[European Parliament] PfE and ECR could tie as Parliament’s third-largest group ahead of midterm reshuffle

[European Parliament] PfE and ECR could tie as Parliament’s third-largest group ahead of midterm reshuffle

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[National politics] Macron’s fuel price letter catches EU neighbours off-guard

[National politics] Macron’s fuel price letter catches EU neighbours off-guard

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In @contexte.com today: Three EU diplomats told Contexte that Paris did not consult their ministries before calling for the suspension of reporting requirements for a year. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Fossil fuels] Leak - France surprises member states by supporting one-year delay to EU methane reporting - Contexte

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New: Draft security of supply framework introduces stockpiling, axes EU gas storage target, and puts spotlight on cooperation with @kirataylor.bsky.social www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

Leak - Leak - Draft security of supply framework introduces stockpiling, axes EU gas storage target, and puts spotlight on cooperation - Contexte

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❗ Some more details on the DG ENER and Coreper 1 diplomats' breakfast in @energie.contexte.com today, as well as a copy of the leaked compromise on the network charges proposal. 🔍 @energy.contexte.com also took a look at some of the reaction to SOTEU's treatment of fossil fuels. Read more ↘️

🇫🇷 French presidential elections themes evident in the SOTEU yesterday, including high energy prices and impact on cost of living. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[European Parliament] French far-left and far-right both slam SOTEU silence on energy prices and living costs - Contexte

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EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has warned that the extension of the EU’s climate tariffs could be delayed if the Parliament and the Council do not act swiftly, as noted in the Wednesday edition of The Kelvin Report. 🧵👇

🤔 With SOTEU in Strasbourg behind us, I wanted to highlight an interesting meeting on energy policy in Brussels today. Read more ↘️ www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Gas] Leak - DG ENER to brief EU ambassadors over breakfast on gas storage, methane: sources - Contexte

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In @energy.contexte.com today: 👨‍🔬 Hydrogen Council reports EU could help drive demand but falls short on clean hydrogen production 🔨 Renew MEP Christophe Grudler discusses legislative alliances to design Made in EU principles for the Industrial Accelerator Act

For @energy.contexte.com Member states bristle at the Commission's move to reorder grid connections and national taxes on electricity in network charges proposal in comments obtained by Contexte.

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💡Get ahead with @energy.contexte.com with our forward looking agenda for the rest of 2026 from @kirataylor.bsky.social Its all happening on energy security, climate targets, and grids. www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Agenda - Brussels to flesh out how to reach its 2040 climate goal - Contexte

After the EU agreed on a target of 90% emissions cuts, the coming months will see intense work on the carbon market, renewables, energy efficiency, international carbon credits, and CO₂ infrastructure...

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Info @contexte.com - Les pistes envisagées par la Commission pour la révision de la directive énergies renouvelables, dans une version provisoire de l'étude d'impact publiée par Contexte www.contexte.com/fr/article/e...

Info Contexte - Les pistes envisagées par la Commission pour la révision de la directive énergies renouvelables - Contexte

La Commission européenne envisage de maintenir l’architecture actuelle de la directive sur les énergies renouvelables, tout en ouvrant la porte à plusieurs ajustements dans le cadre de sa révision att...

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💡Get ahead with @energy.contexte.com with our forward looking agenda for the rest of 2026 from @kirataylor.bsky.social Its all happening on energy security, climate targets, and grids. www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...

Agenda - Brussels to flesh out how to reach its 2040 climate goal - Contexte

After the EU agreed on a target of 90% emissions cuts, the coming months will see intense work on the carbon market, renewables, energy efficiency, international carbon credits, and CO₂ infrastructure...

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the midfielders are more expensive than ever. are the midfielders better than ever? no, not really www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Premier League paradox: midfielders are more and more expensive, yet more and more mediocre | Jonathan Liew

Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats?

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Some reporting in Contexte today on the Industrial Accelerator Act ⏳ IAA’s strict ‘Made in Europe’ criteria could delay electrification, E.DSO warns s

[EU budget] Greece first to seek budget flexibility for energy spending

[EU budget] Greece first to seek budget flexibility for energy spending

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A president can lie a lot, say a losing war is won, and a worsening economy going great. Get media to repeat it, and traders to rally. For a time. But he can’t make long-term bond markets ignore higher risks from unreliability, inflation, and debt, nor make insurers lose money on blown-up ships.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news

This isn't news, but it's still a shocking sign of what Elon Musk has done to the platform formerly know as Twitter 2 identical posts 2x as many followers on X as on Bsky 100x more engagement on Bsky than on X

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. n.pr/44R2Yhg

Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56

Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.

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Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte ✍️ Julie Blaye et Jack Schickler

Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte

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In Contexte today as Brussels limps towards the August holidays: 🤝 Grids package negotiators seal a political deal on a position for the TEN-E reform in an extraordinary negotiation session. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Grids] Leak - MEPs agree to raise congestion revenue set-aside to 30% in TEN-E reform deal - Contexte

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Worked on this wildfire investigation for the last number of months with colleagues across the EU. To publish today is, sadly, very timely. While Ireland doesn’t experience the ‘mega fires’ we see in Spain etc, the damage caused to protected sites here is actually far greater than most of Europe.

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NEW INVESTIGATION: Despite escaping the 'mega fires' seen in countries such as Spain and Greece, Ireland actually has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites, we can reveal

The leaked presentation stressed a proposal to tax electricity less than gas in a network charges law does not “overwrite or contradict” the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) in @energy.contexte.com www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Electricity] Leak - Commission tries to settle member states’ taxation nerves on network charges - Contexte

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A negotiation document, seen by Contexte, would use a “new recital instead of EPP amendments” to support electricity generation. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Grids] Leak - TEN-E reform deal hinges on EPP push to fund generation from congestion revenues - Contexte

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Long-awaited methane recommendation on compliance in @energy.contexte.com today. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

[Fossil fuels] Leak - Commission drafts ‘trace and claim’ and certification rules to comply with EU methane regulation - Contexte

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper.