🇬🇧 Explaining EU politics on #Twitch/ 🇫🇷 Vulgarise et meme la politique UE/ Also @deschandelliers
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Dec 7, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
🧵As negotiators in the AI Act trilogues are in their 20th consecutive hour of negotiation, it's a good moment to explain what the hell trilogues are, why they are important and so damn long.
A thread on the most iconic and yet obscure word of EU politics.
1) WTF is a trilogue ?
Barring EUCO, trilogues are the epitomy of EU negotiation. The holy of holies of EU policy. The Thunderdome of EU lawmaking.
It’s when the Commission, Parliament & Council lock themselves in a room to finalise EU legislation.
3 texts enter, 1 text leaves
Jul 12, 2023 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
🧵L’Europe c’est pas politique & chiant à mourir ? Laissez-moi vous prouver le contraire… 👇
Ce midi un vote au Parlement européen va définir le futur des législations environnementales UE & tester le potentiel de l’alliance des droites européennes. 1/15
#NatureRestorationLaw
Le Parlement va voter sur la Loi sur la Restauration de la Nature (NRL), une partie du Pacte Vert UE destiné à atteindre la neutralité carbone d’ici 2050.
Mais plus gros groupe du Parlement, le PPE (centre-droit, LR), a lancé une croisade sans précédent pour tuer cette loi. 2/15
Jun 14, 2023 • 18 tweets • 5 min read
🧵A thread to analyse the #NatureRestorationLaw drama and why the EPP takes a hardcore stance on this file.
I will not look at the substance of the text which, in my opinion, is relatively irrelevant to understand the situation.
In short, it's about sending a message. 👇👇
1/18
The Nature Restauration Law is part of the EU Green Deal, a package of EU laws to ensure that the EU becomes climate neutral by 2050.
The EPP took the very unusual & hardcore decision to push for a full rejection of the text & boycotted negotiations. 2/18 eppgroup.eu/newsroom/news/…
On top of debates & votes, TONS of stuff happen at the same time: political group meeting, meeting with lobbyists, committee meetings, trilogues, etc.
MEPs agenda are usually packed & hemicycle presence can only be a small part of it.
Dec 10, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
🧵THREAD🧵
Yesterday, Belgian police arrested Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, a Greek Socialist, over suspicion of corruption by Qatar.
So here's a thread on something that will likely come into play: MEP parliamentary immunities.
lesoir.be/482080/article…
Members of the European Parliament, like their national counterpart enjoy a number of privileges to facilitate their duty as MEPs.
One of these privileges is a parliamentary immunity that prevents any detention or legal proceeding against them in the course of their mandate.
May 2, 2022 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
🧵Un long thread sur l’accord #LFI-#EELV pour les #Legislatives2022 et le choix de la stratégie de désobéissance européenne pour forcer les autres Etats à se plier à leur volonté.
En résumé c’est dangereux juridiquement, politiquement et démocratiquement.
Précautions d’usage: je ne porte aucun jugement sur l’aspect programmatique (que veulent-ils changer dans l’UE) qui relève du débat politique légitime, ici il s’agit de juger le moyen dangereux (la désobéissance européenne) choisi pour arriver à ces fins.
Aug 31, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
My efforts to bring EU politics on #Twitch continue, with a great start yesterday for my second season and a lot to unpack.
Beyond the typical stuff (new emotes, bots, visuals, interface, etc.), the key work for this season is MORE.
Here's a summary of what to expect👇👇👇
Season 1 was a single stream per week. Season 2 will be 4-5 streams every week.
In addition to my usual interviews (at least twice what Season 1 had), three new regular streams will complete my schedule. Not counting the odd EU streams I intend to do every now and then.
