Nikolaus J. Kurmayer
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Journalist - energy, climate, buildings and occasionally politics @Euractiv
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Combining a scoop with an in-depth look at the man whose name everyone in Brussels ought to know -- our profile of juggernaut MEP Christian Ehler!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Combining a scoop with an in-depth look at the man whose name everyone in Brussels ought to know -- our profile of juggernaut MEP Christian Ehler!
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Right now, it is up to Rome or Warsaw to rescue the EU's 2040 climate target -- without them, a deal looks to be out of reach (which means a massive embarrassment at COP30)
Berlin sent both minister and state secretary (v rare) to hammer out a deal
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Berlin sent both minister and state secretary (v rare) to hammer out a deal
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Austria’s defection leaves EU 2040 climate target on shaky ground | Euractiv
The EU’s last-mile talks on a 2040 climate target face fresh pressure as support for the 90% deal falters
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November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Right now, it is up to Rome or Warsaw to rescue the EU's 2040 climate target -- without them, a deal looks to be out of reach (which means a massive embarrassment at COP30)
Berlin sent both minister and state secretary (v rare) to hammer out a deal
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Berlin sent both minister and state secretary (v rare) to hammer out a deal
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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!?
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She is a scoop machine. If you're not following her, what's wrong with you!?
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EXCLUSIVE: EU capitals eye wider powers for Frontex to tackle drone threats | Euractiv
The move comes amid mounting concern over a series of drone incursions into European airspace in recent months
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November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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!?
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She is a scoop machine. If you're not following her, what's wrong with you!?
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Ahead of environment ministers meeting on Tuesday, the NDC is becoming clear off in the distance.
"We've set a range of 66 to 72.5%," said Germany's Carsten Schneider in an interview with DLF. Similar statements from Hoekstra over the weekend.
"We've set a range of 66 to 72.5%," said Germany's Carsten Schneider in an interview with DLF. Similar statements from Hoekstra over the weekend.
DLF: Gemeinsame EU-Klimaziele? - Interview mit Carsten Schneider, Bundesumweltminister
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Gemeinsame EU-Klimaziele? Interview mit Carsten Schneider, Bundesumweltminister
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November 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ahead of environment ministers meeting on Tuesday, the NDC is becoming clear off in the distance.
"We've set a range of 66 to 72.5%," said Germany's Carsten Schneider in an interview with DLF. Similar statements from Hoekstra over the weekend.
"We've set a range of 66 to 72.5%," said Germany's Carsten Schneider in an interview with DLF. Similar statements from Hoekstra over the weekend.
Btw Banyan ended up doing this, in some form, although the K-pop inclusion seems forced
There is a banger essay to be written between the use of One Piece imagery in Asian popular protest movements and Peter Thiel's take that Luffy is a Jesus-like figure
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Btw Banyan ended up doing this, in some form, although the K-pop inclusion seems forced
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One wall in Brussels shows how Europe has changed in one year.
From federalist mural to private banking advert
From federalist mural to private banking advert
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One wall in Brussels shows how Europe has changed in one year.
From federalist mural to private banking advert
From federalist mural to private banking advert
This is the one story you absolutely can't miss today
EXCLUSIVE: EU ombudsman promotes close aide to top watchdog role
EXCLUSIVE: EU ombudsman promotes close aide to top watchdog role
Do ut des? Unorthodox move by Teresa Anjinho is bound to raise questions
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October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is the one story you absolutely can't miss today
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Netherlands, ANP projection based on 99.7% counted:
Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 26 (-11)
D66-RE: 26 (+17)
VVD-RE: 22 (-2)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 18 (+13)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 7 (+4)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
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+/- vs. Last election result
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Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 26 (-11)
D66-RE: 26 (+17)
VVD-RE: 22 (-2)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 18 (+13)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 7 (+4)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Netherlands, ANP projection based on 99.7% counted:
Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 26 (-11)
D66-RE: 26 (+17)
VVD-RE: 22 (-2)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 18 (+13)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 7 (+4)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 26 (-11)
D66-RE: 26 (+17)
VVD-RE: 22 (-2)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 18 (+13)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 7 (+4)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
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The energy crisis over, right? So why are household electricity bills not going down? Ask your finance minister!
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Tobacco-like taxes on electricity keep Europe in energy permacrisis | Euractiv
Finance ministers' love for electricity taxes is keeping prices high
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October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The energy crisis over, right? So why are household electricity bills not going down? Ask your finance minister!
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Do you think there will be a Sudan flotilla
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Do you think there will be a Sudan flotilla
There is a new 2040 climate target draft, which EU ambassadors will discuss on Wednesday
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EU countries offered more climate outsourcing to secure elusive 2040 target deal | Euractiv
Environment ministers are set to decide on an ‘adequate’ role for UN-backed carbon credits
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October 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There is a new 2040 climate target draft, which EU ambassadors will discuss on Wednesday
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5%! According to my sources, that was the informal deal yesterday that let the climate conclusions pass EUCO unbothered last night.
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EU to boost climate outsourcing to secure 2040 target deal | Euractiv
Reluctant national capitals are insisting that up to 5% of the bloc’s 2040 climate target be achieved elsewhere, ahead of the 4 November meeting
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
5%! According to my sources, that was the informal deal yesterday that let the climate conclusions pass EUCO unbothered last night.
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58. Traded electricity wholesale markets are the worst way of deciding how to dispatch energy resources, except for all the others that have been tried.
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
58. Traded electricity wholesale markets are the worst way of deciding how to dispatch energy resources, except for all the others that have been tried.
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30. Decarbonizing aviation is really hard. The CEO of Lufthansa said in 2023 that running its fleet on sustainable aviation fuel made from electricity would take half Germany’s current electricity demand. BNEF thinks this an underestimate.
October 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
30. Decarbonizing aviation is really hard. The CEO of Lufthansa said in 2023 that running its fleet on sustainable aviation fuel made from electricity would take half Germany’s current electricity demand. BNEF thinks this an underestimate.
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29. Electrification of transport is far better than biofuels; solar plants can run an electric car on a small fraction of the land used to grow fuel to run a biofuel car.
October 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
29. Electrification of transport is far better than biofuels; solar plants can run an electric car on a small fraction of the land used to grow fuel to run a biofuel car.
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25. To put it another way: when you tell an energy future model to optimise a power portfolio for clean power adequacy, it will give you more wind and less solar than when you tell it to optimise a least-cost electricity sector development.
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
25. To put it another way: when you tell an energy future model to optimise a power portfolio for clean power adequacy, it will give you more wind and less solar than when you tell it to optimise a least-cost electricity sector development.
Is it just me or does the French Coreper 1 ambassador hate @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu
Un grand plaisir de rencontrer la nouvelle ministre 🇫🇷 de la Transition écologique, Monique Barbut.
We will build on the strong collaboration we've had with France in recent months and continue working together to achieve ambitious results—both domestically and at COP30.
We will build on the strong collaboration we've had with France in recent months and continue working together to achieve ambitious results—both domestically and at COP30.
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Is it just me or does the French Coreper 1 ambassador hate @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu
It is maybe the best kept secret in Brussels this week: what the Commission plans to do regarding the ETS2 - how will the price brake be reinforced and how much will EU countries be able to draw from the EIB ahead of time
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EXCLUSIVE: Brussels stays vague on details on fuel CO2 levy overhaul | Euractiv
Internal documents show that the Commission has yet to share details with EU countries on plans for the ETS2
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October 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It is maybe the best kept secret in Brussels this week: what the Commission plans to do regarding the ETS2 - how will the price brake be reinforced and how much will EU countries be able to draw from the EIB ahead of time
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An unexpected hold-up has stymied the adoption of the EU's COP30 mandate -- Athens' distaste for the net-zero shipping deal from earlier in the year
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EXCLUSIVE: Athens holds EU’s COP30 strategy hostage over green shipping | Euractiv
A green shipping deal torpedoed by the US continues to wreak havoc in the EU’s climate diplomacy process
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October 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
An unexpected hold-up has stymied the adoption of the EU's COP30 mandate -- Athens' distaste for the net-zero shipping deal from earlier in the year
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From the Élysée to La Santé: French Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy awaits appeal behind bars
“He should bring a sleep mask and earplugs. The shouting can go on until four in the morning", a former inmate warned
🪶 by @laurentgeslin.bsky.social at @euractiv.fr
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“He should bring a sleep mask and earplugs. The shouting can go on until four in the morning", a former inmate warned
🪶 by @laurentgeslin.bsky.social at @euractiv.fr
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October 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
From the Élysée to La Santé: French Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy awaits appeal behind bars
“He should bring a sleep mask and earplugs. The shouting can go on until four in the morning", a former inmate warned
🪶 by @laurentgeslin.bsky.social at @euractiv.fr
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“He should bring a sleep mask and earplugs. The shouting can go on until four in the morning", a former inmate warned
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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
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When Maroš Šefčovič announces the Commission’s 2026 policy agenda, its grandiose title “Europe’s Independence Moment” is unlikely to convince anyone
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Europe's dependence moment | Euractiv
In today’s edition: Europe’s dependence on the US grows as Trump shapes foreign policy from afar, Bulgaria opens its skies for Putin ahead of the Budapest summit, and the Commission begins quietly dis...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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
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When Maroš Šefčovič announces the Commission’s 2026 policy agenda, its grandiose title “Europe’s Independence Moment” is unlikely to convince anyone
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