@JeanComte

Senior reporter with @mlexclusive. I like: lobbying tactics, tax transparency, financial regulation, transparency & accountability issues, EU budget, and beers

 Brussels, Belgium
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Joined October 2012
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Laura Rozen
@lrozenOct 20
“Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, while the president was campaigning last week, two of the people said. One of the people also claimed Musk and Trump discussed the matter prior to the decision to throttle Starlink.
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Someone has put a “please report leaks” sign in the toilets of the @EUCouncil. But it’s about water… or is it?
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CNN Communications
@CNNPRSep 21
Joint statement from the White House television pool members:
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PM Carney has become ‘the intellectual leader of the free world’: Former foreign affairs minister bnnbloomberg.ca/video/econom…

PM Carney has become ‘the intellectual leader of the free world’: Former foreign affairs minister

Former foreign affairs minister John Manley on why he believes it is ‘a good time to be a Canadian’ while Carney continues to diversify trade.

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Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union. nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/po… via @NYTimes

Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union. (Gift...

The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump’s brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America’s closest friends.

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Simon Carraud@SimonCrrdSep 11
💥 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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Simon Carraud@SimonCrrdSep 9
I looked at how Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné tries to wield influence in Brussels I also asked him whether he'd see a conflict of interest if Gabriel Attal were elected 🇫🇷 president. He doesn’t but it would be "up to President" VDL to decide, he says lopinion.fr/international/st…

Stéphane Séjourné ou l’influence discrète à Bruxelles

Le vice-président de la Commission européenne s’efforce depuis près de deux ans de peser dans une institution hyper centralisée

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A few years ago, I discovered that during Donald Trump's first presidential term he peppered the IRS with #FOIA requests in an attempt to delay the agency from turning over his tax filings to a congressional committee. I FOIA'd Trump's FOIAs to IRS bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Dear @SecRubio, As a fellow member of the “visa ban club”, I’m glad to see you were allowed to visit China — simply by adjusting one accent in your name. Would you consider my US visa application under “Terry Breton”? 🎭
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"The U.S. administration has suggested that the troop withdrawal was meant to punish German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for criticizing Washington’s Iran policy. But in fact it punishes the pro-American German middle class" theatlantic.com/internationa…

The Real Cost of Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Germany

The American drawdown is a cultural divorce as well as a military one.

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Statement from @JeffreyGoldberg @TheAtlantic :
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My latest story:
The Atlantic
@TheAtlanticMay 6
Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel has distributed “Ka$h”-branded bottles of bourbon to bureau staff and civilians, multiple people in Patel’s orbit tell @S_Fitzpatrick. theatlantic.com/politics/202…

Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.

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EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/politics/202…

Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

The FBI director has been leaving an unusual calling card.

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Make election interference great again, @JDVance.
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200k 👌🏻 Doing our best. Thanks for sticking with us.
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26/12 - #CriticalMass 🚲🚲🚲 ➡️ Starting point: Trône ➡️ Ride together ➡️ Bring your 🎶, flag, lights and all you need to enjoy the moment See you @ 18h00 #ridebikesnottanks #kритичнамасатут #letsridetogether (📷 Ben Baudart)
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Who remembers this absolute banger. No one in today's European Council is capable of posting like this.
Dalia Grybauskaitė@Grybauskaite_LT15 Dec 2017
Past is history, future – a mystery. #Brexit #EUCO
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28/11 - #CriticalMass 🚲🚲🚲 ➡️ Starting point: Trône ➡️ Ride together ➡️ Bring your 🎶, flag, lights and all you need to enjoy the moment See you @ 18h00 #ridebikesnottanks #kритичнамасатут #letsridetogether (📷 Giuseppe Massa)
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Eddy Wax **@EddyWax19 Nov 2025
Just checking in on how those EU citizens panels are going...
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Neil Renic@NC_Renic11 Nov 2025
Academic flirting: “I’ll read your article” ⭐️ “I read your article” ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “I cited your article” ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
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