Great write up by @eddywax.bsky.social @euractiv.com of my latest podcast chat (with former European Commission Secretary General, Catheine Day): www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

Need to place a high ranking political aide somewhere in the civil service? Just create a new directorate! www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Cracking scoop on #Frontex by my ace Euractiv colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social She is a scoop machine. If you're not following her, what's wrong with you!? www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

Still way too much US news on here

One wall in Brussels shows how Europe has changed in one year. From federalist mural to private banking advert

Who ombuds the ombudsman? Go read. Via @eddywax.bsky.social and @elisabraun.bsky.social

There's internal dissent at the EU ethics watchdog after the boss Teresa Anjinho promoted her head of cabinet to the office's most senior position, secretary general. Read our scoop here. www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

Rapporteur is out: today I write about the Ukraine funding option no one in the EU wants to talk about - simply giving Ukraine money www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

There are two views on what the European summit on Thursday means for Mercosur. Macron, Costa, Stocker say there was a mere technical step On the other Merz and now Kallas - as we exclusively reported - claim that a significant political step happened www.euractiv.com/news/kallas-...

Diplomats with chainsaws: “Simplification” has overtaken the political agenda in Brussels. We look ahead to the leaders’ summit on Thursday and discover that special Simplification diplomats are working overtime to slash eu laws www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Rapporteur is out! When Maroš Šefčovič announces the Commission’s 2026 policy agenda, its grandiose title “Europe’s Independence Moment” is unlikely to convince anyone www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Today’s Rapporteur is out Read it here👇 www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

#EUPolitics: Once, twice, three times? #Metsola said to eye another term as EP president, by @eddywax.bsky.social, and Sarantis Michalopoulos | Euractiv www.euractiv.com/news/once-tw...

Could Roberta Metsola be in line for an unprecedented third term as EU parliament president? It’s what everyone is talking about. What would it mean for the socialists and Costa…? Read our story. www.euractiv.com/news/once-tw...

Overheard in Strasbourg: " C'est incro-fucking-yable putain"

“Babiš emphatically repeated that his first cabinet meeting will officially reject the European migration pact, European carbon emissions trading scheme, and focus funding on social security and health care rather than support for Ukraine”

The Brief – French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’

French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’ My column on how French domestics politics is setting the agenda for the EU www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...

🚨 Scoop: The EU Commission is rushing to save its annulled deal with Morocco covering Western Sahara. Leaked docs show Brussels plans to swap Sahrawi consent for “verifiable benefits,” let Moroccan customs certify goods, and apply the deal before MEPs vote - a move insiders call a “fait accompli.”

🚨Who killed the Brussels effect? we ask in today's edition of Rapporteur, my new European politics newsletter. Also: the 5 Minute MEP, Justus Lipsius building scoop, an exclusive interview with Palestine's former PM, and the latest on MFF talks. www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Important : why are European debates so boring ? www.euractiv.com/news/pre-wri... @eddywax.bsky.social

We dug into the EU's big announcement of a Palestine Donor Group. The Commisison has been pushing to get Gulf and Arab countries on board for over a year and are now in talks with the Saudis. Will it launch as promised next month? www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...

Just chatting to wife a notable difference btwn life in Argentina and Spain. Here in Spain there are almost no Jews in public life. In the PP there's Levy and Bendodo and that's it. In Arg. there are Jewish intellectuals, artists, journos, taxi drivers, you name it... there's Jewish Args doing it

🚨 Why did the S&D group quietly readmit two MEPs whom the Belgians still want to question over Qatargate? www.euractiv.com/news/qatarga...

🚨Follow Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech on our liveblog. We have a dozen reporters analysing every word: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Today the Brussels Playbook followed up on our reporting about @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu’s conspicuous absence on Friday

Where is Teresa Ribera? The role of EU competition chief used to be one of the most prominent and punchy in the EU. On Friday the announcement of a €3 billion fine against Google didn't even merit a press conference. We ask why in today's newsletter: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

A developing majority in support of banning Russian oil and gas imports could be bad news for hold-outs Hungary and Slovakia | by @nkurmayer.bsky.social www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

Via @eddywax.bsky.social and @elisabraun.bsky.social

⚡️ Europe sends team to Washington to work on Russia sanctions, EU Council chief says. "We are working with the U.S. and other partners to intensify our pressure through additional sanctions, both direct and secondary sanctions," European Council President Antonio Costa said.

How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

A souring split inside the EU Commission on Gaza: Ursula von der Leyen's presidential spokespersons service slapped down Teresa Ribera for saying Israel was guilty of genocide www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

EU countries inch towards Russian oil and gas ban

Israel calls EU’s Ribera ‘Hamas mouthpiece’ after genocide accusation “The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe’s failure to act,” Ribera said www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

The more I think about it the more I think Macron could do the unthinkable and nominate Bardella as PM next week, after Bayrou inevitably falls. I could be proven utterly wrong. But Macron is known for his surprises – and has few cards left. There's a creeping inevitability of RN taking over (1)

Good story about the resurrection of the French socialist party – or is it only a temporary one?

Back in Brussels 🇪🇺

I report on the latest twists and turns on Ukraine’s EU membership in today’s The Capitals newsletter Some countries are talking about changing the rules to get past Orbán’s veto www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

The country has gone quite mad.

Shortly after this interview, Douglas Carswell blocked me on Twitter... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Craziest moment of my three days in Copenhagen was witnessing an entire office of people eating lunch in the canteen at 11:25 AM. LUNCH!

Today’s newsletter ! www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Today's newsletter!

Brussels blames Russia for interference attack on von der Leyen’s plane

Alain Hutchinson, the liaison between Brussels and international institutions, said expats can chill out over the crime wave in the city. "These incidents don't happen where the international civil servants live and work" but in "rotten" parts of the city, he said www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

www.euractiv.com/section/poli... Gaza is the "primary focus' of the European Commission - well at least, according to the four commissioners out of 27 who want more action to pressure Israel

Russia's threat-maker-in-chief has issued another, yes, threat. This time to Austria: it must not join NATO. www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-r...

Lucid and hopeful stuff despite the utter horror of it all on.ft.com/3Vo4r9Q The battle for the soul of Israel