What it’s not Belgium winning or Germany losing, but Europeans moving forward together? Let’s tone down, and ponder who we are and where we’re going www.politico.eu/article/bart...

What it’s not Belgium winning or Germany losing, but Europeans moving forward together? Let’s tone down, and ponder who we are and where we’re going www.politico.eu/article/bart...

EU governments agree on €90bn joint loan to Ukraine for 2026-27, structured through unprecedented use of enhanced cooperation. 24 member states in, 3 out (HU, CZ, SK). But the constitutional implications are significant. 🧵

EU governments agree on €90bn joint loan to Ukraine for 2026-27, structured through unprecedented use of enhanced cooperation. 24 member states in, 3 out (HU, CZ, SK). But the constitutional implications are significant. 🧵

Is Brussels about to do it again? Word of a deal tonight : Hungary gets €16B in defense loans, drops veto on joint EU debt for Ukraine. But Orbán still hasn’t met the rule-of-law milestones. EU conditionality, once again, up for sale? We’ve seen this movie before. Dec 2023 #EUCO

Today's European Council marks the first gathering of EU leaders facing war from Russia & betrayal from the US It will test national leaders' egoisms while exposing the limits of increasingly intergovernmental decision-making under pressure Europeans (and non-Europeans) are watching #EUCO

Today's European Council marks the first gathering of EU leaders facing war from Russia & betrayal from the US It will test national leaders' egoisms while exposing the limits of increasingly intergovernmental decision-making under pressure Europeans (and non-Europeans) are watching #EUCO

How can the 'CLIMATE' Commissioner defend scrapping the 2035 ban on combustion engines? Just asking as there's NO rationale, be it economic, social or planetary, justifying that U-turn - as not even in the interest of EU automotive industry EUCO www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Belgium's reticence to use Russian frozen assets is political, not legal. Please repeat after me, over and over again EUCO www.politico.eu/article/russ...

🚨 What happens when civil society is pushed aside? Yesterday, @alemanno.bsky.social spoke at the @eapneurope.bsky.social General Assembly, sounding the alarm on democracy in Europe and growing pressure on NGOs - defunded, delegitimised, yet still expected to deliver. 👉 thegoodlobby.eu/ourservices/

As argued ad nauseam, the risk of a successful legal claim against Belgium for using Russian frozen assets over the assets is minimal.  Belgium’s reticence is therefore POLITICAL not legal! #EUCO

At a time Europe should build, it tears itself down www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Most Europeans favourable to use Russian assets, with one exception: the Italians. Why is it so? Here's my take for @euronews.com www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

It’s a dark day for Europe: the EU Parliament quiescently adopted the first Omnibus package aimed at deregulating - not simplifying - the EU, thus self damaging EU regulatory autonomy and caving in to US pressure and that of special interests. Omnibus I will be challenged before Court of Justice

Has your MEP voted for or against the Omnibus I dismantling corporate accountability? Please serve yourself #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD

It’s a dark day for Europe: the EU Parliament quiescently adopted the first Omnibus package aimed at deregulating - not simplifying - the EU, thus self damaging EU regulatory autonomy and caving in to US pressure and that of special interests. Omnibus I will be challenged before Court of Justice

Revisiting the Brussels Effect in an Era of Deregulation Tune it to listen to the latest EU LAW LIVE episode with @anu_bradford and @danielsarmiento.bsky.social eulawlive.com/podcast/

Always irresistible to piggyback on farmers’ protests, even or especially by the pesticide industry - despite they disagree on everything : from Mercosur (industry loves it) to CAP cuts

La semaine du lancement de l'Omnibus qui assouplira les règles régissant la sécurité des denrées alimentaires et des aliments pour animaux, les agriculteurs descendent dans les rues de Bruxelles pour manifester. Et les lobbyistes semblent vouloir exploiter cette colère à leurs propres fins.

Did you know that the Member of the European Parliament in charge of dismantling the Green Deal is also the lobbyist for companies benefiting from this deregulation? Complaint lodged with @president.europarl.europa.eu cc @ombudsman.europa.eu #CSRD #CSDDD

Did you know that the Member of the European Parliament in charge of dismantling the Green Deal is also the lobbyist for companies benefiting from this deregulation? Complaint lodged with @president.europarl.europa.eu cc @ombudsman.europa.eu #CSRD #CSDDD

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social: 'dereguleringsmantra gebruiken om Am. techgiganten en Trump gunstig te stemmen.' www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/b...

The EU was established by the Christian democrats and the Socialists to pursue peace and prosperity, but now we’re departing from those values and goals - says @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu #politico28 @politico.eu

It’s (EU) voters to choose their leaders not the US (administration) - says @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu #politico28 @politico.eu

Finally! 🇪🇺 The EU triggers emergency powers (under Art 122) to permanently immobilize Russian assets to help rebuild what Russia destroyed. This is European sovereignty in action. Europe can be decisive when it matters www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

By relinquishing its regulatory sovereignty, Europe becomes precisely what Draghi warned against: economically dependent, technologically subordinate, and strategically weak My latest tepsa.eu/policy-advic...

By relinquishing its regulatory sovereignty, Europe becomes precisely what Draghi warned against: economically dependent, technologically subordinate, and strategically weak My latest tepsa.eu/policy-advic...

Let me get this straight: EU deregulation favours American not European interests When the US (and Musk) declare war on the DSA, they're rejecting the principle that the EU can govern its own digital space. This should urgently lead the EU to reconsider deregulation cc @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu

Depressing: the EU Parliament quiescently agreed on Omnibus I despite this text being in breach of EU procedural (as found by ⁦‪⁦‪EU Ombudsman) & substantive rules. I wish ⁦‪President Metsola‬⁩ & IURI ⁦ raised this issue #csrd #csddd

The Trump administration ignores REAL threats from China and Russia and instead seeks to build an illiberal international order— what you could call distopian idealism in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Depressing: the EU Parliament quiescently agreed on Omnibus I despite this text being in breach of EU procedural (as found by ⁦‪⁦‪EU Ombudsman) & substantive rules. I wish ⁦‪President Metsola‬⁩ & IURI ⁦ raised this issue #csrd #csddd

❓ Will the EU protect people & planet or roll back its own standards? As the final Omnibus I trilogue begins, 100+ BHR experts urge co-legislators to keep the #CSDDD strong. @alemanno.bsky.social 👉 Read the letter: www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Let me get this straight: EU deregulation favours American not European interests When the US (and Musk) declare war on the DSA, they're rejecting the principle that the EU can govern its own digital space. This should urgently lead the EU to reconsider deregulation cc @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu

America’s betrayal of Europe is by now official policy. And yet European national leaders pledge allegiance to the United States.

Europeans sanction Musk’s X for manifest breaches of its digital rights, not for interfering into its electoral processes or toxic contents, and fine it with peanuts amount. And yet the US administration denies Europeans their right to govern their digital markets (and themselves)

Why should Europeans stop governing how services and products are placed on their market? America would never give up its regulatory sovereignty.

The EU Commission's imminent reform might turn an independent institution that defends Europe's common interest into a flexible workforce that accommodates 27 national governments. My latest for @euobserver.com @piotrserafin.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-political...

Can national judges, acting collectively, challenge an EU act that they believe entrenches systemic rule-of-law backsliding in a Member State? Read the Medel & Others v Council (C-555/24 P) Grand Chamber [email protected] eulawlive.com/op-ed-is-the...

Any advance of the EU vs Musk DSA case may prompt a US administration’s reaction affecting the EU general interest, be it Ukraine or transatlantic trade. Hence the EU (governments)’s holding back - My take for ⁦‪@bloomberg ‬⁩ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is the #EU quietly weakening the very institution meant to defend the European interest? @alemanno.bsky.social warns of a “Dogeization” of #Europe - a hollowing of the Commission that could reshape the Union’s future. Read more: thegoodlobby.eu/the-dogeizat...

The Dogeization of Europe: the plan to 'rollback' the EU's own institutions

Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America - argues ⁦Martin Sandburg‬⁩ by essentially doing the opposite of what its national leaders do today: 1. Unlearn US dependency 2. Boycott US products and more importantly services 3. Finance EU own defense

Hungary’s free-riding on EU integration while serving foreign interests, be it Russian or American, has become incompatible with the principle of loyal cooperation and trust required by EU membership #EUCO

This week, the European People's Party’s Party (EPP) once again chose to side with the far right - not once, but three times. Check the EU Far-Right Tracker and see the full list: lnkd.in/e3dszCX7 @thegoodlobby.bsky.social

Hungary’s free-riding on EU integration while serving foreign interests, be it Russian or American, has become incompatible with the principle of loyal cooperation and trust required by EU membership #EUCO

Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law? On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Is Omnibus Legislation legal under EU Law? On the day @ombudsman.europa.eu found that Omnibus I is not, read my Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

EU Simplification Takes its first blow OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation. This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda

EU Simplification Takes its first blow OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation. This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda

OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation. This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...