Eddy Wax
I write politics newsletter Rapporteur for Euractiv in Brussels 🇧🇪🇬🇧
- One of the few EU politicians so far to speak out
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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. www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...
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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...
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- Scoopito: after 26 years, the EU has a new date for signing the Mercosur trade deal. 12 January. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-to-s...
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- Who’s bluffing? Bart De Wever or the member states considering ramming the reparations loan over his head? www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- Old-new Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš flies into Brussels today for meetings with the very institutions he trashed on his route back to power. www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- Fresh details about the tender for the Diplomatic Academy under criminal investigation in today's newsletter Rival bidders felt it was unfairly weighted toward the College www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- Rapporteur is out. In Friday’s edition: Ukraine ‘reparations loan,’ College of Europe, Vance attacks, book lobbyists, trade-preferences scheme www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- Dondé está Teresa Ribera (episode 2)
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- Why is the commissioner standing inside a doll’s house?
- I truly do find it sad and maddening that the EU’s top court wasted four years of its time having to reject this Commission official’s grubby attempt to claw back extra special money he was never owed - a spurious demand at best www.euractiv.com/news/top-eu-...
- Could Roberta Metsola be carried by a right-to-far right majority into a third consecutive term as European Parliament President? Today in Rapporteur, the Patriots for Europe name their price. www.euractiv.com/news/patriot...
- It's not just on Ukraine where the EU and US aren't seeing eye-to-eye lately. As we reported last week, American officials failed to show up to a big conference in Brussels for supporting the Palestinian Authority, despite being invited and expected to attend. www.euractiv.com/news/us-a-no...
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- Packed edition of the newsletter today: the wizard of the Berlaymont, Mercosur, budget scoop, Palestine Donor Group, Markus Pieper, EPP protects Meloni and much much more! www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- Italians are on the rampage after “Italian style” foods were found to be sold in the European Parliament’s shop. The president Roberta Metsola has been contacted to investigate! My colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social reports www.euractiv.com/news/rome-fu...
- Lots to unpack in the latest Chattering Classes - The alleged Chinese spy who worked for Politico - Coked-up senior official at European Patent Office - Jean Quatremer ripping off Euractiv - And the Kurz-Epstein-Bannon triangle www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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- Need to place a high ranking political aide somewhere in the civil service? Just create a new directorate! www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- Cracking scoop on #Frontex by my ace Euractiv colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social She is a scoop machine. If you're not following her, what's wrong with you!? www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
- Still way too much US news on here
- One wall in Brussels shows how Europe has changed in one year. From federalist mural to private banking advert
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- There's internal dissent at the EU ethics watchdog after the boss Teresa Anjinho promoted her head of cabinet to the office's most senior position, secretary general. Read our scoop here. www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
- Rapporteur is out: today I write about the Ukraine funding option no one in the EU wants to talk about - simply giving Ukraine money www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- There are two views on what the European summit on Thursday means for Mercosur. Macron, Costa, Stocker say there was a mere technical step On the other Merz and now Kallas - as we exclusively reported - claim that a significant political step happened www.euractiv.com/news/kallas-...
- Diplomats with chainsaws: “Simplification” has overtaken the political agenda in Brussels. We look ahead to the leaders’ summit on Thursday and discover that special Simplification diplomats are working overtime to slash eu laws www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- Rapporteur is out! When Maroš Šefčovič announces the Commission’s 2026 policy agenda, its grandiose title “Europe’s Independence Moment” is unlikely to convince anyone www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
- Today’s Rapporteur is out Read it here👇 www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- Could Roberta Metsola be in line for an unprecedented third term as EU parliament president? It’s what everyone is talking about. What would it mean for the socialists and Costa…? Read our story. www.euractiv.com/news/once-tw...
- Overheard in Strasbourg: " C'est incro-fucking-yable putain"
- “Babiš emphatically repeated that his first cabinet meeting will officially reject the European migration pact, European carbon emissions trading scheme, and focus funding on social security and health care rather than support for Ukraine”
- Many are concerned about the return of Babiš to the top of Czech politics. While the results of this weekend's Czech legislative election poses its concerns, I am an optimist. I think Babiš's victory is rather Pyrrhic. Here are some thoughts: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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- French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’ My column on how French domestics politics is setting the agenda for the EU www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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- 🚨Who killed the Brussels effect? we ask in today's edition of Rapporteur, my new European politics newsletter. Also: the 5 Minute MEP, Justus Lipsius building scoop, an exclusive interview with Palestine's former PM, and the latest on MFF talks. www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- We dug into the EU's big announcement of a Palestine Donor Group. The Commisison has been pushing to get Gulf and Arab countries on board for over a year and are now in talks with the Saudis. Will it launch as promised next month? www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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- 🚨 Why did the S&D group quietly readmit two MEPs whom the Belgians still want to question over Qatargate? www.euractiv.com/news/qatarga...
- 🚨Follow Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech on our liveblog. We have a dozen reporters analysing every word: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
- Today the Brussels Playbook followed up on our reporting about @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu’s conspicuous absence on Friday
- Where is Teresa Ribera? The role of EU competition chief used to be one of the most prominent and punchy in the EU. On Friday the announcement of a €3 billion fine against Google didn't even merit a press conference. We ask why in today's newsletter: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
- Where is Teresa Ribera? The role of EU competition chief used to be one of the most prominent and punchy in the EU. On Friday the announcement of a €3 billion fine against Google didn't even merit a press conference. We ask why in today's newsletter: www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
