Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000345/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Gerald Hauser (PfE)
Germany funded Gates Foundation projects to the tune of EUR 600 million in taxpayers’ money in 2023 – an example of public-private partnerships supporting the Western elites. Cooperation between politicians and US foundations, such as the Gates or Rockefeller Foundations, raises questions about sovereignty and transparency. The EU plays a key role in promoting such projects through partnerships like the one between the World Economic Forum and the United Nations. This raises the question of how the EU ensures these funds safeguard European interests and are not undermined by the influence of private actors like Gates.
- 1.How does the Commission protect its policies from the external influence of private US foundations and how is transparency in their funding by EU Member States ensured?
- 2.What criteria and standards are applied in the selection of cooperation projects with private foundations and organisations or programmes involving private foundations?
- 3.Which of the cooperation projects between the EU and foundations and NGOs have been evaluated so far and what has been the outcome of these evaluations in terms of their impact and the achievement of the agreed objectives?
Submitted: 27.1.2025