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Every week since 2020, What’s up EU has explained what the European Union is actually up to — the decisions taken in Brussels, the arguments behind them, and why they matter far beyond it. No jargon and no press-release spin: one clear, considered briefing, written by the people who know the file best. The newsletter is trusted by more than 32,000 subscribers across Europe and around the world.

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  1. 01Two Years After Draghi, Europe’s Real Test Begins NowBut Also - Peking Duck, Child Safety Online15 July 2026 · François Chimits, Jeanne Lebaudy, Enora Morin & Eve TalkowskiRead →
  2. 02Europe’s Fighter Jet That Never FlewBut also — Ireland, Digital Services Tax, Siri, Germany6 July 2026 · Juraj MajcinRead →
  3. 03Can the EU Agree on a Budget Before Election Crunch?But Also - Border Chaos, Dassault, Draghi29 June 2026 · Matthieu BenoistRead →
  4. 04‘Gradual Integration’ in the EU: New Idea or Same Old Promise?But Also - Vladimir Putin, Pete Hegseth, and Saudi Arabia22 June 2026 · Lukáš MacekRead →

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What’s up EU was founded in 2020 by Thomas Harbor and Agnès de Fortanier, two friends who met at Sciences Po and are now both competition lawyers. Together they started a weekly publication driven by one wish: to explain what the EU actually does.

We are translators. A good part of our work is explaining the jargon and the acronyms, turning the institutions’ technical decisions into a story, and spelling out the legal constraints and the political balance of power.

We choose our subjects carefully, keeping to the ones that matter at European Union level. Our reporting draws on a bench of experts, a network of partners, and years of experience of the practitioners and thinkers who make the EU work day to day.

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