Eddy Wax
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I write politics newsletter Rapporteur for Euractiv in Brussels 🇧🇪🇬🇧
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"EXCLUSIVE The European Commission is looking to propose a dedicated 2040 renewable energy target, a draft document seen by Euractiv shows." www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
"EXCLUSIVE The European Commission is looking to propose a dedicated 2040 renewable energy target, a draft document seen by Euractiv shows." www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Commission wants 'dedicated' EU renewables target post-2030 | Euractiv
Retaining a separate green energy target could be seen as snub to 14-strong alliance of pro-nuclear capitals
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September 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
@eddywax.bsky.social:
"EXCLUSIVE The European Commission is looking to propose a dedicated 2040 renewable energy target, a draft document seen by Euractiv shows." www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
"EXCLUSIVE The European Commission is looking to propose a dedicated 2040 renewable energy target, a draft document seen by Euractiv shows." www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
Nice scooplet here for our Euractiv subscribers
Roswall has appointed Pierre Schellekens, current director of Energy Policy at DG ENER, as her new head of cabinet @eddywax.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: Roswall picks senior energy strategist as chief of staff | Euractiv
Senior energy official Pierre Schellekens to head environment commissioner's cabinet
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September 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Nice scooplet here for our Euractiv subscribers
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A little-and-often approach would help sidestep internal divisions, Latvia argues
A little-and-often approach would help sidestep internal divisions, Latvia argues
Europe revises Russia sanctions strategy, as Leipzig focuses minds | Euractiv
A little-and-often approach would help sidestep internal divisions, Latvia argues
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September 2, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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A little-and-often approach would help sidestep internal divisions, Latvia argues
A little-and-often approach would help sidestep internal divisions, Latvia argues
The European Commission’s choice of a Belgian colonial palace for a policy away day to discuss a migration crackdown has raised eyebrows inside the EU institutions.
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EU schedules migration talks at former Belgian colonial palace | Euractiv
Commissioners meet at palace built for King Leopold II to celebrate his reign over Congo
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August 28, 2026 at 8:06 AM
The European Commission’s choice of a Belgian colonial palace for a policy away day to discuss a migration crackdown has raised eyebrows inside the EU institutions.
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Spain is urging its European allies not to point the finger at Morocco. Instead, the EU is focusing on fighting disinformation and people smugglers.
Don’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies
Don’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies
EU steps up fight against disinformation instead of confronting Rabat
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August 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Spain is urging its European allies not to point the finger at Morocco. Instead, the EU is focusing on fighting disinformation and people smugglers.
What makes Irish speechwriters and spokespeople so ubiquitous in the EU institutions? Is it their networking skills, their English language prowess, their love of storytelling? I set out to find out by speaking to some wordsmiths with Brussels experience
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EU's voice has an Irish lilt | Euractiv
In post-Brexit Brussels, the Irish are sought after as English-language wordsmiths, spokespeople and all-round communicators
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August 3, 2026 at 7:58 AM
What makes Irish speechwriters and spokespeople so ubiquitous in the EU institutions? Is it their networking skills, their English language prowess, their love of storytelling? I set out to find out by speaking to some wordsmiths with Brussels experience
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As first reported by Euractiv, Ukraine is racing to aid France in its battle against the Bordeaux fires
Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen!
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Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen!
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August 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
As first reported by Euractiv, Ukraine is racing to aid France in its battle against the Bordeaux fires
Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen!
www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen!
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Oh no. Bike sales are going down in Europe. They're down by around 23% between 2022 and 2025.
In any case 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in
Asia. www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
In any case 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in
Asia. www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
European bike makers feel the squeeze | Euractiv
Some 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in Asia
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July 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Oh no. Bike sales are going down in Europe. They're down by around 23% between 2022 and 2025.
In any case 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in
Asia. www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
In any case 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in
Asia. www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
www.euractiv.com/news/polish-... How the Law & Justice break-up is impacting Brussels | Paging @nvondarza.bsky.social
Polish politics spills over into Brussels | Euractiv
PiS infighting is having consequences at EU level
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July 29, 2026 at 12:26 PM
www.euractiv.com/news/polish-... How the Law & Justice break-up is impacting Brussels | Paging @nvondarza.bsky.social
Luxurious sable pelts from Russia won a sanctions reprieve from the EU last week after pressure from Rome, Athens. Commission says it's OK for their companies to process these furs cos they're hard to source from anywhere except Russia. Read the full story.
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EU gives Russian luxury fur a pass | Euractiv
Brussels lifted sanctions on Moscow's most luxurious fur
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July 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Luxurious sable pelts from Russia won a sanctions reprieve from the EU last week after pressure from Rome, Athens. Commission says it's OK for their companies to process these furs cos they're hard to source from anywhere except Russia. Read the full story.
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What's new for #europeanparties? Surprisingly, quite a bit. 1/ @euractiv.com's @eddywax.bsky.social concludes APPF incoming Director Musquar's appointment saga, with France and other member states expressing reservations with the "speed, rigour, and...
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EXCLUSIVE: France abstains from supporting new EU party watchdog chief | Euractiv
There are concerns that Philippe Musquar is too close to the EPP, whose finances he will be tasked with monitoring
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July 27, 2026 at 7:24 AM
What's new for #europeanparties? Surprisingly, quite a bit. 1/ @euractiv.com's @eddywax.bsky.social concludes APPF incoming Director Musquar's appointment saga, with France and other member states expressing reservations with the "speed, rigour, and...
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Update on this by @eddywax.bsky.social: Looks like senior FdI MEP Fidanza will become interim president of the ECR, while three PiS MEPs have left the party with Morawiecki. It remains open whether they will also be pushed out of the ECR.
This will also have repercussions on the European level - Morawiecki, who has just been expelled, is the head of the European Conservative and Reformer (ECR) party, the party that brings together PiS, Meloni's FdI and other national conversatives across the EU.
July 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Update on this by @eddywax.bsky.social: Looks like senior FdI MEP Fidanza will become interim president of the ECR, while three PiS MEPs have left the party with Morawiecki. It remains open whether they will also be pushed out of the ECR.
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It's really not very good, is it? The roundabout, I mean, not @eddywax.bsky.social's story. www.euractiv.com/news/new-sch...
New Schuman roundabout is 'worst' possible outcome, says architect | Euractiv
The symbolic EU plaza has become a barren concrete lagoon, after three years of building work
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June 26, 2026 at 8:33 AM
It's really not very good, is it? The roundabout, I mean, not @eddywax.bsky.social's story. www.euractiv.com/news/new-sch...
For today’s European leaders, Brexit serves chiefly as a cautionary tale. Bart De Wever recounted being told by David Cameron he'd win the referendum, and by Boris Johnson that he'd lose.
More in today's Rapporteur
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More in today's Rapporteur
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Brexit claims its latest victim | Euractiv
Also, in Monday’s edition: racism storm, Ukraine, peace talks
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June 22, 2026 at 9:22 AM
For today’s European leaders, Brexit serves chiefly as a cautionary tale. Bart De Wever recounted being told by David Cameron he'd win the referendum, and by Boris Johnson that he'd lose.
More in today's Rapporteur
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More in today's Rapporteur
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A lighter moment at EUCO
“I was just talking about you, António – full of praise! Saying you are the only one who can represent us and that we will send you to Moscow as quickly as possible,” De Wever joked.
“Because you don’t like me in Brussels,” Costa replied.
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“I was just talking about you, António – full of praise! Saying you are the only one who can represent us and that we will send you to Moscow as quickly as possible,” De Wever joked.
“Because you don’t like me in Brussels,” Costa replied.
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Formatting issues | Euractiv
Also, in Friday’s edition: MFF, China, Kallas, Meloni v Sánchez
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June 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A lighter moment at EUCO
“I was just talking about you, António – full of praise! Saying you are the only one who can represent us and that we will send you to Moscow as quickly as possible,” De Wever joked.
“Because you don’t like me in Brussels,” Costa replied.
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“I was just talking about you, António – full of praise! Saying you are the only one who can represent us and that we will send you to Moscow as quickly as possible,” De Wever joked.
“Because you don’t like me in Brussels,” Costa replied.
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British influence in Brussels has been reduced to this
June 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
British influence in Brussels has been reduced to this
I picked a starting XI for a fantasy EU World Cup team, made up of commissioners, MEPs, and EU officials. Check out the squad and let me know how you think they'd fare.
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Fantasy football: What if the EU had to play in the World Cup? | Euractiv
After a Trump World Cup curveball, von der Leyen turns to the Schuman quarter’s finest footballing talent
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June 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I picked a starting XI for a fantasy EU World Cup team, made up of commissioners, MEPs, and EU officials. Check out the squad and let me know how you think they'd fare.
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De Wever on sparkling form here www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lead...
EU leaders running scared of China, says Belgian PM | Euractiv
Economic imbalance must be addressed with a proper strategy, not countless new initiatives, Bart De Wever warns ahead of EU leaders summit
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June 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
De Wever on sparkling form here www.euractiv.com/news/eu-lead...
A long-running project to build a memorial to victims of fascism, Nazism, and communism in the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels is gathering steam.
To be realised, it needs financial and crucially political support.
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To be realised, it needs financial and crucially political support.
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Momentum builds for Brussels memorial to victims of dictatorship | Euractiv
Lawmakers are pressing EU institutions to help fund a monument outside the European Parliament commemorating victims of communist and fascist regimes
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June 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
A long-running project to build a memorial to victims of fascism, Nazism, and communism in the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels is gathering steam.
To be realised, it needs financial and crucially political support.
www.euractiv.com/news/monumen...
To be realised, it needs financial and crucially political support.
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Albania had earlier set its sights on 2030 as the year for possible accession, but on Friday, Rama dismissed speculation about timing.
“There are three things you can’t predict: God, sex, and the EU,” he said.
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“There are three things you can’t predict: God, sex, and the EU,” he said.
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'Three things you can’t predict: God, sex and the EU,' says Rama | Euractiv
Albanian leader urges the EU to keep Western Balkan 'kids all together'
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June 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Albania had earlier set its sights on 2030 as the year for possible accession, but on Friday, Rama dismissed speculation about timing.
“There are three things you can’t predict: God, sex, and the EU,” he said.
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“There are three things you can’t predict: God, sex, and the EU,” he said.
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Well worth a listen to understand where we are on enlargement on a big day in Montenegro/Western Balkans today
“I think this is crunch time on #enlargement. So what is realistic? We will see after the June European Council,” @milanninberlin.bsky.social told @zecsaky.bsky.social in the latest #CERpodcast, listen here:
Centre for European Reform: Unpacking Europe: The path to EU enlargement
On this week’s Unpacking Europe podcast Zselyke Csaky sat down with Milan Nic a senior research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) to discuss the latest on EU enlargement. T...
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June 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Well worth a listen to understand where we are on enlargement on a big day in Montenegro/Western Balkans today
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The EU roaming area continues its drift from telecom policy towards integration policy as @ec.europa.eu pitches extending it to Western Balkans ahead of today's summit - amid calls to rethink the bloc's membership model
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EU pitches cheaper roaming to Western Balkans ahead of summit | Euractiv
It comes amid calls to radically rethink the bloc's membership model
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June 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM
The EU roaming area continues its drift from telecom policy towards integration policy as @ec.europa.eu pitches extending it to Western Balkans ahead of today's summit - amid calls to rethink the bloc's membership model
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Big scoop by Euractiv's @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social
The European Parliament will ditch Google in favour of Qwant, a French search engine that emphasises data privacy
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The European Parliament will ditch Google in favour of Qwant, a French search engine that emphasises data privacy
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European Parliament to ditch Google for European alternative | Euractiv
France's Qwant will this week become the default search engine on MEPs' computers
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June 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Big scoop by Euractiv's @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social
The European Parliament will ditch Google in favour of Qwant, a French search engine that emphasises data privacy
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The European Parliament will ditch Google in favour of Qwant, a French search engine that emphasises data privacy
(€)
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Meanwhile, at the EESC… A “strictly confidential” note by President Séamus Boland, seen by Rapporteur, shows he gave sweeping powers to two security officials to identify the source of the allegations and determine if they had breached internal rules
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Whistleblower hunt | Euractiv
Also, in Tuesday’s edition: return hubs, Frederiksen returns, Moldova, and what’s a farmer?
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June 2, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Meanwhile, at the EESC… A “strictly confidential” note by President Séamus Boland, seen by Rapporteur, shows he gave sweeping powers to two security officials to identify the source of the allegations and determine if they had breached internal rules
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Sabine Weyand, who was the EU's top trade policy official, has warned the Commission risks making its emergency way of working permanent.
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Calm down, departing trade chief warns Brussels executive | Euractiv
Operating a 24/7 state of emergency can become a self-fulfilling prophesy, Sabine Weyand warns
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June 1, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Sabine Weyand, who was the EU's top trade policy official, has warned the Commission risks making its emergency way of working permanent.
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