📍The first review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation confirms that Europe has the right tools to defend fair competition. 👉🏼The FSR is working to address distortive foreign subsidies and preserve a level playing field across the Single Market. 1/2 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

👉"The road to Commission 2.0: DGs shake-up, fewer turf wars, better careers" @contexte.com brings you five key takeaways from the Commission staff recommendations set to shape the reform. W/ @sophdupuy.bsky.social share.google/2iShuln4xvVt...

🔴 @contexte.com publishes 400 pages of staff recommendations to reshape how the Commission recruits, organises itself and deploys resources. Official Commission report scheduled for November. With @gnppn.fr & @sophdupuy.bsky.social !! Here is what you need to know ⤵️ www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...

❗ Public procurement: The Commission’s plan to boost “Made in Europe” and allow the exclusion of high-risk companies 📌 The draft regulation revising public procurement rules makes it easier for public buyers to rely on EU preference criteria. 1/ www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe...

In @contexte.com today: 👉🇫🇷&🇪🇸 EU staff urge Commission to drop nationality-based recruitment quotas 👉EU formally names Russia, China as biggest threats: document shows 👉Public procurement: Brussels' plan to boost "Made in Europe" & ease exclusion of 🇨🇳 firms 👉MEPs to discuss PfE’s misuse of EU funds

🔴 Du nouveau sur le budget de l'UE dans @contexte.com ce matin 👉Sébastien Lecornu écrit aux Régions pour tenter de les rassurer 👉 Avalanche d'amendements au règlement sur les plans nationaux au Parlement 🇪🇺 👉 la présidence 🇮🇪 confirme mettre l'accent sur les ressources propres

‼️Today in @contexte.com: Spain's Cristina Lobillo joins von der Leyen’s cabinet as clean transition advisor And much more🧐: 👉MFF: MEPs propose flood of amendments to the national plans regulation 👉EP plenary trial extended, with changes 👉 vote on investigation into far-right ESN on 7/7 ...

🚨 In @contexte.com: Member State experts to question EPSO on 1 July over civil service recruitment and its plans to manage the record number of applicants for its AD5 competition. This comes after EPSO announced a new exam timeline on Instagram on 29 June www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe... 1/3

The review of the Public Procurement Act has ultimately been postponed to September. Until last Sunday, it was scheduled for 1 July. On Sunday, it was moved to July 22. It has now been pushed back to September 9, to allow for 'more visibility,' according to Séjourné's team.

👀Public procurement review postponed from July 1 to July 22, according to a draft agenda seen by @contexte.com

📃🔴Document - « Accélérateur industriel : la préférence européenne à la sauce RN plutôt alignée sur celle des groupes centraux du Parlement 🇪🇺 » Contexte publie le texte de M. Androuët, rapporteure « pour avis » en commission ENVI au Parlement européen 👀 www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

«Influence 🇫🇷 à Bruxelles : ce que disent les chiffres» @contexte.com a recensé les fonctionnaires par nationalité, dans les instit. de l'UE Pour la 🇫🇷, la présence est conforme aux obj. fixés par l’UE L'🇩🇪est sous-représentée mais truste des postes clés www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...

Confirmed! The April scoop by @contexte.com on the departure of von der Leyen’s Green Deal advisor is now official.

❗ New: Summit draft signals 🇪🇺 ‘readiness to step up’ role in 🇺🇦 peace talks during 18 June summit. Leaders may signal their willingness to support talks while condemning 🇷🇺 “increasingly aggressive & reckless behaviour towards EU member states”, according to draft European Council conclusions. 🧵

💸🇪🇺 La Commission européenne évalue les revenus de trois possibles nouvelles recettes pour le budget européen : Taxes sur les services numériques, sur les jeux de hasard en ligne et sur les cryptoactifs. 👉 À lire dans le briefing Pouvoirs @contexte.com de ce matin

🇪🇺🇨🇳 Alors qu'une séquence sur la Chine s'ouvre à Bruxelles, l'UE est-elle prête à monter d'un cran dans sa réponse commerciale à Pékin ? À la veille d'une réunion sur la Chine à la Commission, analyse des enjeux avec @annahbrt.bsky.social pour @contexte.com 👇 www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...

🚨New Commission agenda: - orientation debate on ETS review on 24/06 -energy package moved from 10/06 to 22/07

In @contexte.com 👉 "Commission’s charm offensive leaves industry unconvinced" Despite a flurry of promises to bring business into EU policymaking, many industry representatives say its corporate outreach remains heavy on optics and light on results. www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...

💥 Eickhout: "I have decided today to resign as Member of the European Parliament and as co-chair of the European Green Group"

👉Ditte Juul Jørgensen to move to DG Trade

🚨The Commission is set to announce today that France’s Céline Gauer will succeed Ditte Juul Jørgensen as Director-General for Energy (DG ENER). The latter has just informed her staff of the move — according to several sources.

🗓️Save the dates: the Commissioners' debate on China returns 29/05. An "orientation debate" on public procurement is set for 03/06. The revision is now expected 01/07. And ETS revision now scheduled for 15/07.

👀EU ambassadors are preparing for the possibility of validating the loan to Ukraine during this Wednesday's Coreper. Viktor Orban has suggested he is ready to lift his veto if oil transit is restored as promised by Kyiv. However, nothing is certain yet, warn cautious diplomats

🏮According to a draft calendar seen by @contexte.com, the Commission: 👉 plans its ETS review for 07/07 👉 will postpone its energy package from 19/05 to 10/06 (electrification action plan & energy security review). Also added to the schedule: 🧵

🔴Info Contexte - Le conseiller Green Deal d’Ursula von der Leyen, Peter van Kemseke, sur le départ. Selon quatre sources informées à la Commission, le Belge, diplomate de métier, devrait prendre le poste d’ambassadeur de l’UE à Oslo, en Norvège, autour du mois de septembre.

Ursula @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu also announced: - an EU-wide coordination of member states' gas storage filling and of oil stock releases - updated ETS benchmarks - quicker adoption (by the summer) of the grid package - new target on electrification

[email protected] just announced a new temporary State aid framework to be adopted "this month" to deal with high energy prices — consultation with Member States to start "this week.

Teresa Ribera told the FT in January that her preferred option was to appoint "a woman" 🤔

I warmly welcome Anthony Whelan as the new Director-General of DG COMP at the European Commission. Anthony brings deep experience in European policymaking and a strong understanding of how our rules serve citizens, innovation and fair markets. 1/5

‼️ The situation in the Middle East is disrupting the EU Commissioners’ agenda : they will hold a debate on the war and its consequences (energy, supply chains, internal security...) next Monday. A debate on China that had been planned has been postponed to a later date.

❗️In @contexte.com: S&D's draft measures to boost the group’s governance & visibility. Among the proposals is a push to improve compliance with voting instructions by encouraging MEPs to flag disagreements with the group line early ✍️by @sophdupuy.bsky.social www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe... 1/2

🎙️ 🔴 @contexte.com interview with Antonio Costa on the need to: * find a legal response to Orbán’s unprecedented Ukraine veto * wrap up budget talks by the end of the year to avoid economic troubles By @sophdupuy.bsky.social @ancagurzu.bsky.social & @jslefebvre.bsky.social

🔴 Missing: The #REPowerEU proposal to phase out remaining Russian oil imports has disappeared from the latest Commission agenda. It was previously scheduled for 15/04🛢️

The EU introduced a gas price cap that was never triggered during the energy crisis. Now Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is looking to bring it back amid the Iran war and the growing calls to lower power bills. Read more 👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Teresa Ribera on Ursula von der Leyen: "It's fair to say that maybe it was not the most adequate way to express herself". The international law "is a key element" for the EU.

🗞️ Tiny scoop : Ursula von der Leyen is set to lose her senior adviser on legal affairs, migration and rule of law. Charmaine Hili will soon leave her job to join former Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo as his chief of staff at the UN Development Programme in New York

⚡🥳 On recrute un journaliste énergie à Paris chez @contexte.com www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies... À la clef : sujets passionnants, rédac indépendante qui bosse hyper bien entre les rubriques, délicieux gâteaux et blagues pourries 🌞

🗞️Le « made in Europe » de S. Séjourné met à nu des fractures idéologiques au sein de l’UE Avec son IAA, le Français savoure une victoire au forceps. Mais la bataille entre partisans d’une souveraineté assumée et gardiens de l’ouverture commerciale se rejouera ! www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...

🔴 Christophe Grudler @grudlerch.bsky.social (Renew 🇫🇷) will be the rapporteur on the Industrial Accelerator Act

EU leaders are not expected to scrap the ETS system at the next summit in two weeks. They "will call for the upcoming review [...] to both reduce volatility and the impact on electricity prices, while preserving the essential role" of the system, according to a preparatory document seen by L'Opinion

[INTERVIEW] Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns In a sit-down interview with @contexte.com, Ursula von der Leyen’s top deputy defended the EU rulebook, pushing back against calls —including from German Chancellor — to ‘deregulate every sector’ www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...

And even more in the first edition of "Power": 👉EU institutions go into crisis mode to handle fallout of Iran conflict 👉Iran-linked drone strikes in Cyprus revive talks on EU defence clause 👉Macron pitches ‘advanced nuclear deterrence’ to European partners And much more 🤸

🔥👀 Also in ContextePower @sophdupuy.bsky.social reports on the S&D seminar today to chart the group’s direction for the rest of the mandate. An internal memo says the aim is to “improve […] collective performance“ at a time when the group’s influence is tested by the Parliament’s shift to the right.

🔴Today in ContextePower : new draft of the Industrial Accelerator Act - with some weakening of the Made in Europe provisions. For now, the text is scheduled for publication on 4/03, but a v long meeting of the heads of cabinet yesterday is set to continue this morning to decide the fate of the text.

🚨 Ursula von der Leyen announces the provisional application of the free trade agreement with Mercosur.

EXPLAINER: What is the Druzhba oil pipeline and why has it held up EU sanctions on Russia? We break down what you need to know about the Soviet-era pipeline, and why it triggered a geopolitical clash that is holding up EU sanctions on Russia and funding for Ukraine👇 www.reuters.com/business/ene...

🗓The new Commission agenda that had leaked is now official: Russian oil ban – 15/04 Orientation debate on China – 13/04 Mobility package – 13/05 Energy package (incl. security) – 19/05

🇸🇪 on the IAA presentation delayed at the Commission "The delay has a positive side: they have sobered up on how much “made in Europe” would have solved the EU’s competitiveness", said Ebba Busch industry and energy minister of Sweden.

IAA : "il est temps d'avoir un texte sur la table maintenant", dit le 🇫🇷 minstre de l'industrie, Sébastien Martin.

"We need a "made WITH Europe" and not a "made IN Europe", said 🇩🇪 Katherina Reiche, at the Competitiveness Council