{"id":7,"date":"2026-02-20T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/contexte\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:15:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sim-ex.eu\/contexte\/","title":{"rendered":"European Policy Briefings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Contexte: A Specialized Media Outlet on French and European Public Policy<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Protests at Bercy: Legal Vacuum and End of State Aid Push Tow Truck Operators to Blockade<\/a><\/span>
Briefing. 05\/21\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Alliance of Cold and Islands: How the European Periphery Imposed Its Conditions<\/strong>
<\/a><\/span>Briefing. 05\/21\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A True Lesson in Love: The EPP Shows Us How to Save a Toxic Relationship with a Cake
<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Briefing. 05\/20\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ENVI Committee Approves the Final Deal: Social Victory vs. Climate Concessions
<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Briefing. 05\/20\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greener Corporate Fleets and How Legal Constraints Forced a Cold Pragmatic Compromise<\/span>
<\/strong><\/a>Briefing. 05\/20\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Automotive Sector: A Tense End to EU Negotiations Over Fleet Decarbonization
<\/strong><\/a><\/span>Briefing. 05\/20\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Guardian of the Treaties at the Heart of the Standoff: The Commission’s Pivotal Role in Trilogues
<\/strong><\/a><\/span>In-Depth. 05\/20\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heading Toward an Unprecedented Crisis of Legitimacy in the European Parliament<\/span>
<\/strong><\/a>Briefing. 05\/19\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Automotive Revolt in Brussels: Worker Anger and Procedural Chaos Shake Trilogues<\/span>
<\/strong><\/a>Briefing. 05\/19\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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European Parliament Torn Between Technocratic Compromise and Democratic Revolt<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>In-Depth. 05\/19\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corporate Fleets: The Final Sprint of Trilogues Between Industrial Pragmatism and Social Justice
<\/strong><\/span><\/a>In-Depth. 05\/19\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workers\u2019 anger grows as EU automotive deal sidelines the social dimension: \u201ca sacrificed workforce?\u201d<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>Briefing. 05\/18\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CO\u2082 Negotiations: Red lines and political arm-wrestling at the dawn of the automotive trilogues<\/a><\/span>
<\/strong>Briefing. 05\/18\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Council of the European Union: The other heavyweight in the negotiations that can tip everything<\/span>
<\/strong><\/a>In-Depth. 05\/18\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CO\u2082 Negotiations: Furious, Eastern Europe threatens to block the text after trilogues deemed catastrophic<\/span>
<\/strong><\/a>Your Member States delegates. 05\/18\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Race Against the Clock in Brussels: The Trilogue Marathon Before the Final Verdict<\/a><\/span>
<\/strong>Briefing. 05\/15\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the Scenes in Europe: MEPs Have Not Said Their Last Word!<\/a><\/span>
<\/strong>In-Depth. 05\/15\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ecological transition: the clash between the European Parliament and realities on the ground<\/span><\/a>
<\/strong>Briefing. 05\/02\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Centrist majority holds in TRAN and ENVI, but tensions surface ahead of votes<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>Briefing. On 04\/17\/26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CO\u2082 standards: in ENVI, a majority under pressure ahead of the vote<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>In-Depth. 04\/17\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRAN: Majority in sight despite internal tensions within the EPP<\/span><\/a>
<\/strong>In-Depth. 04\/17\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A deal already sealed: how the central majority locked in the CO\u2082 standards reform<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>In-Depth. 03\/28\/2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the European Parliament, the EPP advocates a \u201cflexible\u201d climate transition<\/a><\/span>
<\/strong>Your MEPs. 03\/13\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between climate ambition and the automotive industry, Belgium seeks a European compromise<\/a><\/span>
<\/strong>Your Member States delegates. 03\/13\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulgarian delegates call for a more \u201crealistic and gradual\u201d EU automotive transition<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
<\/a><\/strong>Your Member States delegates. 03\/13\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe\u2019s Corporate Fleet Debate: Climate Policy or Industrial Strategy?<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>Briefing. 02\/19\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CO\u2082 Standards: Renew Positions Itself as a Balancing Force Ahead of Negotiations<\/a>
<\/strong><\/span>Briefing. 02\/19\/2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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