The European Parliament broadens access to its Schuman traineeships
As of October 2026, Schuman traineeships will be open to candidates holding a vocational education qualification corresponding to level 3, 4 or 5 of the EU Qualifications Framework.
🔗 link.europa.eu/mFqFMx
Municipales en France: tournant pour le parti présidentiel qui verra si son ancrage s’est agrandi au niveau local et si les partis habituellement placées dans les grandes villes arriveront à se maintenir
Pre-plenary press briefing today at 11:00. Spokespersons from the political groups will outline their key priorities for next week’s 20-23 October II plenary session.
Join us on site in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room or watch online: link.europa.eu/Kb4JVw
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 will be awarded on 21 October at 18.00 in Strasbourg.
EP President @president.europarl.europa.eu & VP @pinapic.bsky.social will open the ceremony.
Discover the work of the 10 finalists and how to follow the event: link.europa.eu/b3pMWw
The people of Moldova are heading to the polls. A delegation of MEPs is monitoring the process across the country.
Later today, a press conference with the head of the EP delegation, Michael Gahler, will take place.
Follow live from 14:00 CEST: link.europa.eu/fhygg7
Parliament's procedure on immunity 🧵
The process is set out in Rule 9 of the EP rules. When a competent national authority asks Parliament to waive an MEP’s immunity, the EP President announces it in plenary and refers it to @juri.europarl.europa.eu committee: link.europa.eu/vww3mm
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To bounce back on the Strategic Foresight Report 2025, it will be presented at the The European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) annual conference in Brussels on Thursday 13 November, organised by the European Commission and European Parliament
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The 2025 Strategic Foresight Report shows the way to future-proof the EU in turbulent and uncertain times:
🌍 Build a coherent global vision
🛡️ Amplify security
⚖️Intergenerational fairness
…and more.
📖 Read the report ➡ europa.eu/!bTrfJc
Débat ce matin sur @franceinfo.fr à propos de la note de la France par l’agence Fitch
On compare la France à l’Espagne sur la croissance mais n’oublions pas que les efforts de l’Espagne remontent à l’avant COVID + soutien de l’#unioneuropeennne 💶
Parliament has approved a six-month extension of the mandate of two special committees.
The European Democracy Shield committee, chaired by @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social , until 3 August 2026, and the Housing Crisis committee, chaired by Irene Tinagli, until 30 July 2026.
Ahead of the State of the Union debate tomorrow, here's the state of play of the policy commitments made by the European Commission since it took office on 1 December 2024, and how it is delivering on them: europa.eu/!jbBNkD
⚠️YOUTUBER ATTENTION⚠️
L'IA est en charge de la modération et YouTube a mis un mode "restriction" qu'il faut penser à retirer, sinon des vidéos peuvent être totalement enlevé à la vue de vos spectateurs.
Ceci explique l'immense drops de vues de ces dernières semaines.
À Hiroshima, j'ai eu l'honneur de rencontrer Madame Teruko Yahata, une survivante de la bombe atomique.
Elle nous raconte :
https://youtu.be/IcXFiNJ5u38
🚨BREAKING: US President Donald Trump said he hoped to reach a trade agreement with the European Union but still rated the chances at 50-50.
Full story: ow.ly/LPMk50WvLoA
Vous avez vu Le Voyage de Chihiro ? Au début, les parents de Chihiro sont transformés en cochons !
Mais il n'y a pas qu'eux : dans l'Odyssée d'Homère, Circé transforme aussi les compagnons d'Ulysse…
Et je vous le raconte dans le podcast !
https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/nota-bene/id1573434643
Next EU long-term budget: lead MEPs sound the alarm on the Commission proposal and warn that the 1.26% spending ceiling will force cuts to flagship programmes while debt repayments loom.
Statement by MEPs Mureşan, Tavares, Gómez López and Nerudová.
🔗 europa.eu/!ppwGCq
Today, we honour the victims of the global #ClimateCrisis.
Since 1980, extreme weather in the EU has claimed over 240 000 lives, with heatwaves alone responsible for 95% of those deaths. #EUClimateVictimsDay
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europa.eu/!PVqbY6
L’Espace Schengen est-il mort ? Avec ces contrôles entre pays membres qui sont mis en place, on s’interroge sur l’utilité de cet espace…
@franceinfo.fr@beaudonnet.bsky.social
This week in the EU Parliament:
- MEPs debate anti-money laundering rules with Commissioner Albuquerque
- Political groups prepare for next week's plenary (Denmark's Council presidency, EU-China relations, Iran, energy, enlargement)
- Pre-session briefing, Friday at 11.00.
🔗 europa.eu/!cyTMvd
Un bel exemple du journal qui montre comment on peut aller chercher des vues. Ils « oublient » de dire que c’est pour des associations caritatives évidemment 🙄
🌡️ Alors que l’année 2025 devrait être l’une des plus chaudes jamais enregistrées, les scientifiques tentent de modéliser les risques et de dresser la liste des métropoles les plus vulnérables face aux phénomènes climatiques extrêmes, explique le Financial Times.
🇫🇷🇺🇸 Les flèches décochées par Claude Malhuret contre Trump et Musk depuis le Palais du Luxembourg ont ravi de nombreux Américains sur les réseaux sociaux.
EU Summit on Defence (6 March): many commentators speak about it as one where the EU member states will list weapons, protections, canons, tanks, basically “stuff to buy” rather than agreeing on defence capabilities and operations.
I strongly hope that the outcome will be more than that 🤞
En direct, guerre en Ukraine : le ministre des armées français propose de constituer des « stocks d’armes » sur le territoire européen à destination de l’Ukraine
"Let's be honest - the European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, that's the purpose of it, and they've done a good job of it, but now I'm president."
Or how to talk to your allies behind their backs, by Donald J. Trump