
Manon Dufour
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Manon Dufour
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A mixed bag of 🇪🇺, climate, energy, and political geekery. Proud Brusseleir with a 🇫🇷 ID, and head of Brussels for climate change think tank @E3G. 🤙




As President @vonderleyen prepares to announce the list of Commissioner nominees, E3G is asking key questions about what this means for Europe's climate and economic future. #EUGreenDeal #GreenTransition 👇 🧵(1/9)



⚠️Bardella has just announced that Rassemblement National will join the Patriots group tomorrow as he referred to "a large group that will have an influence on the balance of power in Europe, rejecting the flood of migrants, punitive ecology, and confiscation of our sovereignty"


EU leaders signal stability in the green transition. Next steps: align on the 2040 climate target and invest in Europe’s prosperity. E3G shares six benchmarks to assess the commitments Von der Leyen will make in her upcoming political guidelines. 👉 bit.ly/4ezLqtw




New: Meloni voted against kallas and Costa and abstained on VdL. Orban voted against VdL, for Costa and abstained on Kallas #EuCo


NEW🚨The EU elections did not kill the Green Deal. But they should mark a new beginning. Decarbonisation is the only route for Europe to resilience and competitiveness. The new EP has the responsibility to keep moving, and must avoid futile diversions. bruegel.org/first-glance/p…



As votes are counted in the #EUelections2024, let’s do the math. The next European Commission president will need 361 votes to get approved. For now, EPP, S&D and Renew have 398 seats. With 13-15% of MEPs not following the group line, this is not comfortable. They need a partner

With the first national estimates out, this is how the new European Parliament looks. More updates on our live blog as results continue to be released: trib.al/IvArV1i More in-depth country breakdowns here: trib.al/kjyrRnp

But VdL faces a very difficult reconfirmation vote in the European Parliament, where she needs an absolute majority of MEPs (361) to back her. I've attached a table of previous votes for Barrosso, Juncker and VdL 1.0 which highlights how tricky the arithmetic is going to prove 5/

NEW - #EUElection2024 first seat projection for new EP Estimated composition of the new European Parliament based on estimates in 11 countries (🇦🇹, 🇧🇬, 🇭🇷, 🇨🇾, 🇩🇰, 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇷, 🇲🇹, 🇳🇱, 🇪🇸) and pre-electoral data for the remaining 16 countries. Details: elections.europa.eu/en
