Journaliste, correspondant de L'Opinion à Bruxelles. Affaires européennes et autres facéties. Contact : scarraud at lopinion point fr.

Bruxelles
Joined October 2009
I’m old enough to remember the France-Germany spread below 150
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Today in @Contexte: "Von der Leyen is 4 months late declaring her lobbyist meetings". I asked the spokesperson service for comment and waited 2 days for a reply. While they kept me waiting... the team was quietly busy updating the transparency register 🙃 contexte.com/eu/news/power/v…
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Hungarian MEP @_KingaGal has become co-president of the Patriots alongside @J_Bardella , in what could be an early passing of the torch ahead of his expected return to French politics.
‼️ Jordan Bardella and Kinga Gál to Lead Patriots for Europe Group as Co-Presidents
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« [Ouarda Bensouag] est un élément de l’influence du Parti populaire européen, pas de l’influence française », disait un connaisseur dans un portrait que @Contexte a publié l'an dernier (et toujours accessible gratuitement) contexte.com/fr/article/pouv…
Portrait intéressant de la très méconnue Ouarda Bensouag, pourtant l'une des Françaises les plus influentes à Bruxelles Sa spectaculaire ascension dans l'appareil de la droite européenne n'est peut-être pas finie, par @EddyWax rapporteur.com/news/midterms…
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Portrait intéressant de la très méconnue Ouarda Bensouag, pourtant l'une des Françaises les plus influentes à Bruxelles Sa spectaculaire ascension dans l'appareil de la droite européenne n'est peut-être pas finie, par @EddyWax rapporteur.com/news/midterms…
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🇪🇪 I sat down with Estonian Prime Minister @KristenMichalPM A new loan is the most likely way to secure the €70 billion Ukraine needs next year and the US remains an ally despite Trump’s latest move, he says. I also asked him about the 🇫🇷 election lopinion.fr/international/kr…
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Macron's diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne will be in China from October 9 to 13 to meet Wang Yi Teeing Macron up for one last jaunt to China before April? Or perhaps a meeting with Xi at the G20...?
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💣 EPP heavyweights drop a bombshell by demanding the cancellation of the IAA, which introduces European preference in subsidies and public procurement for specific sectors.
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Lithuania plans to host a European summit on May 13-14 2027. One small problem for France: Emmanuel Macron’s term ends at the latest on May 13 at 11:59 p.m. So, who will make the trip ? lopinion.fr/politique/emmanu…
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With this subtitle that may well be my most useful contribution to L’Opinion since I joined
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Possibly the worst bike lane in Europe
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They’re not really shooting at us, says Europe Today’s @MonsieurKak cartoon, on the front page of L’Opinion
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.@BrunoLeMaire veut négocier un rabais de la participation de la France à l’Union européenne de 5 milliards “au regard de notre situation financière et du niveau de vie des Français” (PIB/habitant sous la moyenne de l’Union européenne)
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Pour ne pas censurer Sébastien Lecornu, Marine Le Pen demande au gouvernement de ne pas conclure d'accord sur le futur budget européen 2028-2034 avant la présidentielle française #AFP via @SamiAcef
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💥 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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can’t wait to hear Von der Leyen’s state of the union speech next week while at the same time every day brings us a little closer to the AI doomsday
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