Macron plan splits EU leaders
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EU leaders met at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium on 12 February and split over Macron’s 'Buy European' and common-debt push versus German calls for deregulation.
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The plan remains to get the MFF agreed before the years end, that means before the regular deadline in order to avoid running directly into the French presidential elections. Usually an MFF takes at least one failed summit and one marathon summit. Still remain sceptical this will work though.
EU leaders plan to discuss the next budgetary framework over three or four summits, including one specifically devoted to the issue if necessary 🥵🥵🥵
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The plan remains to get the MFF agreed before the years end, that means before the regular deadline in order to avoid running directly into the French presidential elections. Usually an MFF takes at least one failed summit and one marathon summit. Still remain sceptical this will work though.
France-Germany-Italy battling over Europe’s future?
Healthy development not a clash: we need real political contestation.
But their fixes are mutually exclusive: you can’t deregulate AND integrate markets AND go protectionist. #EUCO
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Healthy development not a clash: we need real political contestation.
But their fixes are mutually exclusive: you can’t deregulate AND integrate markets AND go protectionist. #EUCO
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
France set to clash with Germany and Italy at EU leaders' retreat
Paris is facing a Berlin-Rome axis in the debate over how to revive the EU economy. From eurobonds to a European preference and the Mercosur trade deal, competing visions are set to collide when the b...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
France-Germany-Italy battling over Europe’s future?
Healthy development not a clash: we need real political contestation.
But their fixes are mutually exclusive: you can’t deregulate AND integrate markets AND go protectionist. #EUCO
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Healthy development not a clash: we need real political contestation.
But their fixes are mutually exclusive: you can’t deregulate AND integrate markets AND go protectionist. #EUCO
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
At the moment when the EU needs unprecedented citizen support for fundamental strategic choices, national governments are systematically reducing democratic participation and grabbing the little power left in the Commission’s and EU Parliament’s hands
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Europe’s democratic winter — How EU leaders impose deregulation, bypassing citizens and MEPs
At their 'leaders' retreat', we are seeing the curtailing of EU democracy in the name of saving Europe’s economy. They should be unleashing citizens' demand for a stronger, independent Europe.
euobserver.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
At the moment when the EU needs unprecedented citizen support for fundamental strategic choices, national governments are systematically reducing democratic participation and grabbing the little power left in the Commission’s and EU Parliament’s hands
euobserver.com/202382/europ...
euobserver.com/202382/europ...
Reposted by Christian Rauh, Christian Odendahl
OPINION: As the current consensus goes, Europe has smothered itself in unnecessary regulation, and growth will return once red tape is cut.
This agenda is bound to disappoint.
This agenda is bound to disappoint.
Europe is chasing the wrong fix for its growth crisis
The continent’s old growth model no longer works in today’s world. And EU leaders need a plan that matches the scale of this shift.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 10:59 AM
OPINION: As the current consensus goes, Europe has smothered itself in unnecessary regulation, and growth will return once red tape is cut.
This agenda is bound to disappoint.
This agenda is bound to disappoint.
Reposted by Iikka Korhonen, Nicolai von Ondarza
Ahead of tomorrow's informal meeting of EU leaders on competitiveness, the ECB has submitted its proposals, which include a common 'safe asset'.
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Vertrauliche „Checkliste“: EZB fordert Eurobonds und Vorsorgedepot für alle
Die Euro-Notenbank drängt vor dem anstehenden EU-Gipfel auf tiefgreifende und konkrete Reformen. Besonders ihre Forderung nach einem europäischen „Safe Asset“ ist politisch sehr umstritten.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's informal meeting of EU leaders on competitiveness, the ECB has submitted its proposals, which include a common 'safe asset'.
www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/gel...
www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/gel...
🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
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5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary’s veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
This, for me, is the challenge for pro-European forces: They need to acknowledge that the world has gotten rougher, but that the answer is more internal EU integration, not more national egoisms, even while the rules-based international order is swept away.
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This, for me, is the challenge for pro-European forces: They need to acknowledge that the world has gotten rougher, but that the answer is more internal EU integration, not more national egoisms, even while the rules-based international order is swept away.
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Jussi T. Eronen
Europe's huge chemicals sector is campaigning to weaken the EU's most important climate policy.
And Brussels is listening.
And Brussels is listening.
European chemical giants plot to weaken EU’s flagship climate policy
The ultra-polluting sector says the EU’s carbon price is putting it out of business.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Europe's huge chemicals sector is campaigning to weaken the EU's most important climate policy.
And Brussels is listening.
And Brussels is listening.
by Els Torreele
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"In the name of ‘necessity’ and ‘urgency’, choices about defence, industry, trade, and strategic autonomy are being made at a break-neck speed, often with minimal debate and limited scrutiny." - We need a "European Spring" euobserver.com/202382/europ...
@alemanno.bsky.social @euobserver.com
"In the name of ‘necessity’ and ‘urgency’, choices about defence, industry, trade, and strategic autonomy are being made at a break-neck speed, often with minimal debate and limited scrutiny." - We need a "European Spring" euobserver.com/202382/europ...
@alemanno.bsky.social @euobserver.com
Europe’s democratic winter — How EU leaders impose deregulation, bypassing citizens and MEPs
At their 'leaders' retreat', we are seeing the curtailing of EU democracy in the name of saving Europe’s economy. They should be unleashing citizens' demand for a stronger, independent Europe.
euobserver.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This 👇
"In the name of ‘necessity’ and ‘urgency’, choices about defence, industry, trade, and strategic autonomy are being made at a break-neck speed, often with minimal debate and limited scrutiny." - We need a "European Spring" euobserver.com/202382/europ...
@alemanno.bsky.social @euobserver.com
"In the name of ‘necessity’ and ‘urgency’, choices about defence, industry, trade, and strategic autonomy are being made at a break-neck speed, often with minimal debate and limited scrutiny." - We need a "European Spring" euobserver.com/202382/europ...
@alemanno.bsky.social @euobserver.com