Jack Schickler
@jackschickler.bsky.social
Obtained by Contexte. Managing editor for energy. Previously Euronews, CoinDesk, MLex and general policy wonk. Brussels-based. Tips? https://about.contexte.com/eu/secure-contact
The European Commission’s internal processes for agreeing documents ate cumbersome and lengthy. None of them, apparently, prevents a piece of legislative guidance being published *in the Official Journal* with a fairly obvious typo in the title eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/4...
IIRC there is a Martin Amis short story with exactly this premise
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
I have combined my two favourite nerderies: crosswords, and EU politics www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...
A fitting tribute by Sky News: getting basic facts about the EU wrong
🚨🚨Breaking: The #US ambassador in #Brussels had Belgian police stop reporting by @eurcorrespond.bsky.social on the Freedom 250” celebration – paid by private companies, organised by the three US embassies in Brussels, marking the 250th anniversary of the US. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...
The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting
Yesterday evening, the United States held its ”Freedom 250” celebration – paid by private companies, organised by the three American embassies in Brus
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New EEAS chief is Kallas Jr, gone on retransformation (5,9)
I done a crossword! Sample clues: • Dampened shell-like? (6) • Endure it, as drunk becomes less sober (10) • Lots of people pinching the capital of Ebenezer Scrooge (5) Edition 282 available here www.piemag.com
The Magpie Crossword Magazine
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TIL that the song You Can Call Me Al, which is an absolute banger, was inspired, indirectly but remarkably, by the avantgardiste composer Pierre Boulez
More highly educated people use AI more, both for professional and personal reasons, says the @ec.europa.eu
It is 2026, and all of Europe recognises the supremacy of EU law. All? No, one indomitable law firm, etc etc
What does the Iran war mean for EU energy policy? @jackschickler.bsky.social, Ciarán Sunderland and I tried to answer this in our live podcast recording. Watch it back on @contexte.com for all our analysis 👇 www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Video - What the Iran war means for EU energy policy - Contexte
Watch the replay of our Contexte Live discussion on the EU’s response to the Middle East conflict and its consequences.
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Got to hand it to Politco, this story really has legs www.politico.eu/article/spai...
MEP hits back at ‘fake’ octopus dish served in EU Parliament canteen
“Galicia is Europe’s leading fishing power, and we cannot stop fighting every battle to ensure it remains so,” Spanish MEP Adrián Vázquez Lázara said.
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Hardly the oddest thing in this whole saga but ... Mathias Döpfner's leading example of a self-evident fact is ... not even true? The biggest democracy in the world is India. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/poli...
TIL that Leni Riefenstahl died in 2003, thus living long enough to see Stuart Little 2
In Brussels’ Parc Royale, you can tell it’s spring
Margaritis Schinas, former EU Commissioner and spokesperson, has been appointed Greek agriculture minister, says Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Greek PM reshuffles cabinet as EU aid farm fraud probe widens
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, as he seeks to limit the fallout from a growing scandal over alleged fraud related to European Union farm funds.
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The lineup at Glastonbury this year looks pretty decent
I’m not making any specific accusations but the City of Paris has a minister responsible for both funerals and sustainable food
I have a joke about a non-performing loan but I'd have to write it down
Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · 5mo agoI have a Soviet 1936 constitution joke but it’s not great at parties.
Looking forward to explaining this bold 21st-century reform to all my French colleagues today www.gov.uk/government/n...
Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform
The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.
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No comment on the substance, but this is the first time I've ever seen a formal "communication" adopted by the European Commission that doesn't read like it was written on a typewriter in 1954 It has ... pictures! Colours! Columns! ec.europa.eu/assets/eac/i...
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Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns ✍️ Anna Hubert et Anca Gurzu
Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns
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In inboxes as of this morning: Contexte's second-ever English-language briefing, Power, helping navigate the long game of EU policy. ⚙️ Inner workings of the institutions 🥷 Power struggles within political alliances 🚘 Who's driving Europe’s defining decisions ➡️ www.contexte.com/eu/section/p...
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The EU is facing huge geopolitical uncertainty, with a shifting world order, questions around the US commitment and growing pressure on competitiveness and defence. At the same time the EU itself is ...
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BRUSSELS LOBBYISTS, HERE'S SOME FREE SLOGAN IDEAS COPA-COGECA: Cash in the Till WindEurope: Big Fans of Big Fans European Packaging Association: Yes, We Can ... plus more as soon as I think of one
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
JVG 骨@jasonv.bsky.social · 6mo agoEpstein asked someone what they were doing, and they were taking an improv class
