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Jack Schickler

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Obtained by Contexte. Managing editor for energy. Previously Euronews, CoinDesk, MLex and general policy wonk. Brussels-based. Tips? about.contexte.com/eu/secure-contact

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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Delighted to announce that @contexte.com is rebranding as Shadow Rapporteur
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So Celine did ONE concert in Paris and they're already letting Canada into the EU huh
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is spending Monday at a primary school and at a European Parliament debate, and I think you can make your own punchline here
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Deutsche Welle article: Are EVs really bad for the environment?

Some German politicians are calling for a delay in the EU plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, saying a car should be judged on its full carbon footprint. Science says EVs are more climate friendly. Are they really?
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In today's EU news, the far-right Flemish party Vlaams Belang has been defeated in court by .... IKEA curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hijacker: Everyone stop talking. I am armed and I am taking control of this plane. Guy from the Netherlands: Wow, in Netherlands we just purchase a plane if we want one. But typically we will bike somewhere Guy who has been to Japan once: In Japan planes are rarely hijacked. It's a cultural taboo
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What a way to make a living
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Great Lakes will now spell SHAME
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The European Commission’s internal processes for agreeing documents ate cumbersome and lengthy. None of them, apparently, prevents a piece of legislative guidance being published *in the Official Journal* with a fairly obvious typo in the title eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/4...
Communication from the Commission – Guidance on Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
IIRC there is a Martin Amis short story with exactly this premise
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Anna Hubert @annahbrt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🌞 Psst il y a des mots croisés pour l'été dans @contexte.com !! t.co/FgnTIP4eAt
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I have combined my two favourite nerderies: crosswords, and EU politics www.contexte.com/eu/article/p...
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Has someone said “Scylla Black” yet
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A fitting tribute by Sky News: getting basic facts about the EU wrong
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I just need you to find 5 goals
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨🚨Breaking: The #US ambassador in #Brussels had Belgian police stop reporting by @eurcorrespond.bsky.social on the Freedom 250” celebration – paid by private companies, organised by the three US embassies in Brussels, marking the 250th anniversary of the US. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-us-...
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The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting
Yesterday evening, the United States held its ”Freedom 250” celebration – paid by private companies, organised by the three American embassies in Brus
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New EEAS chief is Kallas Jr, gone on retransformation (5,9)
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I done a crossword! Sample clues: • Dampened shell-like? (6) • Endure it, as drunk becomes less sober (10) • Lots of people pinching the capital of Ebenezer Scrooge (5) Edition 282 available here www.piemag.com
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The Magpie Crossword Magazine
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
TIL that the song You Can Call Me Al, which is an absolute banger, was inspired, indirectly but remarkably, by the avantgardiste composer Pierre Boulez
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
More highly educated people use AI more, both for professional and personal reasons, says the @ec.europa.eu
Graph showing AI use by age and educational level, taken from the European Commission economic forecast of 21 May
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It is 2026, and all of Europe recognises the supremacy of EU law. All? No, one indomitable law firm, etc etc
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Kira Taylor @kirataylor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What does the Iran war mean for EU energy policy? @jackschickler.bsky.social, Ciarán Sunderland and I tried to answer this in our live podcast recording. Watch it back on @contexte.com for all our analysis 👇 www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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Video - What the Iran war means for EU energy policy - Contexte
Watch the replay of our Contexte Live discussion on the EU’s response to the Middle East conflict and its consequences.
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Got to hand it to Politco, this story really has legs www.politico.eu/article/spai...
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MEP hits back at ‘fake’ octopus dish served in EU Parliament canteen
“Galicia is Europe’s leading fishing power, and we cannot stop fighting every battle to ensure it remains so,” Spanish MEP Adrián Vázquez Lázara said.
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hardly the oddest thing in this whole saga but ... Mathias Döpfner's leading example of a self-evident fact is ... not even true? The biggest democracy in the world is India. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/poli...
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
TIL that Leni Riefenstahl died in 2003, thus living long enough to see Stuart Little 2
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
In Brussels’ Parc Royale, you can tell it’s spring
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Margaritis Schinas, former EU Commissioner and spokesperson, has been appointed Greek agriculture minister, says Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Greek PM reshuffles cabinet as EU aid farm fraud probe widens
Greek Prime ​Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, as he seeks to limit ‌the fallout from a growing scandal over alleged fraud related to European Union farm funds.
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The lineup at Glastonbury this year looks pretty decent
A leaked list of emissions trading system benchmarks from the European Commission
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I’m not making any specific accusations but the City of Paris has a minister responsible for both funerals and sustainable food
Portrait de Antoine Guillou
Espaces verts et bois, Alimentation durable, circuits courts- Axe Seine et canaux, affaires funéraires
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I have a joke about a non-performing loan but I'd have to write it down
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Looking forward to explaining this bold 21st-century reform to all my French colleagues today www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Hereditary Peers Bill passes in House of Lords, paving the way for further reform
The Hereditary Peers Bill has passed in the House of Lords in one of the biggest reforms to Parliament and UK democracy in a generation.
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Nezim Tandjaoui @nezim.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
⚡🥳 On recrute un journaliste énergie à Paris chez @contexte.com www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies... À la clef : sujets passionnants, rédac indépendante qui bosse hyper bien entre les rubriques, délicieux gâteaux et blagues pourries 🌞
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Journaliste Energie H/F - Contexte - CDI à Paris
Contexte recrute un(e) Journaliste Energie H/F à Paris !
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Fake Allister Heath headline: We must resist the totalitarian nightmare of Axel Springer's buyout of the Telegraph before we lose everything
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
No comment on the substance, but this is the first time I've ever seen a formal "communication" adopted by the European Commission that doesn't read like it was written on a typewriter in 1954 It has ... pictures! Colours! Columns! ec.europa.eu/assets/eac/i...
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Contexte @contexte.com · 03/03/2026
Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns ✍️ Anna Hubert et Anca Gurzu
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Interview - Deregulation could spell the end of the EU, Ribera warns
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In inboxes as of this morning: Contexte's second-ever English-language briefing, Power, helping navigate the long game of EU policy. ⚙️ Inner workings of the institutions 🥷 Power struggles within political alliances 🚘 Who's driving Europe’s defining decisions ➡️ www.contexte.com/eu/section/p...
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Power - Contexte
The EU is facing huge geopolitical uncertainty, with a shifting world order, questions around the US commitment and growing pressure on competitiveness and defence. At the same time the EU itself is ...
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
BRUSSELS LOBBYISTS, HERE'S SOME FREE SLOGAN IDEAS COPA-COGECA: Cash in the Till WindEurope: Big Fans of Big Fans European Packaging Association: Yes, We Can ... plus more as soon as I think of one
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The European Parliament will next week debate the situation of the rule of law in the United States (!)
Topical debate requested by a political group (S&D) (Rule 169) - State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Guess Germany’s leading insurer hired the Abrdn consultants huh
Your contract is changing name: Allianz Excellence becomes Allianz Xcellence
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Responding to a SpAd's all-caps email with "this is really helpful" is just the most Civil Servant thing that ever Civil Servanted
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I’m Dave Williams. You’re probably not @skirwingle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Model in a lame movie (7) #cryptic #crossword #easytarget
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Contexte | Energy @energy.contexte.com · 27/01/2026
In the Contexte energy briefing today: 🇺🇸 What's next for the EU-US energy deal? ☢️ The EU's Soviet-era nuclear reactors switch fuel 🌊 North Sea Summit pledges 15GW of yearly offshore wind www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
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Briefing of Tuesday, 27 January 2026 - Contexte
Deep information.
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Don't bogart that joint position, my friend (A case being ruled at the ECJ next week)
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In France, they don't say "medical problem", they say "fashion opportunity"
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Hard to imagine another scenario in which this would not lead to an immediate recall of ambassadors
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Once you have paid him the Dane-geld // You never get rid of the Dane
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Contexte | Energy @energy.contexte.com · 13/01/2026
In today's energy briefing: 📅 Brussels' packed energy agenda 🇺🇸 IRENA's budget hole 👨‍⚖️ Nord Stream goes to court www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
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Briefing of Tuesday, 13 January 2026 - Contexte
Deep information.
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
When it comes to phasing out Russian energy, most of the EU's focus (and financial bill) has been on gas. @annahbrt.bsky.social unpicks what might happen when Brussels comes for Russian uranium. In @energy.contexte.com today: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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In depth - Why pulling the plug on Russian nuclear may prove tricky - Contexte
Seven months after pledging to curb Russian nuclear imports, the Commission has yet to act. As the bloc seeks to decouple from Moscow, Russian gas has dominated the political debate — but uranium depe...
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Your honour, I did not mug him, I merely asked for money after implying there might be violence www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Exclusive | Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Aims to Buy Greenland, Downplays Military Action
The secretary of state said the White House is using rhetoric to pressure Denmark into negotiations.
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