Parliament poised to go populist
Welcome to Rapporteur, now officially two months old! This is Eddy Wax, back in Brussels after a spell in Blighty, where...
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Eddy Wax
Newsletter Editor
Eddy Wax has over seven years of journalistic experience in the EU capital. He joined Euractiv in April 2025 from Politico where he wrote the morning Brussels Playbook newsletter, covered the European Parliament and spent over three years as a policy reporter on the food and farming beat. Eddy also worked at BBC News in Brussels on and off in 2017-2018. He studied modern languages at Cambridge University and co-founded a satirical student magazine - the Porter’s Log - that continues today. Eddy is British and - as of 2024 - also a proud Belgian.
- Location: Brussels
- Languages: English, French, Spanish
- Expertise: European and British politics, EU institutions, agriculture and trade policy
- Location expertise: United Kingdom, Paris and Brussels
Latest posts from Eddy Wax
Brussels dreams of Norway saving Ukraine
CLIMATE DEAL: EU environment ministers reached a tentative agreement early on Wednesday on a watered-down 2040 target, endorsing a 90%...
10 minutes
EXCLUSIVE: EPP chief Weber seeks to parachute top aide into lucrative job
The leader of the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, is planning to place his right-hand man in a cushy...
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Weber eyes cushy job for top aide
Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Eddy Wax with Nicoletta Ionta in Brussels. Got a story we should know about? Drop...
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EU’s selection agency faces fresh setback in recruiting Eurocrats
The EU’s main staff selection agency appears unable to run an online test without the platform malfunctioning, frustrating would-be Eurocrats...
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European Commission adviser floats ending 'lifetime' EU civil service jobs
A senior adviser to the European Commission has suggested it should consider scrapping permanent civil service jobs. "We definitely have...
2 minutes
Jesse Klaver to lead Timmermans' Green-Labour into Dutch government talks
The Dutch Green Left-Labour party has chosen Jesse Klaver, a long-time member of the House of Representatives, to replace party...
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