!

European Union must defend democracy and the rule of law.
RT @RULEOFLAWpl: Tomorrow, the Commission is to send Poland a letter of formal notice regarding Lex Tusk - a law on investigating Russian influences that many say targets the opposition. This effectively starts infringement proceedings of Article 258 TFEU. Poland will have 3 weeks to respond.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666435962262507520

@KristinJoachim Hallo, könnten Sie mir eine Direktnachricht schicken?

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666392713892077568

Source: Eurobarometer

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666386008806490112

Which values should the European Parliament defend, according to EU citizens?

🗳️ Democracy
🏳️‍🌈 Human Rights
📰 Freedom of Speech
⚖️ Rule of Law

We are working on it!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666385858788818947

RT @URealfonzo: Some 60% of citizens are not satisfied with the EU’s efforts to tackle corruption after #Qatargate

“I can understand,” MEP @daniel_freund told The Brussels Times.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/540267/nothing-ever-happens-eu-not-doing-enough-to-tackle-corruption-poll-shows

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666380776831606784

RT @alemannoEU: 🆘 Suspending Hungary’s EU presidency isn’t a sanction, it’s a precaution.

In this Op-ed for @POLITICOEurope I explain why.

https://www.politico.eu/article/suspend-hungary-eu-presidency-sanction-precaution/ #EUCO

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666359342835068928

"Blocking Hungary’s presidency isn’t about sanctioning Orbán — it’s about preserving the bloc’s operation and good governance."

-@alemannoEU
https://www.politico.eu/article/suspend-hungary-eu-presidency-sanction-precaution/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666358932598603778

6 months after QatarGate only 2 of 14 reforms of Roberta Metsola are in force 🟢 We have to clean up faster! Urgently missing:
🔴 independent enforcement of lobby rules by an EU Ethics Body
🔴 all MEPs publish their lobby meetings
🔴 MEPs' disclose their assets
our analysis 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666087130588921857

Putin is a war criminal. And yet, there is still one EU member state whose government is making energy deals with him.

What a shame.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666007667939082241

RT @alemannoEU: 4. Rather than a new independent authority in charge of monitoring, investigating and sanctioning any departures from the ethics rules, the forthcoming proposal is likely to merely act as an advisory body with no enforcement powers.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666003206780907520

RT @alemannoEU: 3. The creation of an EU Ethics Body, which was already foreseen before the scandal broke, has not only been delayed further but it also appears having been weakened to the point of becoming a cosmetic tweak

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/daniel_freund/status/1666003180507877376