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Sweden says latest Baltic Sea cable cut was not sabotage
US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law
Poland fumes over US block on AI chips
Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, European Parliament urges
EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks
US limits on AI chips split EU
Zuckerberg’s censorship claims were ‘misleading’ — EU tech chief
Meta boss is fact-checked by top European commissioner after accusations that EU restricts free speech.
Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream
Up to 150 experts in Brussels and Seville will be checking whether Musk’s livestream interview boosts the German far right.
Pressure mounts on EU to use legal weapons against Musk’s interference
European Commission says it will study whether X gives unfair boost to far right in German election.
Europe jumps into ‘incredibly costly’ AI supercomputing race
The EU will fund AI-optimized supercomputers across the bloc to help startups compete with U.S. rivals.
European Commission orders TikTok to preserve all data on Romanian election
Brussels steps up monitoring of platform to decide whether TikTok breached social media law.
Parliament approves von der Leyen’s right-leaning Commission for Dec. 1 start
New European commissioners get modest green light from lawmakers in Strasbourg.
Startups side with Draghi: EU red tape hampers growth
AI and privacy laws stand in way of growth, founders and investors warn in new report.
Second von der Leyen era on track to start Dec. 1
Lawmakers clinch political deal to approve her commissioners.
In an unpredictable world, Europeans know connectivity is a necessity
New survey shows consumers’ priorities for secure, affordable, and sustainable connectivity in challenging times
Here’s the timeline for the new European Commission
An agreement on the next EU executive will take blood, sweat, tears and a lot of backroom maneuvering.
5 things to know about EU tech security chief Henna Virkkunen’s hearing
Elon Musk and Europe’s tech gaps show the Finnish nominee has a major task at hand.
What lawmakers should ask the EU’s new tech boss
Queries for Henna Virkkunen: What’s tech sovereignty? How can Europe win the AI race? And how will you enforce EU tech rules?
How hard-right ECR became the commissioner nominees’ best friend
The hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists group has gone easy on other commissioners to get its own man across the line.
Trump’s win will test the EU’s tech crackdown on Musk’s X
The EU is under pressure to flex its new digital rules. One of its top targets is a tech tycoon lauded by the new U.S. president.
EU to spend €900M on expanding critical technologies
Brussels has lined up cash to prevent European tech companies from falling into foreign hands.
Europe’s tech security czar-to-be faces China fight at home
For Finland’s Henna Virkkunen, the question of securing Europe’s digital infrastructure hits close to Helsinki.
The future EU commissioners’ promises: Everything you need to know
We pored over more than 400 pages of written answers so you don’t have to.
Elon Musk is a ‘promoter of evil,’ EU rule-of-law chief says
“I’m really scared by digital platforms in bad hands,” Věra Jourová tells POLITICO.
Leaked: Tense correspondence between EU commissioner hopefuls and Parliament
Still, the 23 nominees were cleared by the institution’s legal committee for hearings in early November.
Two proposed timetables put forward for commissioner hearings
See who’s up for a grilling in the European Parliament on which days.
Europe eyes bigger, fewer telco firms in envy of US and China
Telecom giants see long-awaited opening to gobble up smaller firms to scale to level of U.S., Chinese rivals.
The EU was built on red tape. Now it wants to slash it.
The Brussels Effect is becoming less effective.
Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
The Commission president is promising to move quickly with far-reaching reforms. How credible is her plan?