Spain is urging its European allies not to point the finger at Morocco. Instead, the EU is focusing on fighting disinformation and people smugglers.
Euractiv@euractiv.com · 16h agoDon’t blame Morocco for Ceuta crisis, Spain urges allies
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Euractiv@euractiv.com · 16h agoWhat 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 www.euractiv.com/news/eus-voi...
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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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...
Meloni exploits Spain’s migration crisis | Euractiv
Also, in Thursday’s edition: Irish speechwriters, Ukrainian firefighters, Russian sanctions
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Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 4d agoFor the first time ever, Ukraine is joining the 🇪🇺 Civil Protection Mechanism as a provider of assistance. A 70-member Ukrainian firefighting team is on its way to France to help battle the wildfires.
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...
European bike makers feel the squeeze | Euractiv
Some 80% of all bicycle frames are manufactured in Asia
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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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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. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-give...
EU gives Russian luxury fur a pass | Euractiv
Brussels lifted sanctions on Moscow's most luxurious fur
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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... 1/2 www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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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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.
Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 2w agoThis 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.
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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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 www.euractiv.com/news/brexit-...
Brexit claims its latest victim | Euractiv
Also, in Monday’s edition: racism storm, Ukraine, peace talks
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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. www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
Formatting issues | Euractiv
Also, in Friday’s edition: MFF, China, Kallas, Meloni v Sánchez
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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. www.euractiv.com/news/fantasy...
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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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...
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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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. www.euractiv.com/news/three-t...
'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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Well worth a listen to understand where we are on enlargement on a big day in Montenegro/Western Balkans today
Centre for European Reform@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 2mo ago“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:
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 @euractiv.com @eddywax.bsky.social ⤵️ www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pitc...
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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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 (€) www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
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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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 www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
Whistleblower hunt | Euractiv
Also, in Tuesday’s edition: return hubs, Frederiksen returns, Moldova, and what’s a farmer?
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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. www.euractiv.com/news/calm-do...
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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I know Malta is a very small country but a majority of 21,000 is a very tight way to win an election. Could Roberta Metsola have fared better? Not a terrible result for the PN actually (even though it lost) timesofmalta.com/article/labo...
Labour secures record fourth electoral victory; Gap between two parties: 21,721
Abela lauds 'historic win', but Labour's supermajority is almost halved
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🌏 🇪🇺 It feels good to be back at my desk after a week off. Tomorrow's Rapporteur newsletter is looking like a corker, with exclusive news from @nicolettaionta.bsky.social on Ukraine, plus lots on the Western Balkans, Hungary, Malta and more Sign up here👇 www.euractiv.com/newsletters/
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Albania reiterates it's ready to make concessions to join the EU .. something Rama already pitched with Serbia's Vucic www.euractiv.com/news/albania...
Albania will accept EU membership probation on vetoes | Euractiv
Albania is the 'EU Taliban', fanatical about joining, jokes Edi Rama
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Labour wins AGAIN in Malta. Does Roberta Metsola now regret not going into national politics? Would she have fared a better chance than Alex Borg? www.euractiv.com/news/ballot-...
Ballot counting starts in Malta general election | Euractiv
Malta's economic performance trumped other concerns
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The EU has applied a big trade deal with South America, and now the UK wants its own one www.euractiv.com/news/uk-fanc...
UK fancies copying EU's Mercosur trade deal | Euractiv
British trade minister hinted at a copycat Mercosur deal – but stopped short of confirming plans
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And the ECR is even saying this while fighting a ferocious battle with Starmer's government over the UK decision to ban Dominik Tarczyński from entering the country to attend a Tommy Robinson rally
Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnother irony of the current Brexit debate - many EU-sceptics want Brexit reversed: From @eddywax.bsky.social "The national conservative ECR group in the European Parliament (led by Meloni's Brothers of Italy and the Polish Law & Justice) say the door is open for the UK to rejoin the EU...
At a grand ceremony in Strasbourg, Angela Merkel may have a chance to exchange words with one of her protégés when Ursula von der Leyen places a medal around her neck. My piece today in Rapporteur about the Germans' relationship, their history and differences www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
Merkel mentee meets her maker | Euractiv
Also, in Tuesday’s edition: Order of Merit, Turnberry, jet fuel
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