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How to read EU law
A brief explainer on how to find your way around EU laws and where to look for key information in long legislative acts. Continue reading
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Why and how the European Parliament is changing its rules
The European Parliament is about to change its rules. With the final committee report now available, I explore what the changes will mean for parliamentary business and working with Parliament. Continue reading
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A Progress Report on Law-Making in the European Parliament
This post explores legislative business across the committees in the European Parliament. Continue reading
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How many legislative files are still awaiting adoption before the European elections?
A closer look at the data on unfinished legislative business, and where the various files are at in the EU adoption process. Continue reading
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Navigating the Early Stages of EU Law-making
It’s crucial to understand the early stages of EU law-making because this is where key decisions are made. A simple map based on my recent presentation. Continue reading
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What’s new with the EU budget?
After painstaking negotiations, the EU institutions last week concluded the mid-term revision of the EU’s long-term budget. This post looks beyond some of the headline figures. Continue reading
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From Green to Industrial Deal: How EU Priorities are shifting towards Competitiveness
This post unpacks the EU’s political shift from championing the green transition towards bolstering EU competitiveness. Continue reading
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Last chance for trilogues: Deadlines for new EU legislation before the elections
It is crunch time for the EU system to agree new legislation before the upcoming elections. The many still ongoing trilogues – negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and the Commission on new legislation – need to conclude by mid-February… Continue reading
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How to identify upcoming EU laws
It is key to understand what policy ideas the Commission is (and is not) pursuing if you want to feed in your views early in the process. This post explains how/where you can find out what the Commission is planning. Continue reading
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A simple tool to explain the EU policy process – and why you need to engage early
To influence EU policy successfully, you first need to understand how it is made. Here I share my simple visual aid to explain the policy process to non-experts. Continue reading









