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Laura Dubois

@lauramdubois.ft.com

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EU correspondent for @financialtimes.com doing investigations and covering migration and internal security

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@henryjfoy.ft.comOct 1, 2026, 7:33 AMReposted by @lauramdubois.ft.com

Donald Trump and US Big Tech CEOs like to dismiss Brussels as a useless, irrelevant & incompetent regulator

But, as @lauramdubois.ft.com reveals in this brilliant investigation, Americans are spending far more time & money lobbying EU institutions than European rivals...

as.ft.com/r/ce01e257-7...

@lauramdubois.ft.comOct 1, 2026, 7:58 AM

Google, Apple and Amazon each have more meetings with EU officials than any single European company, using their outsize influence in Brussels to lobby against the bloc's AI and digital rules.

Data crunching project with @chriscook.news

www.ft.com/content/817f...

@lauramdubois.ft.comSep 24, 2026, 7:10 AM

“The dynamics currently at play in the United States… are likely to compromise several vital interests of Belgium and the European Union," states a leaked diplomatic strategy drafted by the Belgian foreign ministry.

www.ft.com/content/bec2...

@lauramdubois.ft.comSep 15, 2026, 12:47 PM

Read the original investigation here: www.ft.com/content/3cb4...?

@lauramdubois.ft.comSep 15, 2026, 12:47 PM

Luxembourg’s finance ministry has asked the public prosecutor to look into allegations of sanctions circumvention and possible insider trading by ex-managers of Gazprombank, which we reported last month @financialtimes.com

www.ft.com/content/f00d...?

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