Thierry Breton
Macron dissolved the French parliament a year ago. How will he surprise us again?
POLITICO makes its super-serious predictions for the French president’s next big surprise.
Trump-Musk meltdown gets Europe gloating
Michel Barnier slams ‘authoritarian drift’ in Brussels under Ursula von der Leyen
Put on a tie and get off your laptop, EU’s top tech officials told
Breton urges EU to flex its muscles on trade
Ursula von der Leyen tightens her grip on power
US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law
Commission approves new Bank of America role for EU’s Musk nemesis Breton
“How is this not a lobbying gig?” asks a Greens MEP.
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.
How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?
The “chameleon” tech billionaire is one of the most powerful politically connected people in the world. Europe’s governments are still working out how to deal with being on his bad side.
The biggest battles headed for Brussels
What the European Union will be squabbling about in the Commission’s upcoming term.
POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2024
Elections, war and porn: The stories that captured your attention over the past 12 months.
Romania gives Europe’s digital police their first big test
The shock victory of an ultranationalist in Romania’s presidential election puts the EU’s Digital Services Act in the spotlight.
Von der Leyen’s first Commission: The final verdict
Who’s at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
France doubles down on age minimum of 15 for social media use
Paris renews push for EU-wide uptake of its “digital majority” at 15.
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.
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.
How to watch the commissioner hearings like a pro
Your step-by-step guide to the European election’s season finale.
To Ursula, with love: Paris sends Brussels the anti-Breton
France’s incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.
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.
Breton slams ‘empress’ von der Leyen’s power grab and France’s loss of influence in EU
Former French commissioner tells Le Monde that France has lost power in the new European Commission setup.
The EU far right wants to give Elon Musk a free speech award
If shortlisted, Musk will be invited to the European Parliament to defend his views on free speech.
Meta, Apple snub EU’s AI Pact
Pledge loses steam ahead of launch as some firms turn to denouncing Europe’s regulatory hurdles on AI.
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.
Thierry Breton: ‘I had to do it’
The former French European commissioner gives his first public comments since his surprise resignation last week.
The EU’s new power pyramid and migration escalation
Live from Strasbourg… and Paris… and Berlin… and London, it’s EU Confidential. In this week’s episode, we catch you up on a dizzying week of news. We …
France will oppose the Mercosur treaty right until the end
Paris risks an embarrassing defeat this week, just as its government faces possible censure and collapse. But this won’t be the end of the saga.