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Every morning, a selection of essential information relating to EU policies is sent to you, helping you to make more informed decisions.
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Policies evolve through long-term strategies. Contexte provides the deep insights you need, framed within broader EU perspectives – so you can make decisions with a broad vision.
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Every morning, at 8am, you’re filled in on what matters most in your EU file: analysis, the latest changes to documents, key meetings, events, upcoming deadlines…
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In the middle of working on a complex file, you receive a confidential document. You can decode what’s at play behind the scenes and define your strategic actions.
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Who are the decision-makers around the table? Thanks to our directories and trombinoscopes, you can identify the roles, past positions and axis of influence of your key players.
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You set keyword alerts and receive updates whenever these words are mentioned in key files and documents of your choice.
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Do you need to know the position of a parliamentarian to quickly grasp the content of the exchanges or to understand a decision that was made? No need to watch the re-broadcast. We provide you with a complete, fully searchable report.
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Truly European. At the heart of the decisions that matter.
With 22 journalists based at the EU headquarters in Brussels, we provide daily, on-the-ground insight and ensure our coverage reflects what professionals across the EU genuinely need to know, exactly when they need it.
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Our work is grounded in strict ethical and transparent principles. Independence guides every editorial choice, ensuring that our reporting remains free from external influence and consistently focused on delivering factual, trustworthy information to support your decisions.
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We enrich our journalism with AI, open data and automation. In this way, we’re able to deliver cutting-edge monitoring tools and services that go far beyond traditional reporting, combining insight and technology to create a high-quality offering that keeps you fully informed and ahead of the game.
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Editorial coverage
Couverture éditoriale
We decode the political, financial and institutional dynamics of the EU. We help you untangle the map of power, money and influence in the bloc – who makes the decisions, who blocks them, who influences outcomes and how the system is evolving in a more fragmented and geopolitical Europe.
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We examine the many challenges of the EU's energy policy as it seeks to juggle goals of competitiveness and climate neutrality in a changing geopolitical reality. Brussels faces tough choices on how to deploy regulatory and financial tools to secure Europe’s energy future.
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Benefit from in-depth analysis on cross-cutting topics to anticipate change and understand its impact.
We describe the ecosystem of public policy, lifting the hood on institutions to explain how they function and how power dynamics operate. Without chronicling personal rivalries, we analyse ongoing political balances and dynamics, integrating the role of other stakeholders in shaping regulation.
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We decode French and European public policies to shed light on how environmental challenges — ecological planning, biodiversity, circular economy, water resources — are transforming our societies.
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We cover the major public policy issues in the tech sector, including regulation of artificial intelligence and large platforms, competition policy, data and consumer protection, as well as support for innovation and the development of a sovereign and sustainable digital industry.
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SECTORIELLE
You have access to daily monitoring and strategic analysis of political debates in Paris and Brussels.
We decode political decisions that affect the media sector, including platform and publisher responsibility in addressing sensitive content and disinformation, issues of pluralism and information independence, as well as copyright and creative rights.
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We primarily cover mobility financing, the search for balance between sector decarbonisation and competitiveness, and the regulation of activities increasingly open to competition.
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We report on the transition towards a decarbonised energy model in an unstable geopolitical environment, where security of supply and European competitiveness are central concerns.
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We monitor and analyse policies and power dynamics in a sector undergoing transformation and that’s facing a triple challenge: managing the impacts of climate change, achieving ecological transition, and ensuring food security.
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We report on the development of public health policy in Paris and Brussels, focusing on key issues: addressing access-to-care challenges while ensuring the sustainability of the healthcare system and strengthening the competitiveness of the sector’s industries.
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