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Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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<\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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  1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
  11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

    Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n


                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n
                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                  \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

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                                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                      Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

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                                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                          Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

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                                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                              Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                  These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                  Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                      Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                      Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                          Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                          Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                              \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                              Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                  \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                      Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                      \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                                          They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                          \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                                              A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                              \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                                                  It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                  \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                      The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                      \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                              Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              \"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Atelier avec des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"workshop-with-meps-on-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4296","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"}; \n

                                                                                                                                                                                              commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                              \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                                  Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                  5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                    11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Flyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                        11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                                          Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                          5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                            11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"11 EU MEPS call on the Libyan Government to Investigate Mass Graves","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"11-eu-meps-call-on-the-libyan-government-to-investigate-mass-graves-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:39","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4103","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4296,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-10 10:48:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7450,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-03-22 05:40:00","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Environmental advocates have warned that fossil fuel interests are attacking climate accountability litigation and pursuing a strategy that would destroy all future prospects for such cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Over 200 advocacy groups have urged Democratic representatives to \u201cproactively and affirmatively\u201d oppose any attempt by the industry to obtain immunity from litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cWe have reason to believe that the fossil fuel industry and its allies will use the chaos and overreach of the new Trump administration to attempt yet again to \u2026 shield themselves from facing consequences for their decades of pollution and deception,\u201d delivers a letter to Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The letter was signed by 195 environmental groups, such as the Earthjustice and Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club, legal non-profits, including the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and numerous other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              During the last decade, states and municipalities have filed more than 30 lawsuits blaming Big Oil for concealing the climate risks of its products and pursuing potentially billions in damages. There has been limited success in killing the cases by the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              With Republicans now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, advocates worry that the industry may seek total immunity from all current and future climate-related lawsuits. To achieve this, they might push for a liability waiver similar to the one awarded to the firearms industry in 2005, which has effectively prevented most efforts to hold it accountable for violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              \u201cLawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,\u201d wrote the missive, addressed to House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fossil fuel firms have competed for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years. Republican officials, economists, and oil companies proposed legal liability for a carbon tax in 2017, claiming the industry could not weather both. Documents subpoenaed by the Senate show that Exxon threatened to leave the council when the council abandoned the waiver proposal two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Later, a waiver was included in a draft of the COVID-19 spending package in 2020, but it was later removed, Drilled found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              This waiver would only be approved by the Senate with supermajority backing, which would need some Democratic support. In a January interview, Michael Gerrard, a climate law expert from Columbia University, stated that it is \u201chard to envision\" achieving bipartisan support. Advocates are concerned that oil companies might persuade officials to once again subtly include the proposal in a larger, essential piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              During his campaign, Trump vowed to \"put an end to frivolous lawsuits from environmental extremists.\" Recently, a rightwing think tank initiated a campaign aimed at combating lawsuits from \u201cradical climate groups,\" labeling it the \"greatest threat\" to Donald Trump\u2019s energy policy, according to E&E News. This think tank is associated with Leonard Leo, recognized as a key figure in the Federalist Society, which has played a significant role in the ultraconservative transformation of the American judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Last year, groups associated with Leo initiated another campaign described by one expert as \u201cunprecedented\u201d to persuade the supreme court to protect oil companies from lawsuits. This week and in January, the high court rejected their request. On Monday, a truck parked outside a significant fossil fuel conference in Houston cautioned that \u201clawfare and anti-energy laws are threatening America\u2019s pro-consumer energy dominance,\u201d referring to an op-ed from a group connected to Leo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Oil companies are also concerned about another development: \u201cclimate superfund\u201d bills pointed to making big polluters pay for climate action. Oil lobby groups and red states are challenging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              the laws. <\/p>\n","post_title":"Fossil fuel giants intensify lobbying to seek immunity from climate lawsuits","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fossil-fuel-giants-intensify-lobbying-to-seek-immunity-from-climate-lawsuits","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-23 05:44:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7450","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":6755,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_date_gmt":"2023-08-07 14:06:10","post_content":"\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              \u00a9 IBI World Limited<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo va jouer dans le d\u00e9sert, dans un championnat qui, dans son ensemble, ne vaut pas la somme de l'AC Milan et de l'Inter Milan, avec un nombre de spectateurs comparable au championnat hongrois, avec pour seul d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 international de jouer une coupe continentale contre les champions d'Ouzb\u00e9kistan, de Chine, du Japon et d'Afghanistan - une coupe asiatique d'o\u00f9 s'enfuient les \u00e9quipes de pays comme Isra\u00ebl, l'Arm\u00e9nie, l'Azerba\u00efdjan et la G\u00e9orgie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Quel est l'objectif des Arabes ? Il y a une vingtaine d'ann\u00e9es, les Chinois ont \u00e9galement essay\u00e9 de faire grandir leur ligue en achetant des entra\u00eeneurs et des footballeurs c\u00e9l\u00e8bres en Europe, et le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 le m\u00eame que dans la premi\u00e8re ancienne ligue am\u00e9ricaine avec Pel\u00e9 et Chinaglia : la faillite. La diff\u00e9rence, c'est qu'en Arabie, un quart de la ligue arabe appartient \u00e0 l'\u00c9tat (avec les probl\u00e8mes de p\u00e2tisseries que je te laisse imaginer), que le march\u00e9 int\u00e9rieur des spectateurs (m\u00eame en perspective) n'a strictement aucune importance : la ligue saoudienne est con\u00e7ue comme une ligue de vieilles gloires qui, pour les spectateurs de l'Occident, permettent \u00e0 Ronaldo et autres de jouer efficacement, dans une chor\u00e9graphie impressionnante, presque jusqu'\u00e0 leurs 50 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cela signifie qu'il s'agit d'une op\u00e9ration politique d'une th\u00e9ocratie qui, \u00e0 l'aide de milliards de p\u00e9trole, cherche \u00e0 obtenir l'attention positive des peuples de l'Occident - car elle a appris que 62 % des spectateurs de catch am\u00e9ricain r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger et que le march\u00e9 europ\u00e9en, pour le football am\u00e9ricain, est devenu si important, qu'il a convaincu la ligue de jouer certains des matchs les plus importants de chaque saison en Angleterre ou en Allemagne. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, l'Europe n'est plus centrale, mais sur le plan culturel, elle continue de l'\u00eatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cette ligue des \"Mille et une nuits\" est n\u00e9e parce que d'autres strat\u00e9gies dans le domaine du sport s'av\u00e8rent inefficaces : les pays du Golfe paient des milliards pour accueillir les finales des coupes nationales de pays comme la France et l'Italie, mais cela est tr\u00e8s mal per\u00e7u par le public. Les monarchies du Golfe poss\u00e8dent les clubs les plus forts d'Europe, mais le public s'en moque, le PSG est l'\u00e9quipe des Parisiens, et l'esprit de clocher anglais est encore plus prononc\u00e9. La Coupe du monde au Qatar a \u00e9t\u00e9 un but publicitaire contre son camp, faire venir la Formule 1, le cyclisme et m\u00eame le hockey sur glace n'a rien d\u00e9plac\u00e9 d'autre que des montagnes d'argent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Le championnat arabe avec Cristiano Ronaldo est n\u00e9, parce que les th\u00e9ocraties arabes ont frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 de nouvelles portes : celles de ceux qui, dans le monde entier, d\u00e9cident de ce qui doit \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et de ce qui, au contraire, sombre dans l'oubli. Il y a une chose qui se passe sans que le public s'en rende compte : chaque jour, depuis un quart de si\u00e8cle, dans les bureaux d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 presque inconnue appel\u00e9e IMG, le sort du sport mondial est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 : le padel devient une discipline olympique et la boxe est exclue. IMG d\u00e9cide de tout, car elle d\u00e9tient les droits de commercialisation exclusifs des Jeux olympiques, du football international et de la distribution t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e de plus de 2 000 \u00e9v\u00e9nements sportifs de niveau mondial et de plus du double de comp\u00e9titions d'int\u00e9r\u00eat national.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              De gauche \u00e0 droite : Ari Emmanuel, PDG d'Endeavor, responsable du sport mondial, et son meilleur ami, Elon Musk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              IMG, qui fait partie du groupe multinational am\u00e9ricain Endeavor, d\u00e9cide que le motocyclisme, dans lequel ne concourent presque plus que des Italiens et des Espagnols, continuera \u00e0 passer \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision. Elle repr\u00e9sente les droits de milliers de sportifs des disciplines les plus disparates, en veillant \u00e0 leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats au-del\u00e0 des procurations - elle ne se pr\u00e9occupe pas seulement de leur faire gagner beaucoup d'argent, mais aussi de construire autour d'eux une comp\u00e9tition qui renforce leur valeur m\u00e9diatique - une voie indiqu\u00e9e il y a plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle par le catch et qui, imparable, s'\u00e9tend \u00e0 toutes les autres disciplines : il suffit de voir l'effet de Leo Messi sur le championnat de football am\u00e9ricain. L'Inter Miami de David Beckham est dernier du championnat, puis Messi arrive, au petit trot, sans que personne n'ose lui donner une bousculade pour lui prendre le ballon - et marque au moins deux buts par match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Est-ce que IMG se f\u00e2che parce qu'ils ne les laissent pas jouer dans la super ligue europ\u00e9enne ? Alors d\u00e9pla\u00e7ons la montagne vers Muhammad : faisons venir les meilleurs joueurs du monde pour jouer en Arabie saoudite. Parce que, de temps en temps, IMG tombe amoureux d'un projet, sur la base d'un seul crit\u00e8re : une discipline, aussi \u00e9trange soit-elle, combien de spectateurs d\u00e9place-t-elle ? Quel est son caract\u00e8re spectaculaire si elle est t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e ? Combien de sponsors garantit-elle ? Ne vous m\u00e9prenez pas : je ne suis pas l\u00e0 pour d\u00e9fendre la gloire de la lutte gr\u00e9co-romaine, je comprends l'attrait du kick-boxing ; la Formule 1 \u00e9lectrique m'effraie (\u00e0 cause du bruit) mais elle est tout aussi ennuyeuse que la Formule 1 turbocompress\u00e9e de Verstappen et Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Nous voici face \u00e0 un autre changement structurel profond de ce que nous avions consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme beau et immuable : la population mondiale suit ce qu'elle per\u00e7oit comme tel - et au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait de l'\u00e9quipe locale, peu importe qu'elle soit forte ou faible. Ensuite, nous sommes pass\u00e9s \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui soutiennent celui qui gagne (et qui doit donc continuer \u00e0 gagner quoi qu'il arrive), comme en t\u00e9moignent les r\u00e8gles financi\u00e8res de l'UEFA et de la FIFA qui prot\u00e8gent les clubs riches contre les clubs plus faibles. Maintenant, nous passons \u00e0 des matchs ouvertement pilot\u00e9s - comme la lutte. Le pari d'IMG et de la monarchie saoudienne est qu'une ligue folle de vieux, dans laquelle Cristiano Ronaldo marque des buts m\u00eame apr\u00e8s que son andropause soit souhaitable, sera achet\u00e9e par les t\u00e9l\u00e9visions du monde entier, et aura des fans de clubs qui sont aujourd'hui la ris\u00e9e de tous et ne s'affronteront jamais avec ceux des vraies ligues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Il s'agit d'une exp\u00e9rience. Comme beaucoup d'exp\u00e9riences des amis d'Elon Musk - oui, car le fondateur et dirigeant d'Endeavor, Ari Emmanuel, est aussi l'un de ses amis les plus s\u00fbrs. Si, comme je le crois, nous verrons soudain Youtube fourmiller de buts arabes et des t\u00e9l\u00e9visions priv\u00e9es proposer des matchs en direct, alors nous saurons que j'ai pr\u00e9dit la bonne chose.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Le football arabe, enfant de la sportocratie am\u00e9ricaine","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"le-football-arabe-enfant-de-la-sportocratie-americaine","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:34:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=6755","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4283,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-17 21:11:05","post_content":"\n


                                                                                                                                                                                                              Petition: CALL ON THE LIBYAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE MASS GRAVES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, express our deep concern about the recent reports of uncovering yet another mass grave in the city of Tarhouna in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Government of National Accord (GNA) says it uncovered 27 mass graves in the country since June. In 2015, the al-Kani militia, known as Kaniyat, took control of the town, where according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>, 2338 residents have been reported missing since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The al-Kani militia is supported by forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by countries such as the UAE, and by mercenaries such as the Wagner Group, which is made of mercenaries from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              According to Human Rights Watch, the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              To this end<\/strong>, we call on the European Union and the GNA to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. The GNA should investigate what happened to the missing residents.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. The EU should provide forensics experts and conduct DNA testing to help with the GNA\u2019s gravesite investigations.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. The EU should pressure parties to the conflict including countries that support them such as the UAE and mercenaries such as the Wagner Group to leave Libya immediately.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                              4. The EU should support political dialogue between Libyan parties to the conflict and make sure that those responsible for these crimes are held accountable.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                              5. Libyan warring parties should put the interests of their country first and end all forms of hostilities which would only increase civilian casualties.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Yours sincerely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Traian B\u0102SESCU, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Juan Fernando L\u00d3PEZ AGUILAR, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Margrete AUKEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. \u00d6zlem Alev Demirel, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. Ivan \u0160TEFANEC, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                6. Giuliano PISAPIA, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                7. Ivan Vilibor SIN\u010cI\u0106, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                8. Rados\u0142aw SIKORSKI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                9. Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                10. Dietmar K\u00d6STER, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                11. Nikolaj VILLUMSEN, Member of the European Parliament.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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