@JeanComte

Senior reporter with @mlexclusive. I like: lobbying tactics, tax transparency, financial regulation, transparency & accountability issues, EU budget, and beers

 Brussels, Belgium
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Joined October 2012
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Laura Rozen
@lrozenOct 20
“Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, while the president was campaigning last week, two of the people said. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.
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Someone has put a “please report leaks” sign in the toilets of the @EUCouncil. But it’s about water… or is it?
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@CNNPRSep 21
Joint statement from the White House television pool members:
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PM Carney has become ‘the intellectual leader of the free world’: Former foreign affairs minister bnnbloomberg.ca/video/econom…

PM Carney has become ‘the intellectual leader of the free world’: Former foreign affairs minister

Former foreign affairs minister John Manley on why he believes it is ‘a good time to be a Canadian’ while Carney continues to diversify trade.

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Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union. nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/po… via @NYTimes

Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union. (Gift...

The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.

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Terminal zbożowy w Gdyni. Jest wniosek do KE trojmiasto.pl/biznes/Termina…

Terminal zbożowy w Gdyni. Jest wniosek do KE

Do Komisji Europejskiej trafił wniosek o zgodę na przejęcie kontroli nad terminalem zbożowym w Porcie Gdynia. Złożyły go koncerny związane z Konsorcjum SBT.

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Simon Carraud@SimonCrrdSep 11
💥 We sat down with @CHansenEU, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, to discuss the impact of this summer’s extreme temperatures on farmers Five takeaways: 1/ The situation is “rather disastrous”, 2/ There is some flexibility on payments to farmers, but 3/ that won’t be enough 🧵
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Simon Carraud@SimonCrrdSep 9
I looked at how Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné tries to wield influence in Brussels I also asked him whether he'd see a conflict of interest if Gabriel Attal were elected 🇫🇷 president. He doesn’t but it would be "up to President" VDL to decide, he says lopinion.fr/international/st…

Stéphane Séjourné ou l’influence discrète à Bruxelles

Le vice-président de la Commission européenne s’efforce depuis près de deux ans de peser dans une institution hyper centralisée

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Elisa Ferreira, the former EU Commissioner in charge of cohesion policy, is on track to join the ‘Appointment Advisory Committee’ of the European investment bank - a body that provides opinion on candidates for the bank's Management Committee commission.europa.eu/documen…
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Can't wait to read "Exploring the new frontiers of EU Law”, the upcoming book of the EU Commission legal service with a foreword from von der Leyen 😃
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A few years ago, I discovered that during Donald Trump's first presidential term he peppered the IRS with #FOIA requests in an attempt to delay the agency from turning over his tax filings to a congressional committee. I FOIA'd Trump's FOIAs to IRS bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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This must be the most EU Parliament thing ever: the Conference of Committee Chairs issuing best practices on joint committee procedure 🤓
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Dear @SecRubio, As a fellow member of the “visa ban club”, I’m glad to see you were allowed to visit China — simply by adjusting one accent in your name. Would you consider my US visa application under “Terry Breton”? 🎭
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"The U.S. administration has suggested that the troop withdrawal was meant to punish German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for criticizing Washington’s Iran policy. But in fact it punishes the pro-American German middle class" theatlantic.com/internationa…

The Real Cost of Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Germany

The American drawdown is a cultural divorce as well as a military one.

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Statement from @JeffreyGoldberg @TheAtlantic :
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My latest story:
The Atlantic
@TheAtlanticMay 6
Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel has distributed “Ka$h”-branded bottles of bourbon to bureau staff and civilians, multiple people in Patel’s orbit tell @S_Fitzpatrick. theatlantic.com/politics/202…

Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.

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EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/politics/202…

Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.

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À Bruxelles, les désenchantés du « pacte vert » rongent leur frein. la-croix.com/economie/a-brux…

À Bruxelles, les désenchantés du « pacte vert » rongent leur frein

Après avoir porté aux nues le Green deal, la Commission européenne ne jure plus que par la compétitivité. Pour l’écosystème qui s’était construit autour de la transition écologique, c’est un coup dur.

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Les perquisitions de l’Autorité de la concurrence chez les Big 4 relancent le débat sur le secret professionnel decideurs-juridiques.com/aff…

Les OVS de l’Autorité de la concurrence chez les Big 4 relancent le ...

Dans le cadre d’une opération de visite et saisie (OVS) dans le secteur de l’audit et de la certification des données et rapports financiers et extrafinanciers, le gendarme français de la concurren...

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A Bruxelles, ce dialogue si difficile entre la Commission européenne et les patrons lexpress.fr/economie/entrepr…

A Bruxelles, ce dialogue si difficile entre la Commission européenne et les patrons

Les entreprises se plaignent de ne pas être suffisamment écoutées par la Commission européenne. L’Express décrypte les rouages de cette relation souvent compliquée.

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