Anna Hubert
@annahbrt.bsky.social
Journalist in the EU bubble 🗯 🇪🇺 @Contexte
📍The first review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation confirms that Europe has the right tools to defend fair competition. 👉🏼The FSR is working to address distortive foreign subsidies and preserve a level playing field across the Single Market. 1/2 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Review finds Foreign Subsidies Regulation fit for purpose, Commission considers targeted changes
The European Commission\'s first review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has found that the regulation is fit for purpose to address distortions in the internal market caused by foreign subsi...
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👉"The road to Commission 2.0: DGs shake-up, fewer turf wars, better careers" @contexte.com brings you five key takeaways from the Commission staff recommendations set to shape the reform. W/ @sophdupuy.bsky.social share.google/2iShuln4xvVt...
Leak - The road to Commission 2.0: DGs shake-up, fewer turf wars, better careers - Contexte
Commission staff have proposed sweeping changes to modernise the EU executive’s civil service as Brussels seeks to adapt to a more demanding geopolitical environment and a growing workload. Contexte b...
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🔴 @contexte.com publishes 400 pages of staff recommendations to reshape how the Commission recruits, organises itself and deploys resources. Official Commission report scheduled for November. With @gnppn.fr & @sophdupuy.bsky.social !! Here is what you need to know ⤵️ www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...
Leak - Commission staff unveil blueprint for sweeping administrative overhaul - Contexte
Contexte publishes nearly 400 pages of recommendations to reshape how the European Commission recruits, organises itself and deploys resources. This comes after nine months of work by 15 internal work...
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❗ Public procurement: The Commission’s plan to boost “Made in Europe” and allow the exclusion of high-risk companies 📌 The draft regulation revising public procurement rules makes it easier for public buyers to rely on EU preference criteria. 1/ www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe...
In @contexte.com today: 👉🇫🇷&🇪🇸 EU staff urge Commission to drop nationality-based recruitment quotas 👉EU formally names Russia, China as biggest threats: document shows 👉Public procurement: Brussels' plan to boost "Made in Europe" & ease exclusion of 🇨🇳 firms 👉MEPs to discuss PfE’s misuse of EU funds
🔴 Du nouveau sur le budget de l'UE dans @contexte.com ce matin 👉Sébastien Lecornu écrit aux Régions pour tenter de les rassurer 👉 Avalanche d'amendements au règlement sur les plans nationaux au Parlement 🇪🇺 👉 la présidence 🇮🇪 confirme mettre l'accent sur les ressources propres
Briefing of Thursday, 2 July 2026 - Contexte
Deep information.
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‼️Today in @contexte.com: Spain's Cristina Lobillo joins von der Leyen’s cabinet as clean transition advisor And much more🧐: 👉MFF: MEPs propose flood of amendments to the national plans regulation 👉EP plenary trial extended, with changes 👉 vote on investigation into far-right ESN on 7/7 ...
🚨 In @contexte.com: Member State experts to question EPSO on 1 July over civil service recruitment and its plans to manage the record number of applicants for its AD5 competition. This comes after EPSO announced a new exam timeline on Instagram on 29 June www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe... 1/3
Leak - Member states to probe EPSO over civil service recruitment - Contexte
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The review of the Public Procurement Act has ultimately been postponed to September. Until last Sunday, it was scheduled for 1 July. On Sunday, it was moved to July 22. It has now been pushed back to September 9, to allow for 'more visibility,' according to Séjourné's team.
Anna Hubert@annahbrt.bsky.social · last mo.👀Public procurement review postponed from July 1 to July 22, according to a draft agenda seen by @contexte.com
👀Public procurement review postponed from July 1 to July 22, according to a draft agenda seen by @contexte.com
📃🔴Document - « Accélérateur industriel : la préférence européenne à la sauce RN plutôt alignée sur celle des groupes centraux du Parlement 🇪🇺 » Contexte publie le texte de M. Androuët, rapporteure « pour avis » en commission ENVI au Parlement européen 👀 www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...
«Influence 🇫🇷 à Bruxelles : ce que disent les chiffres» @contexte.com a recensé les fonctionnaires par nationalité, dans les instit. de l'UE Pour la 🇫🇷, la présence est conforme aux obj. fixés par l’UE L'🇩🇪est sous-représentée mais truste des postes clés www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...
Confirmed! The April scoop by @contexte.com on the departure of von der Leyen’s Green Deal advisor is now official.
❗ New: Summit draft signals 🇪🇺 ‘readiness to step up’ role in 🇺🇦 peace talks during 18 June summit. Leaders may signal their willingness to support talks while condemning 🇷🇺 “increasingly aggressive & reckless behaviour towards EU member states”, according to draft European Council conclusions. 🧵
💸🇪🇺 La Commission européenne évalue les revenus de trois possibles nouvelles recettes pour le budget européen : Taxes sur les services numériques, sur les jeux de hasard en ligne et sur les cryptoactifs. 👉 À lire dans le briefing Pouvoirs @contexte.com de ce matin
Info Contexte - La Commission évalue les revenus de trois possibles nouvelles recettes pour le budget européen - Contexte
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🇪🇺🇨🇳 Alors qu'une séquence sur la Chine s'ouvre à Bruxelles, l'UE est-elle prête à monter d'un cran dans sa réponse commerciale à Pékin ? À la veille d'une réunion sur la Chine à la Commission, analyse des enjeux avec @annahbrt.bsky.social pour @contexte.com 👇 www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...
Face à la Chine, l’Europe saura-t-elle être autre chose qu’un tigre de papier ? - Contexte
Alors que les commissaires européens s’apprêtent à débattre des relations UE-Chine lors d’une réunion à huis clos le 29 mai, les signaux d’un possible durcissement de la politique commerciale de l’UE ...
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🚨New Commission agenda: - orientation debate on ETS review on 24/06 -energy package moved from 10/06 to 22/07
In @contexte.com 👉 "Commission’s charm offensive leaves industry unconvinced" Despite a flurry of promises to bring business into EU policymaking, many industry representatives say its corporate outreach remains heavy on optics and light on results. www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...
Commission’s charm offensive leaves industry unconvinced - Contexte
The EU Commission says it’s gaining buy-in and realism by including business in decision-making. Despite a flurry of high-level meetings and promises to bring business into EU policymaking, many indus...
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💥 Eickhout: "I have decided today to resign as Member of the European Parliament and as co-chair of the European Green Group"
Bas Eickhout@baseickhout.bsky.social · 3mo agoNa lang nadenken heb ik vandaag besloten om af te treden als Europarlementariër voor PRO en als co-voorzitter van de Europese Groene groep.
👉Ditte Juul Jørgensen to move to DG Trade
Anna Hubert@annahbrt.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨The Commission is set to announce today that France’s Céline Gauer will succeed Ditte Juul Jørgensen as Director-General for Energy (DG ENER). The latter has just informed her staff of the move — according to several sources.
🚨The Commission is set to announce today that France’s Céline Gauer will succeed Ditte Juul Jørgensen as Director-General for Energy (DG ENER). The latter has just informed her staff of the move — according to several sources.
🗓️Save the dates: the Commissioners' debate on China returns 29/05. An "orientation debate" on public procurement is set for 03/06. The revision is now expected 01/07. And ETS revision now scheduled for 15/07.
👀EU ambassadors are preparing for the possibility of validating the loan to Ukraine during this Wednesday's Coreper. Viktor Orban has suggested he is ready to lift his veto if oil transit is restored as promised by Kyiv. However, nothing is certain yet, warn cautious diplomats
🏮According to a draft calendar seen by @contexte.com, the Commission: 👉 plans its ETS review for 07/07 👉 will postpone its energy package from 19/05 to 10/06 (electrification action plan & energy security review). Also added to the schedule: 🧵
🔴Info Contexte - Le conseiller Green Deal d’Ursula von der Leyen, Peter van Kemseke, sur le départ. Selon quatre sources informées à la Commission, le Belge, diplomate de métier, devrait prendre le poste d’ambassadeur de l’UE à Oslo, en Norvège, autour du mois de septembre.
Contexte | Power@power.contexte.com · 4mo agoLeak ‼️Von der Leyen’s Green Deal adviser Van Kemseke set to leave after summer www.contexte.com/eu/news/powe...
Ursula @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu also announced: - an EU-wide coordination of member states' gas storage filling and of oil stock releases - updated ETS benchmarks - quicker adoption (by the summer) of the grid package - new target on electrification
Anna Hubert@annahbrt.bsky.social · 4mo ago.@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu just announced a new temporary State aid framework to be adopted "this month" to deal with high energy prices — consultation with Member States to start "this week.
.@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu just announced a new temporary State aid framework to be adopted "this month" to deal with high energy prices — consultation with Member States to start "this week.
Teresa Ribera told the FT in January that her preferred option was to appoint "a woman" 🤔
Simon Carraud@simoncarraud.bsky.social · 4mo agoL'Irlandais Anthony Whelan est nommé directeur général de la concurrence à la Commission européenne, l'un des postes les plus stratégiques à Bruxelles. C'est un proche d'Ursula von der Leyen. Il succède, après une longue vacance, au Français Olivier Guersent, qui a pris sa retraite l'été dernier.
I warmly welcome Anthony Whelan as the new Director-General of DG COMP at the European Commission. Anthony brings deep experience in European policymaking and a strong understanding of how our rules serve citizens, innovation and fair markets. 1/5
