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Right? Europe has lobbying without payments, as that's called what it is there: bribery.

There are plenty of generous donations for political parties and lucrative board positions for politicians in Europe

See: Germany + Russia in the Merkel era and questions over why the EU remained so very open to Russian energy for so long.

„Gas Gerd“ Schröder was before Merkel.

What? Lobbyists in Brussels have spent over 300 million euros just in 2024[0].

[0]https://www.protothema.gr/files/2025-03-06/ekthesi-lobbying....

Is that not just the salaries of the lobbyists? There's nothing wrong with paying employees to represent your point of view. The scary headline figure is that Meta spent €9m on 18 meetings with the EC... oh no?

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