The possibilities are indeed great, and this emblem is uplifting as is the sentiment. But too often it is acting just for itself, not for its customers.

And right now, I would not buy its stock.

@EU_Commission

If you care so much about the fediverse, you could at least add a link in your website pointing to here.

To show the world that we exist.

Second you can confirm your profile as authentic.

joinmastodon.org/verification

Verification

Learn how to get verified on Mastodon

^{joinmastodon.org}

Stop supporting the genocide of Gaza.

fucking hypocrites

"Love does not increase after the first day, but it deepens."

What in the holy name of shitty AI copy is this?

Let me start off by saying that I love your coverage of topics related to this social network such as the Digital Markets or Services Act! I think it hits right home with what people on here are interested in the most and the almost live coverage of specific steps (identifying gatekeepers, having them contacted, explaining the consequences of this law, etc.) made this historic piece of legislation all the more engaging, educational, and made me feel as if I was part of the process!

Through analyzing those great posts and what I've liked about them I have made some suggestions about what I believe would help future coverage of new legislation or the EU overall:

Suggestion 1: Generally keeping people up to date

I think keeping people up to date about important legislation such as that is a great way to get people to understand why the EU exists and the importance of participating in elections.

Suggestion 1.1: Legislation Recaps

When it comes to the supply chain act (CSDDD) or the minimum wage directive I'd love similar updates! Additionally, once legislation passes it'd be nice to have some sort of recap of it, such as “this is when the legislation was originally proposed by this working group or this party” and “These reforms, changes, etc. were made over time during this meeting by this or that party”. Just to generally have the majority of people get an understanding of the EU legislation process, the different institutions involved in it as well as a transparency about what parties do what when elected in government! I could see this being done as a thread where a new post gets added when some important change happens with every user being able to scroll up to see all former posts regarding this topic. Replies to your own posts (Threads) are also regarded the exact same as normal posts, so it will be sent to all your followers and show up on your account feed just like a non-thread post.

I know that's a lot of work, especially it's hard to figure out what legislation will interest most people (as there are hundreds of things voted on each day) but generally that'd be a service I'd enjoy!

Suggestion 2: Interactive Posts

Also maybe interactive posts such as polls would be lovely! If there's a legislation you can ask about people's agreement to that legislation with a small explanation what it was and why it was introduced.

Suggestion 2.1 Polls

For example:

“Do you think the DMA would have a positive or negative impact on your daily life?”

“[Explanation of the DMA/DSA + Link to further reading]”

“Poll Option 1: Positive”

“Poll Option 2: Negative”

...and maybe you can ask “what would you change about this law/the EU/etc.”

Suggestion 2.2 Ask me Anythings

Possibly you can get important EU institutions, parties, figure heads, to do “AMAs” (ask me anything) so for a certain time period they'd try to respond to every question sent to them by people on here!

These are a few suggestions and idea I had to make the fediverse both more attractive, the democratic process more transparent, as well as the EU more engaging for people!

@EU_Commission

Déjà deux ans ? Le temps passe vite.

J’ai aussi l’impression que le compte de la Commission européenne est plus un relai de diffusion qu’un moyen d’échanger avec ses membres.

Je me demande qui parmi les membres connaissent le Fediverse.

#Europe #Fediverse

Great to have such official accounts on the #Fediverse!

Main topics IMHO:
✅ reinforced public health and concrete answers to the #ClimateChange crisis
✅ Better protection of workers and better #wellfare against precariousness
✅ To welcome #migrants according to European values and its #humanist principles
✅ A more combative Europe against racisms, especially antisemitism and muslim-hatred politics
✅ Protection of #Ukraine from #Poutine's agenda

#Européennes2024 #LesEcologistes

Ja, be less racist today and lesser still tomorrow. The European problem is racism and resurgent fascism.

Friendly banter.

The EU's federated accounts are very useful to me; I don't use most other social media so I stay up to date here.

I like to see how the EU has come together and how it has spent funds; for example, I liked the black hole research post a few days ago and I would like to see more posts showcasing EU-funded projects (such as NGEU-funded projects).

"If Putin is weaponizing migration, then Europe, in a very real way, is channelling ammunition to him."

opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr…

I think that the European Union has to accept migrants coming through the southern border. There will be more and more people coming as climate changes. We have to accomodate them.

Ignoring it doesn't make it go away. It only makes it worse for everyone.

EU-migration by way of Russia: is Moscow or Brussels to blame?

Fortress Europe’s walls are thickest and deadliest on the southern borders. Some migrants are heading north instead

^{Siraaj al Mughamir (openDemocracy)}

Does every MEP have an option to make their account on EU Mastodon instance?

Is there an easy way to see which ones do and follow them?

It would be neat if the #EU supported local communities such as small towns, counties, etc., to stand up their #fediverse instances, on which the local population could self-organize.

It has been shown, that a loosely connected network of networks is more beneficial than trying to connect every people on the same platform as in centralized social networks.

We need to transform the citizens of the EU into digital Europeans, not exploitees of American megacorporations.

How about campaigning against countries that are committing Genocide, instead of supplying them with weapons?

How about condemning Netanyahu for the war crimes he is committing, instead of allowing the EC president Ursula von der Leyen
to go on unscheduled arse-kissing visits to Israel ?

How about stopping Germany from a new chapter in Genocide Denial ?

#Gazagenocide #Gaza #Palestine

Von der Leyen accused of ‘unacceptable bias’ toward Israel
politico.eu/article/von-der-le…

Von der Leyen accused of ‘unacceptable bias’ toward Israel

European Commission president’s remarks on Gaza war charged with being out of step with EU foreign ministers.

^{Eddy Wax (POLITICO)}

Linguistic diversity (and messages in a different language than English).

Lingva diverseco 🤗

It's great to finally have a two way communication channel!

I would like to see more on independence from tech giants and privacy + security by design. Less of those weird proposals of scanning everyone's (encrypted) communications. Also everything climate action is welcome!

Hi @EU_Commission, it is great to have you here in the #fediverse on your own trustworthy domain/instance (EU Voice). I don’t ask for much, but you could definitely ‘make this journey even more engaging’ by keeping EU Voice and EU Video alive. Please see this: social.network.europa.eu/@EDPS…
Should not be too difficult to fix that. Thanks!

CC @EDPS
@EC_DIGIT
@EC_Commissioner_Breton