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‘Time to sober up’: Europe should be realistic on tech sovereignty, lawmaker says

The EU should “identify the few big ideas that can propel our economic and industrial base,” says Bulgaria’s Eva Maydell.

May 13, 2025 1:01 pm CET

US still pushing to scrap UK’s tech tax

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said digital services taxes have spread like a “bad virus.”

May 9, 2025 7:38 am CET

Trump’s movie tariff threat puzzles Europe

As U.S. productions flock overseas, Trump wants to target foreign moviemakers, opening a new front in the transatlantic trade war.

May 5, 2025 8:25 pm CET

France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France fears U.S. President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will flood Europe with cheap goods via small parcels.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU views break from US as ‘unrealistic’ amid global tech race

A draft strategy obtained by POLITICO points to the difficulty of unwinding years of American technological dominance.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

Gen Z, media illiterates

The almighty algorithm is fueling conspiracy theories among young people and ruining their ability to tell fact from fiction on the internet.

April 23, 2025 4:18 pm CET

Why von der Leyen’s Big Tech tax plan is bluster

There are major hurdles to overcome for the EU to retaliate against U.S. digital companies.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET

Can Britain live without American intelligence?

Some insiders think it’s time for Britain to dial back the sharing of intelligence with the U.S., long one of the most critical elements of the special relationship.

April 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffs

France is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.

April 6, 2025 2:48 pm CET

Trump punts on TikTok deal — app gets another 75 days

After promising a deal this week, the president said he needs more time to arrange a sale that prevents a TikTok ban in the United States.

April 5, 2025 10:48 am CET

EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs 

Brussels sees America’s transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles’ heel.

March 31, 2025 7:25 pm CET

The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will

The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump’s remarkable revenge campaign.

March 31, 2025 11:09 am CET
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Defense giants want von der Leyen to boost made-in-Europe tech

European industrial and tech firms want the EU’s backing to reduce reliance on the U.S.

March 17, 2025 2:20 pm CET

EU-US rift triggers call for made-in-Europe tech

Transatlantic tensions are fueling calls for the EU to wean itself off its U.S. tech addiction. It won’t be cheap.

March 10, 2025 4:18 am CET

EU tech chiefs say they don’t target US tech

The European Commission pushes back on U.S. criticism of its Digital Markets Act that targets Big Tech.

March 7, 2025 4:18 am CET

Nigel Farage is surging in Britain’s rust belt — and Labour is panicked

The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has a 103-year winning streak in Wales, but that could end next May. POLITICO talked to officials, politicians and disillusioned steelworkers to track the rapid rise of Farage’s Reform UK.

February 25, 2025 4:26 am CET

Europe’s peace offerings to Trump: Gas, cars and guns.

The European Union’s top trade official brings a suitcase full of proposals to persuade President Donald Trump to call off his trade war threats.

February 17, 2025 6:17 pm CET

EU’s red tape bonfire stokes tech patent rows

A move by the European Commission to kill its standard essential patent rules has alarmed companies that license connectivity technology.

February 12, 2025 7:21 pm CET

Trump’s war on tech taxes is a big problem for Britain

U.S. tech lobby groups plan to use trade negotiations to push back against the U.K.’s Digital Services Tax.

January 28, 2025 4:12 am CET

Britain purged its antitrust watchdog. Big Tech couldn’t be happier.

The CMA’s new chair is a former tech exec who clashed with the regulator. No wonder large tech firms are feeling hopeful.

January 22, 2025 1:24 pm CET

UK ousts antitrust chief, brings in former Amazon exec

Marcus Bokkerink will leave the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after facing pressure from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.

January 22, 2025 9:35 am CET
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

Drawing the top stories around the globe.

January 18, 2025 4:01 am CET

Who’s been invited? World’s far-right populists pack guest list for Trump’s inauguration

The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.

January 16, 2025 4:01 am CET

Always look on the bright side of life — why 2025 might be better

5 totally not tongue-in-cheek reasons to be optimistic about the year ahead.

January 1, 2025 1:30 am CET
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