The EU ombudsman will investigate the commission’s decision to delete a text exchange between Macron and von der Leyen about the Mercosur trade deal. @politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀 www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

🍂 The leaves are browning, and so are Europe's green rules Read @politico.eu's guide to the EU's season of red tape bonfires: www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

Full story available for free www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

🌳 Plastics made using energy from burnt wood and other types of biomass can be considered green, the EU’s top court has ruled. The ruling comes after legal Charity @clienteartheur.bsky.social challenged the Commission’s decision to include bioplastic in the EU Taxonomy. W/ Leonie Cater

🍿 In just a few minutes Commission President will start her State of the Union Speech! Follow @politico.eu's LIVE BLOG here: www.politico.eu/article/ursu... With ace colleagues @l-guillot.bsky.social @maxgriera.bsky.social and @gabrielgavin.bsky.social reporting on the ground from Strasbourg ⭐

🚨 POLITICO pro subscribers can find out what the latest omnibus compromise text says here 👇 Hint: Companies with 1750 employees are considered small by some, it seems pro.politico.eu/news/204337 (€)

À l'initiative de Reporters sans frontières (RSF), plus de 250 médias noircissent leurs unes pour protester contre le meurtre des journalistes à Gaza. Cette mobilisation survient alors que 220 journalistes ont été tués par l’armée israélienne dans la bande de Gaza en près de 23 mois, selon RSF.

À l’appel de Reporters sans frontières (RSF) et du mouvement citoyen mondial Avaaz, La Croix soutient la mobilisation en faveur des journalistes de Gaza. Plus d'infos : ➡️ https://l.la-croix.com/BZk

@Mediapart se joint à la campagne de Reporters sans frontières (RSF) pour dénoncer les meurtres de journalistes palestinien·nes à Gaza. « Au rythme où l’armée israélienne tue les journalistes dans la bande de Gaza, il n’y aura bientôt plus personne pour vous informer », affirment plus de 150 médias.

Nous, sociétés des journalistes, nous joignons à la mobilisation internationale initiée par Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Avaaz et le “Committee to Protect journalists” (CPJ) en solidarité avec nos confrères et consœurs journalistes palestiniens de la bande de Gaza.

The summer break is over and we're back to covering all the latest environment news in Europe ♻️ Brussels probes Greece over dodgy recycling projects: www.politico.eu/article/eu-g... w/ @nstamouli.bsky.social

My team in Brussels needs a new climate editor! Apply here: jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/...

Some 500 waste-to-energy plants operate on in the EU —burning around a quarter of our household trash to power homes. Now evidence is mounting that burning garbage is far from clean. But municipalities are stuck paying back the debt they accrued to fund them. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Hey network, my team and I would like to hear your recommendations for books, podcasts & films about sustainability. Bonus points if they are not depressing (I'm determined to keep my climate anxiety at bay this summer) Comment below! 🏖️ 🌴⛵🏄‍♀️🍦😎

♻️ Brussels: EU countries must recycle at least 55% of municipal waste Also Brussels: EU countries must not tell people how to recycle municipal waste www.politico.eu/article/comm...

👩‍⚖️Today marks the start of negotiations between MEPs in the JURI committee on @ec.europa.eu's plans to cut sustainability reporting and due diligence rules. Pro subscribers can get all the details here 👇 pro.politico.eu/news/201923

Ursula von der Leyen survived her no-confidence vote today, but the event carries a powerful warning for the European Commission president. Join our reporters ‪at 4 p.m. CEST for a live debrief 👇 Ft. ‪‪@swheatonjourno.bsky.social‬ @mariannegros.bsky.social @maxgriera.bsky.social

Let's get ready to rumble. Ursula von der Leyen will appear before the European Parliament tonight for a heated debate before she faces a vote of no-confidence on Thursday. We’ll be covering all the action live from 5 p.m. CET, right here 👉 ow.ly/YgBe50WlHY9

🌇 NEW: This week's edition of Living Cities is out! Here's what's on the menu: 🦽 A broken elevator in Brussels raises questions about accessibility issues in the capital 💏 Venice locals are fuming about Jeff Bezos' wedding 🏊‍♀️ Anne Hidalgo jumps in the Seine, again. www.politico.eu/newsletter/g...

On the streets and hills of Europe, every extreme heat alarm bell is ringing. But inside the air-conditioned Berlaymont, the EU’s supreme policymakers are sweating over whether now is the right time to push new climate targets.

🥵 Notre carte des écarts à la normale, aujourd'hui en France, vire au pourpre. Certaines stations sont en surchauffe maximale. Au global, comptez 9,8 degrés de plus que ce qui avait été observé un 1er juillet entre 1971 et 2000 www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...

🇫🇷 🇩🇪 France and Germany were once on opposite sides of Europe's plan to make supply chains more ethical. A backdoor deal to destroy the bill was all it took to rekindle the friendship. Read our full story here 👇 www.politico.eu/article/insi...

27 EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss economic and security challenges. But the biggest question is: Does the bloc have what it takes to go at it alone as the US continues to turn away from Europe? Follow our live blog for every twist and turn: ow.ly/5G2750Wgxkt

Are you team communications fiasco or cahoots conspiracy? Last Friday the European Commission said it would cut the Green Claims Directive — since then, we've been trying to figure out what went wrong. www.politico.eu/article/euro... w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social

EU countries are “hitting the pause button” on negotiations with MEPs and the Commission over new anti-greenwashing rules 👇

The story has been updated with all the extra juicy details about how everyone is confused. www.politico.eu/article/comm...

I "intend to" keep a close eye on this collapse

Meanwhile, the @ec.europa.eu reiterates in an email to journalists that "The Commission’s intention to withdraw the Green Claims legislative proposal" ... so, are we trilogue-ing not??? #schrödinger’sgreenlaw (credits to my wonderful colleague @ziaweise.bsky.social for this one)

Now available for free: www.politico.eu/article/comm...

🚨NEW: The European Commission will scrap its proposed law to fight corporate greenwashing following a request from conservative lawmakers to kill the file. Commission has cited "the current context" as the reason. pro.politico.eu/news/200591

🚨NEW: the European Parliament will set up a working group to probe EU-funded NGOs, in move that saw the EPP side once again with the right-wing and far-right groups. W/ @maxgriera.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

🚨SCOOP: the @eppgroup.bsky.social wants the Commission to scrap new rules aimed at preventing corporate greenwashing. The reason? As always, too much administrative burden for companies pro.politico.eu/news/200427 (€)

Turkey has claimed half of the Aegean Sea falls under its area of marine influence, escalating a territorial spat with Greece over where to put ocean conservation zones.

NEW: Europe must show climate leadership “now more than ever,” COP30 CEO Ana Toni tells POLITICO. Toni hopes the EU will set “ambitious” climate goals, including a 90% emissions-reducing target for 2040, or risk disappointing its partners. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

When it comes to simplifying the EU's green rules, experts just get in the way. So countries thought it best to sideline them. Read our latest deep dive behind the scenes of the EU's mission to cut red tape: www.politico.eu/article/eu-c... w/ @l-guillot.bsky.social & @koenverhelst.bsky.social

Für die deutsche Bluesky-Bubble, apropos of nothing: Meine Kollegen haben bereits im Februar die NGO-Verträge analysiert und einen detaillierten Faktencheck veröffentlicht. www.politico.eu/article/fact...

In today's Morning Sustainability: - 🍿movie night for the Roswall, Kadis and Ribera as the UN screens Oceans with David Attenborough - 🧮 Missing: real data in the Port lobby's "transparency in blue NGOs funding" report - 🪨 Serbia's lithium mine gets EU-approved pro.politico.eu/news/199742

🐽 Dirty farms, 💧thirsty tech and 💰underinvestment threaten water security in a warming world. Read our special report here: www.politico.eu/europe-water... w/ my brilliant colleagues Leonie Cater, @gi-coi.bsky.social, @jamesfernyhough.bsky.social and funky illustrations by Long Yan

Zondag hielden het burgercollectief Brussel(Pou)belle en de Stad Brussel een opruimactie in de Alhambrawijk. In twee uur tijd haalden ze tien vuilniszakken aan afval op. Ook kregen vier sluikstorters een boete. www.bruzz.be/actua/milieu...

SCOOP: 💧 @politico.eu got a draft of the EU's Water Resilience Strategy, due June 4th. It includes plans for EU rules on water reuse and marine ecosystems, plus a juicy point on targets 👀 Read up on this, and much more 👇 pro.politico.eu/news/198717

Dutch Greens MEP Kim van Sparrentak says the Commission is slashing Green Deal rules "out of some sort of fear." But cutting reporting requirements for businesses won't help Brussels create a shared environmental data hub Find out more at @politico.eu AI & Tech Summit pro.politico.eu/news/198573

⚠️ NEW: EU countries want to let carmakers use recycled plastic from outside the EU to meet future recycled content targets. Otherwise, it would breach international trade rules, they warn. more here (€): pro.politico.eu/news/198504 @jordyndahl.bsky.social

Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

🚨 NEW: Brussels wants the UN to change the Basel Convention to restrict textile waste exports to developing countries: pro.politico.eu/news/198182

The Conservatives' dangerous dance with the far right is mainstreaming the populist agenda in European politics. And it's putting civil society groups at risk. Read more on @politico.eu: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

France wants Brussels to slap additional fees on small parcels imported by Chinese e-commerce and fast fashion firms in a bid to protect the European market from a flood of cheaper imports.

NEW: Having realised that 27 is better than 1, France calls Brussels to slap extra fees on small parcels from China in a bid to protect the European market from a flood of cheaper imports. W/@klaradurand.bsky.social 🇫🇷 politico.eu/article/e-co...

Let’s face it. No one in politics today has lived through a first 100 days like the one Donald Trump just dropped on the U.S. Loved participating in this project for POLITICO Magazine to bring a bit of the EU's perspective on the 100 days we've just had. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

NGOs have lodged a maladministration complaint agains the Commission to the EU ombudsman. “We are contesting the Commission’s rushed dismantling of three key pillars of the Green Deal,” they said in a statement. Read about it in Morning Sustainability: pro.politico.eu/news/197382