Breaches

It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all yippy.

Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.

Britain and France want guarantees that Washington will back up a peacekeeping force after the war.

Many businesses would be exempt from complying with sustainability reporting under the hotly anticipated omnibus proposal.

The Brexiteer’s Reform UK party is climbing in the polls — but fighting him on his terms could fracture Labour’s own coalition.

“We write to express our serious concerns,” U.S. House judiciary chair tells Virkkunen.

Outgoing Acoba boss Eric Pickles tells POLITICO that government departments are failing to get a grip on massive revolving door risks.

The action laid waste to the Justice Department’s four-year drive to punish the first disruption of the transfer of power in American history.

Court of Auditors says better staff allocation is needed to carry out enforcement in a timely way.

Twenty ships believed to be responsible for transporting Russian oil have been targeted.

Michael McGrath is prepared to give Hungary a chance to make things rights but stands ready to turn off the EU money taps.

Brussels steps up monitoring of platform to decide whether TikTok breached social media law.

Authorities said the damages were caused by excavation work and there is no suspicion of a criminal offense.

Investigators aren’t sure how much data Salt Typhoon might have taken, and are still struggling to evict the elite Chinese hacking crew from companies’ networks.

The Commission will look into whether the Chinese e-commerce company has failed to crack down on illegal products and addictive designs.

The president and former prime minister were among targets of hackers selling highly sensitive data.

He admitted to contempt of court for repeating libelous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy.

POLITICO reported Friday that federal investigators for now believe the Chinese targeted communications data from phones of roughly 40 people.

Trump, who endorsed Robinson, has publicly remained silent about the embattled lieutenant governor.

Hackers wanted to gain access to information for blackmail, according to Warsaw.

Israeli PM vows: “With or without British arms, Israel will win this war and secure our common future.”

Ride-hailing tech giant protests against what it called a “flawed decision.”