EDF dément réduire ses investissements dans l’hydroélectricité www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

Document - Cinq États appellent à davantage prendre en compte l’hydrogène bas carbone dans les objectifs de la directive RED III www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

In today’s Context energy briefing: 💰Leaked EU draft calls to slash electricity taxes ✋EU climate chief responds to free allowance rumours 🇩🇪 Made in Europe, Berlin-style www.contexte.com/briefing/202...

In today's Contexte energy briefing: 🌍 International credits for climate goals 🔅 Brussels kicks off its work on post-2030 🏛️ State utilities protest procurement burden www.contexte.com/briefing/202...

In the Contexte energy briefing today: 🇺🇸 What's next for the EU-US energy deal? ☢️ The EU's Soviet-era nuclear reactors switch fuel 🌊 North Sea Summit pledges 15GW of yearly offshore wind www.contexte.com/briefing/202...

À Bruxelles, où l’on vient de troquer le gaz 🇷🇺 pour le GNL 🇺🇸, l’inquiétude grandit quant au risque d’une nouvelle dépendance à un partenaire peu fiable. ✍️ @sunderjourno.bsky.social, adapté par Anna Martino www.contexte.com/fr/article/e...

🇺🇸 🇪🇺 In the Trump era, is there stability in the energy relationship with the United States, and are all dependences the same? www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

What’s next for the EU-US energy deal - via @sunderjourno.bsky.social www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

🇺🇸 🇪🇺 In the Trump era, is there stability in the energy relationship with the United States, and are all dependences the same? www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Présidence de RTE, le risque du « fait du prince » ✍️ Thomas Chemel

1,000 shades of European preference ✍️ Benjamin Milkoff

🇵🇹 Portugal has started voting in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off, but with the final result hard to call. ➡️ u.afp.com/SBoN

I don’t think people realise how awful it is in Ukraine right now. Yesterday my friend posted how it’s -9 and because of the power cuts - due to Russian attacks - she has no heating. This is in Kyiv. And this is the day after a mass missile & drone strike killed four people.

Quiz - Jouez à Bioguess, le cadeau de Noël de Contexte ✍️ Yann Guégan

🇷🇺While waiting on the final trilogue of the Russian gas ban, I thought I would share the latest Belgian insult to Italian cuisine. After the Brothers of Italy carbonara crusade in the European Parliament, I hope they don't see what's on sale in Schuman metro station 🍝

Huge news in Brussels today. Predecessor to Kallas & Borrell + one of the top EU power brokers detained Belgian police arrested the EU’s former top diplomat Federica Mogherini and senior Commission official Stefano Sannino as part a sweeping fraud investigation www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

🇷🇺While waiting on the final trilogue of the Russian gas ban, I thought I would share the latest Belgian insult to Italian cuisine. After the Brothers of Italy carbonara crusade in the European Parliament, I hope they don't see what's on sale in Schuman metro station 🍝

⚛️ Nuclear ⚛️ The EU SMR Alliance has “suspended” US member "Project Quantum" (Last Energy) from its list of 9 supported projects. Some MEPs had questioned the presence of non-EU candidates. US NuScale remains on the list. webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp...

Two bangers published today by @energy.contexte.com: 🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver. www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

🎄 What's in the EU's grid reforms? Energy stakeholders hope the surprise package, festively due on 10 December, will include better planning, an end to connection queues ... and not too much coal. @sunderjourno.bsky.social & @mariettethom.bsky.social explain all www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

❗ Scoop — Commission calls to scrap first-come, first-served principle for grid connections in bid to cut queues 🕵‍♀️ Contexte published a draft European Commission notice on electricity grid connections, intended as part of a forthcoming European Grids Package.

Protests are starting to grow among parts of the steel industry towards the Industrial Accelerator Act. More in Contexte ⤵️ lnkd.in/eJ4Wcih4

The EU is close to agreeing an ambitious plan to ban all Russian gas imports within years. Close - but not quite. @sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Document - Émissions des voitures : la France et l’Espagne prennent fait et cause pour le « zéro émission » en 2035 ✍️ Benjamin Milkoff et Isabelle Smets

Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back ✍️ Damien Genicot

EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's climate goals. @genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear. No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Les prix de l’énergie préoccupent toujours les Vingt-Sept www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

Le retour de la Crim pour liquider le VNU www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

Today EU energy ministers backed the Russian gas ban in Luxembourg. Two weeks ago, @energy.contexte.com reporting on the REPowerEU prohibition set out the positions of the most influential and active EU member states. Check it out 👀

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

In today’s Contexte energy briefing: 🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus 🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them ⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding 🏭 Commission concedes on ETS www.contexte.com/briefing/202...

Fun day reporting in the EU bubble 👀

On me dit dans l’oreillette que la partie recettes du projet de budget 2026 est dispo ici www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...

BREAKING: EU member states have reached broad support on the REPowerEU Russian gas ban, sources tell Contexte. The October 20 Energy Ministerial are going to a QMV vote on a general approach for the Council. Some changes still possible before the vote.

For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban via @sunderjourno.bsky.social www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

⛽ Gas flows, the ability and willingness to find other suppliers, legal risks and politics all play a major role in different EU member states' positions on the Russian gas ban. With a QMV vote in the works for the 20 October Energy Ministerial, I charted out some of the most consequential ↘️

💫We're looking for an EU politics reporter at Contexte! If you know how to navigate the "Brussels bubble" (from its convoluted policymaking to understanding the power dynamics) AND you want to embark on a new adventure with us — join our growing newsroom! ⬇️ lnkd.in/eenedCg5

Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office

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ENTSO-E also dismissed the issue of Spain’s energy interconnections with France after criticism from the Portuguese government after the Iberian blackout. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

The vote in the Environment committee of the European Parliament on the 2040 climate target has been removed from the draft agenda for the sitting of 23 September - in reaction to the announcement of a debate at EUCO level europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

Need to know what’s coming up next in the EU energy sector? @energy.contexte.com has you covered ⬇️ www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Agenda - Brussels steers back to energy gameplan, after US intermezzo ✍️ Ciaran Sunderland, Anna Hubert et Mariette Thom

Document - Interdiction du gaz russe : le nouveau projet du Conseil ne fixe plus la date butoir de janvier 2026 pour les nouveaux contrats www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

La Cour de justice de l’UE annule le soutien hongrois au programme nucléaire Paks II, financé par la Russie www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...

Agenda - À Paris et Bruxelles, « backlash » partout, écologie nulle part ✍️ Maïwenn Lamy, Laura Mercier, Victor Roux-Goeken, Hugo Thérond et Sophie Litzelmann

🇪🇺 A key EU tool to heap pressure on Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine goes into effect tomorrow, Wednesday. 🇷🇺 From 3 September, the EU lowers its price cap on Russian oil from $60 (€51) to $47.60 a barrel - lower than the original cap put in place by the G7.

The number of unemployed people in Germany passed 3 million for the first time in a decade, as the labour market of Europe's biggest economy is squeezed by two years of economic contraction. Wonder how much, if any, is attributable to China Shock 2.0? www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Startling to see EU spox brief against Weyand's remarks, claiming they are taken out of context (+ saying she speaks for Weyand) Kudos @janosallamm.bsky.social for pushing on whether they feared the deal was necessary to keep the US security guarantee audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/vid...

Strongly recommend this Foreign Affairs cover story on the "weaponised world economy" by @himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social, which has some of the best analysis of Europe's floundering in this brave new world that I have read A few highlights www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...