Born 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪, adopted 🇧🇪 = 🇪🇺. Secretary General of @forfinancewatch. Views my own, RT≠endorsement
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What happens to @alexstubb currently happens to many consumers across the EU. They are surprised by additional customs fees. According to EU consumer law though, these costs must be indicated on the seller's website. Time to enforce the rules.
2 May 2021
Bought two bicycle saddles online. Did not notice they would be shipped from the UK. Cost of the saddles 400 euros. Cost of customs fees 127 euros. Time spent sorting it out 60 minutes. Reminder why it is great that the EU is a customs union and we avoid this cost and hassle.
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
🦟🔦 FREE anti-mosquito lasers! 👇We often receive complaints about mosquitoes and asian hornets, especially in green neighborhoods. Therefore, starting today, we are installing special lasers that deter these insects - RT this video = 1 free laser!👇
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Spannende Untersuchung des @forfinancewatch Mitglieds @DezernatZ Welchen Nutzen hinsichtlich Arbeitsplatzsicherung entfalten eigentlich verschiedene Wirtschaftssubventionen?
Paper 🚨: Wie effizient sind die 60 Mrd. Unternehmenssubventionen im #Bundeshaushalt? Gute Frage, die die BReg jeweils neu beantworten sollte. Bislang fehlt dafür ein Indikator. Wir haben einen gebastelt und messen damit bang for the buck im Haushalt. 🧵/1
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I am excited to start as Secretary General at @forfinancewatch today!
There is still so much to do to ensure finance really meets the needs of societies, improves their living conditions and their democracies.
Happy new beginnings in 2026! 🎉🎊🏦💶
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27 Oct 2025
Some personal news today 🤩
27 Oct 2025
A new era at Finance Watch! @ibuscke will be Secretary General from 1 Jan 2026. With deep EU policy and public interest advocacy experience, she’ll help advance a financial system that serves society. Our deepest thanks to outgoing SG @BenLallemand! 🤝 #FinanceWatch #Leadership
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
17 Sep 2025
Join our evening discussion on the future of digital commerce in Europe!
We will explore how the EU can create a regulatory environment focused on competitiveness and the European way of doing e-Commerce: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
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26 May 2025
*Reminder*
🫵 Ich suche zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Referent:in für mein Team in Brüssel - unbefristet!
📌 Schwerpunkte: Verbraucherrecht, Finanzmarkt- und Lebensmittelpolitik, ggf. weitere.
📝 Jetzt noch bis 9. Juni bewerben! vzbv.de/referentin-bruessel
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
20 Mar 2025
✈️ Did you know that 85% of passengers could be deprived of their right to compensation in case of delays or cancellations? Discover how with our factsheet 👇
beuc.eu/factsheets/revision-…
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10 Mar 2025
RT @Caffar3Cristina: Former chief advisor to U.S. Trade Minister Tai, Beth Baltzan, on the opportunity that being ditched by America create…
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
27 Feb 2025
Meet our newly elected Steering Committee!
🇪🇺@ibuscke (EU co-chair,@vzbv_brussels), Karin Breck (@fbrtaenk), Tomaso Falchetta (@privacyint), @arcapde (@beuc)
🇺🇸@SusanKWeinstock (US co-chair, @ConsumerFed), @LG_Rocket(@uspirg), Ira Rheingold (NACA), @Rob_Weissman (@Public_Citizen)
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
17 Dec 2024
Great report from our 🇸🇪 member @SvKonsumenter about the prevalence of dark patterns when unsubscribing! They looked at 20 popular media services (Netflix, Disney , Aftonbladet...) & found all used dark patterns to turn unsubscribing into a field race ⬇️
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Do your research. (Or ask your AI to do it.)
The CFPB has returned almost $20 billion to consumers from wrongdoing banks and financial corporations.
CFPB is a model of efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
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27 Nov 2024
Happy to see that Consumer Protection is now part of your title. 440 million consumers in the EU deserve this. Looking forward to advancing consumer policy with you and your team!
27 Nov 2024
Following the approval of the European Parliament today, I am honoured to be a member of the new European Commission that comes into office on 1 December as Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection.
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
22 Nov 2024
There is a lack of humbleness on the part of economic experts and an unwillingness to take seriously the hardships people face. @IsabellaMWeber on the role of inflation in Trump´s victory 👉 bit.ly/4fYf3Vs
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
14 Nov 2024
🚨NEW: The European Commission has just published the first draft of the Code of Practice for general-purpose #AI model providers.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.e…
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12 Nov 2024
Eine der weiterhin bestehenden Hürden im digitalen Binnenmarkt für Verbraucher:innen: #Geoblocking
12 Nov 2024
Verbotenes Geoblocking bei #Apple? Die @EU_Commission koordiniert ein Verfahren zu Verstößen im App Store. Als Mitglied des Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Networks beteiligen wir uns am Verfahren. 🍏🇪🇺
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Sehr guter Thread. Das Einhalten von Regeln allein ist noch keine gute Politik. Gute Politik bedeutet, im Rahmen der Möglichkeiten das Richtige zu tun.
8 Nov 2024
An der Schuldenbremse gescheitert? Ja, aber anders, als man denkt. Sie erlaubt der Politik, sich hinter ihr zu verstecken, statt für die eigene Politik gerade zu stehen. Ein 🧵:
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Excellent question by @katarinabarley during the @mmcgrathtd hearing: Will the Commissioner-designate tackle the business models of big tech in the announced #DigitalFairnessAct to stop #consumers detriment?
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
25 Oct 2024
Nearly 3 billion people face water scarcity today. Our final report of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water @watercommongood shows how weak economics focused on fixing markets instead of shaping economies, combined with destructive land use practices, have put the global water cycle under unprecedented stress.
Time for a new approach ➡️ watercommission.org
#EconomicsOfWater
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
21 Oct 2024
We have found maladministration in @EU_Commission failure to meet legal deadlines for preparing authorisation decisions concerning dangerous chemicals.
Decisions take 14.5 months on average despite 3-month deadline, with the chemicals remaining in use during the process.
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Isabelle Buscke @ibuscke@eupolicy.social retweeted
21 Oct 2024
TikTok executives' (unredacted) chats about TikTok's deceptive design and damage to kids revealed by US investigation.
Why did the Data Protection Commission's 2021-2023 investigation miss all of this?
What we are doing is not working.
Clip below from @RTE_PrimeTime
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