Jacob Wulff Wold

Journalist, MSE Applied Physics

Currently taking a break after covering tech, politics, EU budget negotiations in Brussels

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Against @Aftenposten's editorial, I argue Norway’s Epstein scandal does not show “precisely that key institutions are working”, but in fact shows 30 years of neglect.

Now is not the time for Norway’s institutions to pat themselves on the back.

https://t.co/06ImWdZFAh

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

I think very few outside Norway have realised how bad the country’s spiralling Epstein scandal really is.

It strikes the very pillars of Norway's peace broker platform – the Oslo Accords, the Peace Prize, even the whole foreign ministry – and it's growing
https://t.co/l09jcJOYbf

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Already, Germany and France are clashing over EU debt https://t.co/mRdQuLURAh

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Weekly MFF update:

◇ EU leaders Thursday “competitiveness summit” will feed into the size and design of the €234 billion ECF and the budget at large

https://t.co/8zuNxygG0I

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

◇ Countries are fighting over the option to fund return hubs for migrants via the EU budget

That and more here: https://t.co/8zuNxyg8ba

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

◇ Parliament’s political groups laid out there budget position, with S&D emerging as the main status quo defender https://t.co/tssTMlFgRG

[matthew karnitschnig @MKarnitschnig]

Our deep dive into Euronews: Conceived as Europe’s answer to CNN, the EU-funded channel has become a platform for authoritarian regimes. By @ElisaBraun and @magnuslundniels

https://t.co/vJ1K0spZjH

[Declan Kelleher @DecKelleher]

This week’s EU Leaders meeting will be an important test of the commitment and indeed honesty of member states regarding the Draghi and Letta reports. The meeting should record actual progress and not just the illusion of progress.

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

...And what did von der Leyen have to offer?

A "roadmap on the single market" and "targeted" initiatives, to pave way for changes later

This isn't the first time leaders reach for a 'two-speed Europe' to find a way forward either

@NKurmayer
https://t.co/jClqx97T5i

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

I wouldn't get too excited about this week's competitiveness push.

Europe's problems are well-known and hard to change
https://t.co/8A65L0KrwJ

[Thomas Moller-Nielsen @ThomasMoll20215]

https://t.co/YIu0CBL7BP

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

@EddyWax @RaffaeleFitto still plenty commissioners here:
https://t.co/yuyqlAjVzs

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Starting point for EP's internal negotiations on the next EU budget (in constant 2025 euros and not counting covid loan repayments)

Find the agriculture-cohesion split and more here: https://t.co/tssTMlFOHe

[Eddy Wax ✍️ @EddyWax]

NEW: Italy's EU Commissioner @RaffaeleFitto is facing criticism for showing up at a party political campaign event for @JJansaSDS in Slovenia. The country goes to the polls on March 22. Fitto told Euractiv he was "not campaigning."

https://t.co/ERbn0opDPQ

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

MEPs weapon of choice to finance the EU budget is a digital services tax, but Trump is a major political obstacle

https://t.co/uOhc4x1tDx

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

#EUBudget: Socialist MEPs want the old #EU budget back, by @wulffwold | Euractiv
https://t.co/6vIPhq6fLa

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

S&D wants separate budget lines for

- health (EU4HEALTH, €8.9bn)

- climate (LIFE, €6.2bn),

- social policy (ESF+, €125bn),

- regional development (ERDF, €227bn),

- the poorest regions (CF, €31bn)

- rural farmer subsidies (CAP P2, €83.8bn)

https://t.co/OpIH6iY8WD

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Here's a write-up of the revenue plan

https://t.co/y2I9xYQJAd

[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

Weekly MFF update:

◇ Countries, MEPs and EU auditors are debating how to finance the budget. I dissect the real political function of new EU own resources here https://t.co/3kbuhg7OE0

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[Jacob Wulff Wold @wulffwold]

◇ France is pitching ‘Buy European’ everywhere, including across the EU budget

◇ Coreper II moved a set of legal articles from the NRPPs to CAP, but kept their grip on key parts

That and much more in the above link