Quentin Ariès
Deputy Editor-in-Chief @contexte.com.
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Bretagne my Special place.
- Very sad to see the Washington Post cutting 300 reporting positions. It was a honour to be a freelancer for 4 years at the foreign desk. Even with a small team in Europe, we managed to produce great journalism! Good luck for those looking for new gigs. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
- 18 mois après les européennes de 2024, le Parlement est empêtré dans ses querelles internes, la Commission moins stratégique ... Et donc le Conseil reprend la main. Analyse via @annahbrt.bsky.social -- sur @contexte.com of course. www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...
- Hot take: Que le Conseil reprenne la main n'est pas si mauvais pour la gouvernance de l'Union. Le problème c'est que le Conseil est coincé dans une posture diplomato-technocratique et peu de capitales souhaitent investir davantage Bruxelles pour que la machine tourne.
- Some interesting nuggets on how Musk is leading his companies and other projects these days. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- 20 ans après le CPE. Comme quoi joli timing (et sacré coup de vieux)
- Trying to stick to @monnett.social. Experience is getting better than last year, still not a lot of friends on it but we can see the potential. The way you build your feed is also interesting to explore. Anyway, you should take a look.
- Actually I'm not so sure. A merged president for Commission and Council would focus to keep MS happy not necessarily be more accountable to Parliament. Also, Weber proposing this is a also a political move for the EPP to continue to lead most EU institutions, even if they are getting weaker.
- The Parliament has already a lot of tools to gain more leverage and powers already. It is just that a majority of EU lawmakers don't want to use tools at their disposal. And as the EPP is ok w/ far-right groups confirms they are obsessed about their power rather than the institution as a whole.
