Ben Makuch

Energy reporter @POLITICOEurope. Past: @CBCNews, @VICENews, @Cdnpressnews. benmakuch on Wire and BenMakuch.90 on Signal for tips.

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

What an incredible privilege. Big thanks to @jordanginsberg, @McClellandBooks, @PenguinRandomCA and @EricLupfer. Shoutout to my mom, friends, coworkers (@MackLamoureux et al), and family who were around that decade.

Keep an eye out for Wolf Ticket and a publication date!

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Egypt Accuses Russian Nuclear Giant Rosatom of Gross Negligence

Leaked confidential records show Rosatom facing sweeping accusations of structural defects, gross safety breaches, and deliberate negligence at a flagship reactor build in Egypt.

https://t.co/x1qWDJJTPg

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

ICYMI and with updated comment from the Egyptian nuclear authority, who acknowledges receiving multiple requests for comment from me (but did not reply).

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

🚨SCOOP @POLITICOEurope: I obtained confidential docs that show Egypt accusing Russia’s Rosatom of reactor "defects" & violating "nuclear safety culture" at El Dabaa.
The same Russian reactor tech is being built inside the EU in Hungary https://t.co/z4JbINmt8R

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

🚨SCOOP @POLITICOEurope: I obtained confidential docs that show Egypt accusing Russia’s Rosatom of reactor "defects" & violating "nuclear safety culture" at El Dabaa.
The same Russian reactor tech is being built inside the EU in Hungary https://t.co/z4JbINmt8R

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Ukraine has called on the EU to sanction the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, hours after a POLITICO investigation revealed allegations of safety and engineering failures at one of the company’s flagship projects.
https://t.co/xOaoU5WmVh

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

EXCLUSIVE: In a letter to Rosatom, Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority described “safety culture” violations as the company builds the El Dabaa plant.

It will use the same technology as a facility the Russian corporation is building in Hungary.

🔗 https://t.co/q6UcCwMZQF

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

If you have tips on nuclear, energy, or European affairs drop me a DM; on Signal I’m at BenMakuch.90, benmakuch on Wire and @ BenMakuch on Telegram.

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

🚨SCOOP @POLITICOEurope: I obtained confidential docs that show Egypt accusing Russia’s Rosatom of reactor "defects" & violating "nuclear safety culture" at El Dabaa.
The same Russian reactor tech is being built inside the EU in Hungary https://t.co/z4JbINmt8R

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

Paks II, the Kremlin-backed nuclear project agreed by Putin and Orbán in 2014 and built by Rosatom, has long been a flashpoint between Budapest and Brussels. Now PM Péter Magyar's government is reviewing the project's future amid mounting questions over its cost, and Kremlin ties

[Andrea Francesca Palasciano @AfPalasciano]

SCOOP - The US is asking NATO allies for public ideological loyalty to Trump's policies as a factor in the ongoing review of US troops stationed in Europe.

I've seen a document in which the US asks allies a series of unusual questions - sample questions and link below
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[Ellen Nakashima @nakashimae]

Another scoop by @washingtonpost: The CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey. The threat was relayed by Israel to the CIA, whose skepticism was relayed to admin officials.

@wstrobel @John_Hudson @DanLamothe

https://t.co/A5su5zldYL

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

Heidi is one of the most trusted and important anti-fascist voices and authorities on far-right extremism in the world, let alone the US. I’ve quoted her and had the pleasure of working with her several times. https://t.co/vrXNlgrZxH

[Belgian Red Devils @BelRedDevils]

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The EU should see itself as “a wonderful model created with steel, cement and coal,” @LeilaBenali_ said.

But now it needs long-term, non-transactional partnerships across the Mediterranean, she argued in conversation with @BMakuch.

“We are in this together.”

[Ben Makuch @BMakuch]

I’ll be @GLOBSEC today in Prague talking geopolitics and energy security on a panel at 12:20 (Havel stage) come through. After that I’ll be doing some interviews @POLITICOEurope’s speakeasy at the event. Come for a drink and popcorn.

[Mohammed Chahim @MChahim]

The same windmills Mark Rutte once mocked are now part of NATO’s strategic playbook.

"Even in military circles, the answer is becoming clearer: in Europe at least, going greener is key to energy independence."

https://t.co/gKZFS1ZflZ

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

NATO is openly backing renewables and other non-fossil fuel sources of energy as key to the alliance’s security, even as its most powerful member actively undermines attempts to shift away from oil and gas.
https://t.co/kKp8uILIKv

[PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @PubAffairsEU]

#EUDefence & #Energy : #NATO backs renewables as solution to energy security, despite US skepticism, by @BMakuch | Politico
https://t.co/bOIWIRpLZ6