Marianne Gros
@mariannegros.bsky.social
Reporter for POLITICO Europe, covering the circular economy, corporate sustainability, and greenwashing. Embarrassed about the fact that I'm still on that other platform...
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This "will they won't they" storyline between the EPP and the far-right is getting old.
The centrists are again (or still) working together to pass the omnibus. But the EPP has a plan to cut green rules that it is confident will get far-right support, just in case.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The centrists are again (or still) working together to pass the omnibus. But the EPP has a plan to cut green rules that it is confident will get far-right support, just in case.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
EU Parliament’s centrists scramble to cut far right out of green rules plan
The center-right European People’s Party is giving its coalition partners another shot, knowing that the far right is waiting in the wings.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This "will they won't they" storyline between the EPP and the far-right is getting old.
The centrists are again (or still) working together to pass the omnibus. But the EPP has a plan to cut green rules that it is confident will get far-right support, just in case.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The centrists are again (or still) working together to pass the omnibus. But the EPP has a plan to cut green rules that it is confident will get far-right support, just in case.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
🚨🚨 the European People's Party has suggested new changes to a landmark bill aimed at cutting environmental red tape. Those changes align with demands from the far-right.
You read it here first 👇
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social and @benmunster.bsky.social
You read it here first 👇
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social and @benmunster.bsky.social
EU’s biggest political group bets on far-right support to cut green rules
Push to slash red tape drives an ever-bigger wedge between Europe’s traditional centrist coalition.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨🚨 the European People's Party has suggested new changes to a landmark bill aimed at cutting environmental red tape. Those changes align with demands from the far-right.
You read it here first 👇
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social and @benmunster.bsky.social
You read it here first 👇
www.politico.eu/article/epp-...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social and @benmunster.bsky.social
"Ce n'est pas la fatalité mais le miroir d'une société qui a cessé de lui offrir un avenir."
A Bruxelles, des jeunes de 18 à peine s'entretue pour quelques milliers d'€
Cet article de Julien Balboni, à lire absolument: www.lecho.be/economie-pol...
A Bruxelles, des jeunes de 18 à peine s'entretue pour quelques milliers d'€
Cet article de Julien Balboni, à lire absolument: www.lecho.be/economie-pol...
"Tout le monde met des primes sur tout le monde": à Bruxelles, le quotidien des gamins tireurs
Alors que, depuis le 1ᵉʳ janvier à Bruxelles, 80 fusillades ont fait sept morts et 38 blessés, dans les rues de la capitale, des jeunes de 18 ans sont payés quelques milliers d'euros pour aller tuer d...
www.lecho.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"Ce n'est pas la fatalité mais le miroir d'une société qui a cessé de lui offrir un avenir."
A Bruxelles, des jeunes de 18 à peine s'entretue pour quelques milliers d'€
Cet article de Julien Balboni, à lire absolument: www.lecho.be/economie-pol...
A Bruxelles, des jeunes de 18 à peine s'entretue pour quelques milliers d'€
Cet article de Julien Balboni, à lire absolument: www.lecho.be/economie-pol...
Reposted by Marianne Gros
#EUPolitics: EU’s conservatives hurtle toward reckoning over far-right taboo, by @mariannegros.bsky.social & @maxgriera.bsky.social | Politico www.politico.eu/article/euro...
EU’s conservatives hurtle toward reckoning over far-right taboo
The European Parliament’s center right weighs turning its back on historical mainstream alliances in its push to cut red tape.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
#EUPolitics: EU’s conservatives hurtle toward reckoning over far-right taboo, by @mariannegros.bsky.social & @maxgriera.bsky.social | Politico www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Tense talks about the first omnibus in Parliament is forcing a reckoning for the EPP: slow down its deregulation drive to appease centrist allies, or partner with the far-right to get the job done.
Read our story w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social 👇
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Read our story w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social 👇
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
EU’s conservatives hurtle toward reckoning over far-right taboo
The European Parliament’s center right weighs turning its back on historical mainstream alliances in its push to cut red tape.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Tense talks about the first omnibus in Parliament is forcing a reckoning for the EPP: slow down its deregulation drive to appease centrist allies, or partner with the far-right to get the job done.
Read our story w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social 👇
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Read our story w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social 👇
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
⚠️⚠️⚠️ MEPs stall von der Leyen's first omnibus proposal, as EU leaders call on Brussels to deliver a speedy deregulation drive.
Follow along here👇
www.politico.eu/article/parl...
Follow along here👇
www.politico.eu/article/parl...
Parliament stalls EU’s first effort to simplify rules for business
The decision sets up a clash with EU leaders and the European Commission, who are on a drive to roll back legislation quickly.
www.politico.eu
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
⚠️⚠️⚠️ MEPs stall von der Leyen's first omnibus proposal, as EU leaders call on Brussels to deliver a speedy deregulation drive.
Follow along here👇
www.politico.eu/article/parl...
Follow along here👇
www.politico.eu/article/parl...
Reposted by Marianne Gros
What began as a push to free Europe’s businesses from crippling rules has morphed into yet another tactic to appease Donald Trump.
Our story with @mariannegros.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Our story with @mariannegros.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
The EU’s new peace offering to Trump: A bonfire of its business rules.
Ursula von der Leyen is selling simplification like a Kinder Egg — sweet on the outside for European business, with a surprise inside for the U.S. president.
www.politico.eu
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
What began as a push to free Europe’s businesses from crippling rules has morphed into yet another tactic to appease Donald Trump.
Our story with @mariannegros.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
Our story with @mariannegros.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
This week on @politico.eu's EU Influence newsletter
- 💼 46 companies want Macron and Merz to help them kill the EU due diligence rules
- 🇵🇸 Who shapes the narrative in Brussels on Gaza?
- 👩⚖️ Why its been such a testy week for the EU's relationship with Hungary
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
- 💼 46 companies want Macron and Merz to help them kill the EU due diligence rules
- 🇵🇸 Who shapes the narrative in Brussels on Gaza?
- 👩⚖️ Why its been such a testy week for the EU's relationship with Hungary
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
Of spies and men
A weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU. By MARIANNE GROS Tips, tales, traumas to influence@politico.eu | View in your browser SALUT! I’m Marianne Gros from P…
www.politico.eu
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This week on @politico.eu's EU Influence newsletter
- 💼 46 companies want Macron and Merz to help them kill the EU due diligence rules
- 🇵🇸 Who shapes the narrative in Brussels on Gaza?
- 👩⚖️ Why its been such a testy week for the EU's relationship with Hungary
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
- 💼 46 companies want Macron and Merz to help them kill the EU due diligence rules
- 🇵🇸 Who shapes the narrative in Brussels on Gaza?
- 👩⚖️ Why its been such a testy week for the EU's relationship with Hungary
www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...
Reposted by Marianne Gros
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Coral #Ocean #Environment #Climate #Science
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Coral #Ocean #Environment #Climate #Science
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Coral #Ocean #Environment #Climate #Science
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Coral #Ocean #Environment #Climate #Science
Washington, with the help of big American companies like ExxonMobil, has been lobbying the EU to scrap its due diligence rules.
Behind closed doors, Brussels is telling EU capitals that it’s not on the table.
Read more from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and I 👇
Behind closed doors, Brussels is telling EU capitals that it’s not on the table.
Read more from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and I 👇
Sabine Weyand tells member countries that the EU won’t bow to the Trump administration’s demand to rip up its business regulations.
Great get from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and @mariannegros.bsky.social from this week’s no-phones meeting:
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
Great get from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and @mariannegros.bsky.social from this week’s no-phones meeting:
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules
Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.
www.politico.eu
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Washington, with the help of big American companies like ExxonMobil, has been lobbying the EU to scrap its due diligence rules.
Behind closed doors, Brussels is telling EU capitals that it’s not on the table.
Read more from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and I 👇
Behind closed doors, Brussels is telling EU capitals that it’s not on the table.
Read more from @gabrielgavin.bsky.social and I 👇
🚨 OMNIBUS UPDATE 🚨
The Socialists & Democrats folded under pressure from the European People’s Party after it threatened to ally with the far right to push through sweeping cuts to EU green rules.
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social
Quick thread on how we got here 👇
The Socialists & Democrats folded under pressure from the European People’s Party after it threatened to ally with the far right to push through sweeping cuts to EU green rules.
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social
Quick thread on how we got here 👇
Socialists cave to center-right demands to slash EU green rules
The Socialists and liberals folded after the center-right EPP threatened to ditch them and work with the far right instead.
www.politico.eu
October 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 OMNIBUS UPDATE 🚨
The Socialists & Democrats folded under pressure from the European People’s Party after it threatened to ally with the far right to push through sweeping cuts to EU green rules.
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social
Quick thread on how we got here 👇
The Socialists & Democrats folded under pressure from the European People’s Party after it threatened to ally with the far right to push through sweeping cuts to EU green rules.
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
w/ @maxgriera.bsky.social
Quick thread on how we got here 👇
🚨 Negotiations on the first omnibus are heating up in the European Parliament
Here’s a sneak peek about the 🔵 EPP’s latest threat to the 🔴 Socialists and 🟡Renew about siding with the far-right to cut environmental laws
PROliticos can find out more here:
www.politico.eu/pro/document...
Here’s a sneak peek about the 🔵 EPP’s latest threat to the 🔴 Socialists and 🟡Renew about siding with the far-right to cut environmental laws
PROliticos can find out more here:
www.politico.eu/pro/document...
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚨 Negotiations on the first omnibus are heating up in the European Parliament
Here’s a sneak peek about the 🔵 EPP’s latest threat to the 🔴 Socialists and 🟡Renew about siding with the far-right to cut environmental laws
PROliticos can find out more here:
www.politico.eu/pro/document...
Here’s a sneak peek about the 🔵 EPP’s latest threat to the 🔴 Socialists and 🟡Renew about siding with the far-right to cut environmental laws
PROliticos can find out more here:
www.politico.eu/pro/document...
And for a quick summary of the chaos, read @victorglaf.bsky.social's brilliant overview 👇
www.politico.eu/article/fren...
www.politico.eu/article/fren...
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And for a quick summary of the chaos, read @victorglaf.bsky.social's brilliant overview 👇
www.politico.eu/article/fren...
www.politico.eu/article/fren...
It's Monday. There's a political crisis in France. We've got a live blog going if — like us — you're wondering WTF just happened.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns — live updates
France’s fifth government in three years resigns just 12 hours after being appointed.
www.politico.eu
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It's Monday. There's a political crisis in France. We've got a live blog going if — like us — you're wondering WTF just happened.
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
One too many altercations with spokespeople in the Commission press room got us thinking...If politicians’ careers depend on communicating clearly to the masses, VDL seems to have a problem.
Read the full story 👇 wonderfully edited by POLITICO's Ian Wishart.
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Read the full story 👇 wonderfully edited by POLITICO's Ian Wishart.
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Ursula von der Leyen’s communications breakdown
European Commission president’s critics blame her leadership style for some media missteps.
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
One too many altercations with spokespeople in the Commission press room got us thinking...If politicians’ careers depend on communicating clearly to the masses, VDL seems to have a problem.
Read the full story 👇 wonderfully edited by POLITICO's Ian Wishart.
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Read the full story 👇 wonderfully edited by POLITICO's Ian Wishart.
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Reposted by Marianne Gros
Les marins sont une poignée à encore calculer la position de leur bateau grâce à la navigation astronomique.
Ils comprennent le langage des étoiles pour s'émerveiller toujours.
⏰ Rediff. du 05/08/2025
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/222
Ils comprennent le langage des étoiles pour s'émerveiller toujours.
⏰ Rediff. du 05/08/2025
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/222
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Les marins sont une poignée à encore calculer la position de leur bateau grâce à la navigation astronomique.
Ils comprennent le langage des étoiles pour s'émerveiller toujours.
⏰ Rediff. du 05/08/2025
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/222
Ils comprennent le langage des étoiles pour s'émerveiller toujours.
⏰ Rediff. du 05/08/2025
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/222
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September 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨 Your latest EU influence is out! Featuring stellar reporting from POLITICO's @marieccles.bsky.social, @maxgriera.bsky.social, @antoanetaroussi.bsky.social, @ketrinjochecova.bsky.social, @egreechee.bsky.social, @evahartog.bsky.social and @maggiemiller.bsky.social
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The EU ombudsman will investigate the commission’s decision to delete a text exchange between Macron and von der Leyen about the Mercosur trade deal.
@politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
@politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
EU watchdog probes Macron’s text to von der Leyen requesting Mercosur delay
The EU executive could not provide access to a text message from the French president to the Commission president, first revealed by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The EU ombudsman will investigate the commission’s decision to delete a text exchange between Macron and von der Leyen about the Mercosur trade deal.
@politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
@politico.eu was first to report on the text’s existence back in 2024 👀
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
🍂 The leaves are browning, and so are Europe's green rules
Read @politico.eu's guide to the EU's season of red tape bonfires:
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Read @politico.eu's guide to the EU's season of red tape bonfires:
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Brussels kicks off a season of red tape destruction
The European Commission is waging war on bureaucracy in its effort to boost the EU’s struggling economy. Here’s what to watch.
www.politico.eu
September 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🍂 The leaves are browning, and so are Europe's green rules
Read @politico.eu's guide to the EU's season of red tape bonfires:
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Read @politico.eu's guide to the EU's season of red tape bonfires:
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🌳 Plastics made using energy from burnt wood and other types of biomass can be considered green, the EU’s top court has ruled.
The ruling comes after legal Charity @clienteartheur.bsky.social challenged the Commission’s decision to include bioplastic in the EU Taxonomy.
W/ Leonie Cater
The ruling comes after legal Charity @clienteartheur.bsky.social challenged the Commission’s decision to include bioplastic in the EU Taxonomy.
W/ Leonie Cater
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌳 Plastics made using energy from burnt wood and other types of biomass can be considered green, the EU’s top court has ruled.
The ruling comes after legal Charity @clienteartheur.bsky.social challenged the Commission’s decision to include bioplastic in the EU Taxonomy.
W/ Leonie Cater
The ruling comes after legal Charity @clienteartheur.bsky.social challenged the Commission’s decision to include bioplastic in the EU Taxonomy.
W/ Leonie Cater
🍿 In just a few minutes Commission President will start her State of the Union Speech!
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Von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech — live updates
Follow our analysis as the European Commission chief outlines the EU’s priorities against the backdrop of a turbulent world order.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🍿 In just a few minutes Commission President will start her State of the Union Speech!
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🚨 POLITICO pro subscribers can find out what the latest omnibus compromise text says here 👇
Hint: Companies with 1750 employees are considered small by some, it seems
pro.politico.eu/news/204337 (€)
Hint: Companies with 1750 employees are considered small by some, it seems
pro.politico.eu/news/204337 (€)
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September 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨 POLITICO pro subscribers can find out what the latest omnibus compromise text says here 👇
Hint: Companies with 1750 employees are considered small by some, it seems
pro.politico.eu/news/204337 (€)
Hint: Companies with 1750 employees are considered small by some, it seems
pro.politico.eu/news/204337 (€)