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@ericmaurice.bsky.social

Policy Analyst at @epc-official.bsky.social. French in Brussels bubble. Journalist in a previous life. Auditeur CHEE INSP/ENA, auditeur 75e PolDef @ihedn.bsky.social.

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And Janez Jansa in Slovenia, I believe.

22.10.2025 14:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The French canary in the European mine The fall of the François Bayrou-led French government, following a failed motion of confidence on 8 September, has plunged France into a new period of instability and uncertainty and should serve as a warning for the whole of the European Union.

My not-so-optimistic take on the fall of the Bayrou government.
The situation is not going to improve and Europeans should take note.

epc.eu/publication/...

09.09.2025 14:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This piece is the last of my 'VDL summer trilogy'.

Previous episodes :
The unravelling of the EU coalition that never was epc.eu/publication/...

The Spitzenkandidat: Time to rethink a failing democratic experiment
epc.eu/publication/...

09.09.2025 08:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ahead of von der Leyen's #SOTEU speech tomorrow, here is how her priorities look like so far. Competitiveness and defence overshadow all other issues in both the narrative and the concrete proposals.
Read my analysis with the data research by Eulytix's Levente Kocsis: epc.eu/publication/...

09.09.2025 08:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Today, Von der Leyen survived a censure motion in the European Parliament.

But what is the deeper story behind it and how the ‘pro-European coalition’ might be affected?

Find out in our latest Flash Analysis by @ericmaurice.bsky.social 👇
www.epc.eu/publication/...

#NoConfidenceVote #VdL #EU

10.07.2025 16:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Le Pen's sentence will lead to greater polarisation in France Le Pen's sentence will lead to greater polarisation in France

⚡️FLASH ANALYSIS: Le Pen's sentence will lead to greater polarisation in France

Marine Le Pen's sentence may stop her becoming president - but it could also add to the country's political instability & uncertainty, writes Eric Maurice @ericmaurice.bsky.social

Read here ⬇️
www.epc.eu/en/Publicati...

31.03.2025 18:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Well, it's online. They just don't know where to look...

17.01.2025 08:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm glad to present this collective work on the impact for Europe of the second Trump presidency, "a fundamental challenge for the EU".

16.01.2025 15:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations, Elena! All best wishes to my indirect successor and the team.

07.01.2025 08:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Arriving here from the other place. Will be testing before posting.

06.01.2025 18:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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