Jack Schickler
@jackschickler.bsky.social
Obtained by Contexte. Managing editor for energy. Previously Euronews, CoinDesk, MLex and general policy wonk. Brussels-based. Tips? https://about.contexte.com/eu/secure-contact
Who wore it better?
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Who wore it better?
Two bangers published today by @energy.contexte.com:
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
COP30: A disappointing summit for the EU - Contexte
Brussels clearly didn’t get what it wanted from the COP30 summit in Brazil, which ended on 22 November with a bare-bones deal that fails to raise climate ambitions. In the inevitable postmortem, obser...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two bangers published today by @energy.contexte.com:
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
After the environment council negotiated for roughly 20 hours on Tuesday/Wednesday, now it's the Parliament's turn to figure out its position on a planned 90% emissions cut for 2040.
I'm not saying MEPs are copying the member states' homework, but they've even reproduced their typos
I'm not saying MEPs are copying the member states' homework, but they've even reproduced their typos
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After the environment council negotiated for roughly 20 hours on Tuesday/Wednesday, now it's the Parliament's turn to figure out its position on a planned 90% emissions cut for 2040.
I'm not saying MEPs are copying the member states' homework, but they've even reproduced their typos
I'm not saying MEPs are copying the member states' homework, but they've even reproduced their typos
There was once a chap named Ozymandias
Whose fate tragically came to a sandy pass
His vast legs of stone
Just stood all alone
Reaching up to his absent candy-ass
Whose fate tragically came to a sandy pass
His vast legs of stone
Just stood all alone
Reaching up to his absent candy-ass
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There was once a chap named Ozymandias
Whose fate tragically came to a sandy pass
His vast legs of stone
Just stood all alone
Reaching up to his absent candy-ass
Whose fate tragically came to a sandy pass
His vast legs of stone
Just stood all alone
Reaching up to his absent candy-ass
Top marks to the European Commission here; this was indeed the first question on which I was seeking an answer in relation to the 2026 fishing opportunities for EU-managed stocks in the Atlantic and Skagerrak-Kattegat waters
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Top marks to the European Commission here; this was indeed the first question on which I was seeking an answer in relation to the 2026 fishing opportunities for EU-managed stocks in the Atlantic and Skagerrak-Kattegat waters
Went to see Bob Dylan live and thereby learned I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight is not, in fact, by UB40. I’m furious
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Went to see Bob Dylan live and thereby learned I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight is not, in fact, by UB40. I’m furious
The EU is close to agreeing an ambitious plan to ban all Russian gas imports within years.
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Russian gas ban: What MEPs and member states agree on, and what they don’t - Contexte
A June Commission proposal to outlaw EU imports of Russian gas is designed to stop funding Moscow’s war machine and cut dependence on an unreliable supplier. It’s received broad support from MEPs and ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The EU is close to agreeing an ambitious plan to ban all Russian gas imports within years.
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Ah yes, that longstanding Grauniad contirbutor, Goerge Monbiot
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ah yes, that longstanding Grauniad contirbutor, Goerge Monbiot
EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's climate goals.
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back - Contexte
First seen as a mere staging post on the path to climate neutrality, the EU’s objective to legislate for 90% emissions cuts by 2040 has now become a major political headache. Pushback from member stat...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's climate goals.
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
I would give a substantial amount of money to have access to Mark Rutte’s internal monologue here
Trump on his new White House ballroom: "In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure."
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I would give a substantial amount of money to have access to Mark Rutte’s internal monologue here
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🥊 Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets
🏢 Hoekstra (sort of) unveils his last-minute reforms to ETS2
🇷🇺 The leaked timeline for talks on banning Russian gas
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🥊 Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets
🏢 Hoekstra (sort of) unveils his last-minute reforms to ETS2
🇷🇺 The leaked timeline for talks on banning Russian gas
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Contexte
Deep information.
www.contexte.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🥊 Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets
🏢 Hoekstra (sort of) unveils his last-minute reforms to ETS2
🇷🇺 The leaked timeline for talks on banning Russian gas
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🥊 Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets
🏢 Hoekstra (sort of) unveils his last-minute reforms to ETS2
🇷🇺 The leaked timeline for talks on banning Russian gas
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
TIL there is a piece of EU law called the “new legislative framework.” Like, that’s its name. NLF for short. It dates from 2008. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
New legislative framework
To improve the internal market for goods and strengthen the conditions for placing a wide range of products on the EU market, the new legislative framework was adopted in 2008. It is a package of meas...
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
TIL there is a piece of EU law called the “new legislative framework.” Like, that’s its name. NLF for short. It dates from 2008. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🇨🇳 EU raises bar for India, China, Turkey for their Russian oil trade
☢️ Russian nuclear phaseout plans out in coming weeks, official says
🥳 The slimmed-down carbon border levy, CBAM, enters into force today
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🇨🇳 EU raises bar for India, China, Turkey for their Russian oil trade
☢️ Russian nuclear phaseout plans out in coming weeks, official says
🥳 The slimmed-down carbon border levy, CBAM, enters into force today
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Contexte
Deep information.
www.contexte.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🇨🇳 EU raises bar for India, China, Turkey for their Russian oil trade
☢️ Russian nuclear phaseout plans out in coming weeks, official says
🥳 The slimmed-down carbon border levy, CBAM, enters into force today
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🇨🇳 EU raises bar for India, China, Turkey for their Russian oil trade
☢️ Russian nuclear phaseout plans out in coming weeks, official says
🥳 The slimmed-down carbon border levy, CBAM, enters into force today
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Somewhere, somehow, the ghost of Bertrand Russell raises an eyebrow
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Somewhere, somehow, the ghost of Bertrand Russell raises an eyebrow
In today’s Contexte energy briefing:
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Contexte
Deep information.
www.contexte.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
In today’s Contexte energy briefing:
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🇬🇧 The leaked mandate for linking up UK, EU carbon markets
🚗 MEPs prepare to vote on 2040 emissions targets
🔥 Inside the EU's €1bn auction on industrial heat www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🇬🇧 The leaked mandate for linking up UK, EU carbon markets
🚗 MEPs prepare to vote on 2040 emissions targets
🔥 Inside the EU's €1bn auction on industrial heat www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Contexte
Deep information.
www.contexte.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In today's @energy.contexte.com briefing:
🇬🇧 The leaked mandate for linking up UK, EU carbon markets
🚗 MEPs prepare to vote on 2040 emissions targets
🔥 Inside the EU's €1bn auction on industrial heat www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🇬🇧 The leaked mandate for linking up UK, EU carbon markets
🚗 MEPs prepare to vote on 2040 emissions targets
🔥 Inside the EU's €1bn auction on industrial heat www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Many congratulations to the multiple MEPs, including the Italian left and Polish conservatives, who voted to censure von der Leyen simultaneously for proposing the Green Deal, and then for repealing it www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
www.europarl.europa.eu
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Many congratulations to the multiple MEPs, including the Italian left and Polish conservatives, who voted to censure von der Leyen simultaneously for proposing the Green Deal, and then for repealing it www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
It’s quite a sad feature of British politics that you have to dress up a policy like this as “for growth”, rather than that “the existing rules are weird and dumb” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It’s quite a sad feature of British politics that you have to dress up a policy like this as “for growth”, rather than that “the existing rules are weird and dumb” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Protect the Love" is such an excellently off bit of euro-English
Brussels launches new LGBTQ+ strategy targeting hate speech, conversion therapy
Brussels launches new LGBTQ+ strategy targeting hate speech, conversion therapy
The five-year plan comes as conservatives gain ground in the EU capital and across Europe
dlvr.it
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Protect the Love" is such an excellently off bit of euro-English
This morning, EU ambassadors meet to discuss a plan to phase out Russian gas, while deputy EU ambassadors, in a separate meeting in the same building, meet to discuss a different plan to phase out Russian gas
If you’re confused, I am too
If you’re confused, I am too
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This morning, EU ambassadors meet to discuss a plan to phase out Russian gas, while deputy EU ambassadors, in a separate meeting in the same building, meet to discuss a different plan to phase out Russian gas
If you’re confused, I am too
If you’re confused, I am too
French politics right now involves a LOT of talking about people called Bruno
www.brut.media/fr/articles/...
www.brut.media/fr/articles/...
a cartoon character with curly hair and a beard is making a sad face
ALT: a cartoon character with curly hair and a beard is making a sad face
media.tenor.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
French politics right now involves a LOT of talking about people called Bruno
www.brut.media/fr/articles/...
www.brut.media/fr/articles/...
Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office
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Trump: "I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States."
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Trump: "I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States."
September 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM