The EU and its sovereignty: Almaraz power plant is a turning point
These are difficult times for Europe. They are times that compel us to focus on policies that guarantee our autonomy and sovereignty. The plan to finance European rearmament announced recently by the...
View ArticleEU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief tells US critic
The European Union’s social media law “does not regulate speech,” EU tech boss Henna Virkkunen told a key U.S. lawmaker who had criticized the bloc’s tech rules as censorship. A regulation that...
View ArticleEU plans to boost medicines manufacturing in drug shortages bill
Europe has a plan to avert drug shortages — to make more of them and tie their contracts to their availability. The Critical Medicines Act, to be presented Tuesday afternoon in Strasbourg by European...
View ArticleEU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments
BRUSSELS – New European Union state aid rules would allow governments to speed up aid to renewable energy, help pay the costs of industrial decarbonization and stoke demand for clean-tech products....
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EU conservative chief will be back — because no one can be bothered to force...
German politician Manfred Weber will run unopposed for another three-year term atop Europe’s largest and most powerful faction, the center-right European People’s Party. It’s a decisive victory for...
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EU risks more Trump tariffs in looming Big Tech crackdown
There may be a more politically incendiary moment for the European Union to crack down on Big Tech. But it’s hard to think of one. Starting Wednesday, the European Commission is staring down a series...
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EU throws down gauntlet to Trump with Apple, Google rulings
The European Commission has put Apple and Google on notice: Change your products so they’re in line with the European Union’s digital competition rules, or face the consequences. The EU executive...
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EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war
The European Commission is expected to fine Apple and Meta this week for violating the EU’s digital competition rules, thrusting Big Tech into the escalating trade war between the United States and...
View ArticleEU fines big carmakers €458M for green cartel
The EU has doled out €458 million in fines to Volkswagen, Stellantis and 13 other automakers for colluding on their vehicle recycling programs. The European Commission said the 15 major carmakers and...
View ArticleTop EU official downplays expectations over Apple, Meta digital fines
The chief of the European Commission’s competition directorate downplayed expectations over the size of the fines that the EU executive is set to hand down to Apple and Meta for infringing the bloc’s...
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