Often, EU politics can feel abstract and remote. But even before this cycle started, we’ve seen how deregulation can affect ordinary people and national activists. From the devastating effects of the 2024 floods in East and South Spain, to the growing reckoning of the massive eternal pollution of water and soil due to PFAS production, deregulation has already been ndangering our lives and our environment. If the EU keeps its deregulation course, it will knowingly accelerate these impacts.
In November 2024, EU Commission kickstarted a broad deregulation cycle, beginning with a direct challenge to human rights legislation and sustainability reporting requirements. That initiative’s name quickly became the new buzzword in Brussels and beyond: Omnibus.
This webinar is the perfect opportunity to discuss how EU institutions have bent their process to fast-track the Omnibus, and cleared up the path to its adoption by limiting input from other co-legislators.
Together with international activists, experts from trade unions and NGOs, we will take a look at the example set by this Omnibus, at its possible consequences, and discuss how we can all contribute to mitigating the damage.
Moderator:
- Alban Grosdidier, Corporate accountability campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe.
Speakers:
- Nicholas Omonuk, Ugandan climate justice activist
- Anna Leitner, Campaigner for resources at GLOBAL 2000 – Friends of the Earth Austria
- Antoine Julienne, Policy officer at ECCJ – European Coalition for Corporate Justice
Agenda
12.00 – 12.10 Welcome and intro
Laura Hieber & Alban Grosdidier, Friends of the Earth Europe
12.40 – 13.10 Open Floor
Questions from the audience and discussion
13.10 – 13.30 Conclusions & goodbye
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