"The timing is impossible to ignore": Stop Killing Games says Ubisoft attended "invitation-only" meeting with EU Commission ahead of response to campaign sparked by The Crew shutdown, but it "was not invited"
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Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/66384776

Official response from EU Commission after attending invite only party hosted by lobbyists, attended by Ubisoft and other corpos

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/document/download/75d642bc-6ff5-4713-b1cf-14f4aaf15869_en?filename=C_2026_4110_EN.pdf

Open letter from SKG addressing EU Commision (aka industry/lobbyist talking points)

https://x.com/StopKilingGames/status/2062131784926519424

Video from YongYea if you’d like to listen to the situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hYar2g3T8

  • ironblossom@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    10 hours ago

    Yes! You should know that if you vote right, you support EC being susceptible to lobbying

    • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      Zwiebel is correct, the EC is not elected by the people but by Parliament (and suggested by EU member states.)

      • flyingSock@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        and national parliament is elected by people. Specifically to make choices delegated to them by the people. Choices such as who to nominate for ec. Vote for better parliament within the nations, get better ec.

        • macniel@feddit.orgEnglish
          4·
          7 hours ago

          sure sure, but the statement of Zwiebel stands true, that the EC isn’t elected by the people.

          • flyingSock@feddit.orgEnglish
            1·
            6 hours ago

            fair enough. I just want to make the differentiation between unelected kings and unellected but appointed through processes that have some fundamental democratic legitimacy. Even if the point can be made that this legitimacy gets dilluted with each level of abstraction.