@jeancomte.bsky.social
Journaliste à Bruxelles pour MLex. Auteur de 'Au coeur du lobbying européen', une enquête sur le pouvoir des représentants d'intérêts à Bruxelles https://www.msh.uliege.be/cms/c_17661998/fr/au-coeur-du-lobbying-europeen
The call to revamp the EU merger guidelines, and allow the bloc's companies to scale up, has made it to the European Council conclusions, according to a draft obtained by MLex
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
EU heads of States and Governments will call next week to have "all pending omnibus packages" agreed before the end of the year 2026, according to a draft of the March European Council conclusions obtained by MLex
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EU leaders will call for “targeted and proportional” European preference criteria in strategic sectors and technologies at their March summit - with @cynthiakroet.bsky.social
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More coverage of the document: EU leaders could ask the European Commission to propose "targeted amendments" to bank capital rules to enhance the sector's capacity to finance the European economy - with @fannyroux.bsky.social
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EU heads of state and governments will discuss changes to the EU merger guidelines at their summit in March. They will push to let "businesses achieve the scale needed to invest, innovate and compete at global level," according to a preparatory document seen by MLex.
www.mlex.com/mlex/mergers...
Ex-EU Commissioner Vera Jourova has just been cleared to become a member of the European Central Bank's Ethics Committee
FT Exclusive: The European Commission has requested that the EU’s anti-fraud agency investigate Peter Mandelson’s actions while he was serving in Brussels as the British commissioner for trade between 2004 and 2008. ft.trib.al/tTTSinP
Italy is pushing to suspend the European Union's most important climate policy until it undergoes a “deep revision,” arguing the carbon market has become a burden on European industry.
Here we go: A meeting of EU-27 ambassadors has been scheduled for today at 4:30pm in restricted format (just ambassadors, no phones) to discuss EU-US trade relations following the newly announced tariffs, per a Cypriot presidency source
Les Européens se gardent de tout triomphalisme après le désaveu commercial infligé à Trump par la Cour suprême www.lopinion.fr/internationa...
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For once, Europe’s heavy industry is lobbying to save a climate law.
Manufacturers are worried the European Commission is undermining the bloc’s new carbon tariff regime, a key pillar of EU climate policy.
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Over the past few months, video footage circulating on social media has repeatedly shown US citizens who have tried to film ICE agents on their phones being pushed, pepper sprayed, threatened with arrest and occasionally detained. ft.trib.al/q3kzNQC
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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
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It's Ursula's texts once again. 🤳
The EU's official watchdog is investigating a text message sent by French president Emmanuel Macron to the commission president last year.
Guess what, it just... disappeared.
Some news that could spell trouble for the commission. 🧵
In a funny/tragic twist, it turns out the car lobby is now angry at the EU for getting rid of the 2035 internal-combustion engine ban.
That's the problem with giving in to lobbyists: whatever you do, it's never enough.
www.ft.com/content/5265...
And so with a wimper, the EU scraps the ban on internal-combustion engines from 2035. The new rules are an incomprehensible fudge that only lobbyists will understand.
Saying "the climate matters, here is something tangible we are doing about it" was a big deal. Whatever this is, it's a little sad.
Former EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn is now on his way to become president of the Austrian central bank, following clearance by the European Commission.
The Greek and Belgian Finance ministers are candidates to become president of the Eurogroup
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Bolloré's company Vivendi will push back on Dec. 10 against EU Commission allegations that it influenced the editorial and commercial strategy of French news outlets Journal du Dimanche and Paris Match, years before the buyout was cleared. Free to read⬇️
www.mlex.com/mlex/dealrisk/articles/2414124
Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority.
It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
Si vous voulez des nouvelles de Thierry Breton: la Commission européenne vient de l'autoriser à devenir commentateur sur LCI. Il assurera des "Éditoriaux, chroniques, et décryptages liés à l’actualité" tous les dimanches soir pendant 40 minutes 📺
MLex is looking for an Energy reporter in Brussels ⤵️
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EU heads of State and Government will discuss "the geoeconomic situation and its implications for the EU’s competitiveness" at their December summit, according to a draft agenda disclosed this week
www.mlex.com/mlex/mergers...
