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BlueStone Brief.
The European Union; distilled.
A weekly brief on what the European Union's institutions did this week and will do next, and why it matters for your work. Every Sunday evening: a short email, with the full brief attached as a PDF.
- Price
- Free, always
- Arrives
- Every Sunday evening
- Format
- A short email, with the full brief as a PDF
- Covers
- Four institutions
What arrived on Sunday.
Issue 150, sent on Sunday 27th September 2026: the headline, the bottom line, the week in brief and the week ahead, quoted as sent. The full issue ran to 21 pages.
The European Union. Four institutions, one Sunday read.
- 01
European Commission
Proposals, decisions and announcements, and every consultation open on Have your say, with its closing date.
- 02
European Parliament
Plenary votes and debates, committee work, and where each law has reached.
- 03
Council of the EU
Council decisions and positions as the Commission and Parliament record them. Collection from the Council's own publications is being added.
- 04
European Central Bank
Governing Council decisions, published speeches, research and supervisory announcements.
Built from primary sources
Every point comes from the institutions' own records, and every one links to its source. News coverage is read for context, never cited as the source.
A week back, a week ahead
Each issue sets out what mattered this week and what comes next: the deadlines to act on and the dates to watch.
Two minutes, or the full picture
The email gives you the week in two minutes. The PDF holds the detail: where each file stands, what each institution did, and every source.
About the BlueStone Brief.
Questions about the free briefs as a pair are answered on the free briefs page.
Only where they affect Council positions or EU institutional dynamics. Domestic Member State politics at the national level sits outside scope.
As they become public. Each law the brief follows is tracked from the European Parliament's own record: Parliament's position, the talks with the Council, the deal, and publication as law. The PDF shows where each one stands every week.
English. Primary documents are read in their original language and summarised in English. Direct quotations are noted with their source language.
No. The brief covers institutional activity across every policy area. Days with concentrated activity in one area will naturally weight toward it.
Institutional activity leads: what has been tabled, voted, adopted, or published. Political dynamics are covered where they shape institutional outcomes.
Your first issue arrives on Sunday evening.
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