Eddy Wax
@eddywax.bsky.social
I write the daily newsletter for Euractiv, based in Brussels. 2018-2025 Politico Europe. From London.
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After months of debate, the @ec.europa.eu has officially proposed delaying rules for high-risk AI systems. That’ll now kick off new months of debate in Council and especially in Parliament.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
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Read my article at @euractiv.com:
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Commission proposes delaying key part of EU’s AI rules | Euractiv
The 'stop the clock' plan would mean application of high-risk AI rules hinges on when standards are completed, but Council and Parliament will still need to okay the delay
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November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
After months of debate, the @ec.europa.eu has officially proposed delaying rules for high-risk AI systems. That’ll now kick off new months of debate in Council and especially in Parliament.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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
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My colleague @nicolettaionta.bsky.social reports
www.euractiv.com/news/rome-fu...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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...
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-...
- 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-...
The Chattering Classes: Politico spy-affair update | Euractiv
Sebastian Kurz, Steve Bannon, and Jeffrey Epstein; taking libertés, and Je Suis Henry!
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November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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-...
- 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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Great write up by @eddywax.bsky.social @euractiv.com of my latest podcast chat (with former European Commission Secretary General, Catheine Day): www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commission adviser floats ending 'lifetime' EU civil service jobs | Euractiv
Catherine Day urged faster hiring and a shift towards tech talent
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November 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Great write up by @eddywax.bsky.social @euractiv.com of my latest podcast chat (with former European Commission Secretary General, Catheine Day): www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Need to place a high ranking political aide somewhere in the civil service? Just create a new directorate!
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Weber eyes cushy job for top aide | Euractiv
In today’s edition: Manfred Weber under fire over a tailor-made Parliament post, climate ministers eye a watered-down 2040 target before COP30, and EPSO’s recruitment chaos leaves tens of thousands in...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Need to place a high ranking political aide somewhere in the civil service? Just create a new directorate!
www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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!?
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She is a scoop machine. If you're not following her, what's wrong with you!?
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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!?
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
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
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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
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
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Who ombuds the ombudsman? Go read. Via @eddywax.bsky.social and @elisabraun.bsky.social
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 10:50 AM
Who ombuds the ombudsman? Go read. Via @eddywax.bsky.social and @elisabraun.bsky.social
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.
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Read our scoop here.
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EXCLUSIVE: EU ombudsman promotes close aide to top watchdog role | Euractiv
Do ut des? Unorthodox move by Teresa Anjinho is bound to raise questions
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October 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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...
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
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The Ukraine funding option Europe fears | Euractiv
In today’s edition: Dutch voters head to the polls as Rob Jetten’s progressive D66 gains momentum, a probe reveals the EU kept paying a convicted neo-Nazi MEP, and Brussels and New Delhi inch closer t...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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...
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-...
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-...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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-...
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
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“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...
Diplomats with chainsaws | Euractiv
In today’s edition: European capitals deploy “simplification diplomats” to lead a regulatory rollback in Brussels, Parliament clashes with Belgian prosecutors over MEP immunity, and Hungary doubles do...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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...
“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
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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
www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
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...
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#EUPolitics: Once, twice, three times? #Metsola said to eye another term as EP president, by @eddywax.bsky.social, and Sarantis Michalopoulos | Euractiv
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October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#EUPolitics: Once, twice, three times? #Metsola said to eye another term as EP president, by @eddywax.bsky.social, and Sarantis Michalopoulos | Euractiv
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Motion sickness... something von der Leyen and I might have in common: she faced two twin motions of censure in plenary, I just had it on my way back from Strasbourg. Analysis on the twin vote, deforestation, the new EU visa strategy and other scoops in today’s Rapporteur, w/ @eddywax.bsky.social
Motion sickness
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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...
Once, twice, three times? Metsola said to eye another term as EP president | Euractiv
No one has ever run the European Parliament for more than 5 years
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October 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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"
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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...
The 2025 Czech election – Andrej Babiš’s Pyrrhic victory
Andrej Babiš’s ANO won the 2025 Czech election on 3–4 October. Yet as Jan Rovny explains, Babiš will find it challenging to form a stable government.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“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”
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The Brief – French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’
The Brief – French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’
Half the Commission president's job is placating the French by implementing tricolore-themed policies. But von der Leyen's proximity to the French president has already cost her politically in France
dlvr.it
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Brief – French MEPs push to topple ‘Ursula von der Macron’
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-...
My column on how French domestics politics is setting the agenda for the EU
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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-...
My column on how French domestics politics is setting the agenda for the EU
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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🚨 Scoop: The EU Commission is rushing to save its annulled deal with Morocco covering Western Sahara.
Leaked docs show Brussels plans to swap Sahrawi consent for “verifiable benefits,” let Moroccan customs certify goods, and apply the deal before MEPs vote - a move insiders call a “fait accompli.”
Leaked docs show Brussels plans to swap Sahrawi consent for “verifiable benefits,” let Moroccan customs certify goods, and apply the deal before MEPs vote - a move insiders call a “fait accompli.”
EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause
EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause
After the EU's top court ruled that the deal breached the principle of self-determination, Brussels was given 12 months to comply
dlvr.it
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Scoop: The EU Commission is rushing to save its annulled deal with Morocco covering Western Sahara.
Leaked docs show Brussels plans to swap Sahrawi consent for “verifiable benefits,” let Moroccan customs certify goods, and apply the deal before MEPs vote - a move insiders call a “fait accompli.”
Leaked docs show Brussels plans to swap Sahrawi consent for “verifiable benefits,” let Moroccan customs certify goods, and apply the deal before MEPs vote - a move insiders call a “fait accompli.”
🚨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.
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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...
Who killed the Brussels effect? | Euractiv
In today’s edition: Ursula von der Leyen says NATO should shoot down Russian jets, ex-Palestinian PM casts doubt on the EU’s ‘Donor Group’ plan for Gaza, a Slovak MEP mocks the EU transport debate with an Instagram stunt, and the Brussels effect fades as the bloc’s soft power struggles in a hard power world
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September 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚨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...
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...