Today’s big focus in Rapporteur is enlargement
The Commission is pushing a geopolitical revamp of the process for joining the bloc, but capitals are far more hesitant.
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Thanks for sharing Stan!
I couldn’t find any others - and I called around! But then I ran out of time so didn’t ask every country
Lol
@epejsova.bsky.social please could you follow me back? Thank you!
In today’s Rapporteur: a sit-down with humanitarian aid chief Hadja Lahbib; the Mercosur spotlight swings to Brx as Uruguay and Argentina seal the deal; Ministers eye high-level talks with Syria’s foreign minister; and the abortion battle shifts back to national capitals, w/ @eddywax.bsky.social
Insightful article explaining the dynamics as Denmark heads for snap election @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social
What if the EU’s mutual defence clause is triggered? Europe seek answers
My report from Dubravka Suica's appearance at the European Parliament's, where she defended her decision to go to the Board of Peace. Her first public comments.
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I think it's a feature, not a bug. This is (another) US tech platform after all. Where is the EU's answer to X?
I'm going to try to be more present here. I sporadically spend time on BlueSky but get fed up with the amount of US news.
Ukraine's accession to the EU is now facing a crunch moment. EU countries are getting more and more vocal with their worries about fast-tracking Kyiv in. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy is getting louder and louder about the need to join by 2027.
More in today's Rapporteur. 👇
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Breaking: Politicians whose main job is having meetings held an extraordinary meeting on the sidelines of another very important meeting. The meeting created considerable momentum ahead of the next meeting, at which major progress is expected to be generated for another meeting.
Breakdown of today's vote in the EP on the Ukraine loan facility with a new type of graph by member state.
This shows neatly the huge support in the Nordics and Baltics, the low one in France (due to the RN) and the stark exception of Hungary, where even the opposition Tisza Party voted against.
So much for the EU's bold new stance on the US post-Greenland!
One of the few EU politicians so far to speak out
"For some, the mood was closer to group therapy than crisis management. “It feels like a collective relief dinner,” one diplomat said, reports @eddywax.bsky.social
"The meeting ended not with reassurance, but with a bitter aftertaste"
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We stand firm - but we don't even mention any kind of reaction/retaliation
He sounds like a mafia boss. "The Europeans WILL understand.."
Today we reported first on von der Leyen's aims to turn Europe into a "military powerhouse" and her plans for a European "security strategy" this year. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-to-b...
The EU is now the fifth-largest sovereign or supranational borrower in Europe, surpassing Belgium and 22 other member states, and trailing only Italy, France, Germany and Spain.
Brussels has quietly entered the fiscal big leagues.
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Why is it wishful thinking though? Having the UK in the customs union might strengthen the EU's ability to negotiate the FTA with India...
Last Rapporteur of the year. We’ll be back in your inboxes on 5 January!
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The EU canceled a meeting of ambassadors today about Mercosur, the third such delay in a week www.euractiv.com/news/mercosu...
X fined £105m by the EU for failing transparency laws Musk starts calling for the abolition of the EU
What a disaster, that this man owns an online (& global) kingdom
Private Eye
This time it’s definitely happening ….. maybe?
Scoopito: after 26 years, the EU has a new date for signing the Mercosur trade deal. 12 January.
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The Justus Lipsius renovation saga continues.. w/ @eddywax.bsky.social
Who’s bluffing? Bart De Wever or the member states considering ramming the reparations loan over his head?
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