Finnish centre-right MEP Aura Salla was appointed legislative lead on 11 February
Finnish centre-right MEP Aura Salla was appointed legislative lead on 11 February (Source: European Parliament)

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NGOs want ex-Meta MEP removed from EU digital rules relaxation

By Owen Carpenter-Zehe,

Transparency and lobbying watchdogs have called for MEP Aura Salla to be removed as a lead European Parliament legislator on the controversial Digital Omnibus proposal, due to her former employment as a lobbyist for the US Big Tech giant Meta.

Salla is a Finnish centre-right politician with the European People’s Party elected in 2024, but before arriving in Brussels, she worked as the director of the EU public policy at Meta from 2020 to 2023.

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Finnish centre-right MEP Aura Salla was appointed legislative lead on 11 February (Source: European Parliament)

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter covering technology and European politics at EUobserver. He is from the United States and has studied journalism in Sweden and the US.