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France believes Trump’s movie tariffs will backfire

U.S. president’s tariff threat will be a hot topic at this month’s Cannes film festival.

May 7, 2025 6:08 pm CET

Israeli spyware giant NSO Group ordered to pay nearly $170M to WhatsApp for hacking accounts

The ruling is a major win for privacy advocates and those pushing back against NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus software.

May 7, 2025 12:56 am CET

Breaking up Google: What US move means for EU investigation

Proposal from U.S. Department of Justice could embolden the Commission to wrap its ad tech probe.

May 6, 2025 6:14 pm CET

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

The European Commission is looking at imposing retaliatory tariffs should talks fail with the Trump administration. 

May 6, 2025 2:49 pm CET

Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns

U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.

May 6, 2025 10:12 am CET

EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts

Capitals are set to weaken rules that would require them to scrutinize foreign investments in sensitive technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, a draft document shows.

May 6, 2025 4:17 am CET

EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition

The latest attempt to curb AI companies is ensnarled in an epic lobbying battle involving the Trump administration.

May 6, 2025 4:17 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

Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump’s war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’

The European Commission chief and the French president are trying to woo American researchers with a new program called “Choose Europe for Science.”

May 5, 2025 11:42 am CET

Europe needs to up its space game to fend off Musk, Russia and China

The continent needs to focus on cheaper satellites to stay in the space race, NATO’s Admiral Pierre Vandier tells POLITICO.

May 4, 2025 6:00 am CET

Why TikTok ruling sparks trouble for EU-China relations

The US has similar concerns over how Chinese authorities can access data from the popular app.

May 2, 2025 5:09 pm CET

TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users’ data to China

Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China.

May 2, 2025 12:00 pm CET
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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

Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.

April 30, 2025 3:15 pm CET

Microsoft would push back against Trump order to suspend European cloud operations

Company to change contracts amid concerns that services will get tangled in US-EU fight.

April 30, 2025 10:19 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

Points for kills: How Ukraine is using video game incentives to slay more Russians

Ukraine has created a macabre points scheme based on video games to boost the effectiveness of its soldiers.

April 29, 2025 4:50 pm CET

‘This is a hostile and political act’: White House slams Amazon amid tariff standoff

Amazon is reportedly considering listing how much tariffs are adding to the price of items.

April 29, 2025 3:45 pm CET

Privacy officials’ travel to home countries sets off EU alarm bells

Privacy regulator’s secretary general traveled on the EU’s dime to Spain, his home country, far more often than to other countries.

April 29, 2025 4:46 am CET

Why did the lights go out in Spain and Portugal? 

And what does it mean for Europe, its power grids and its electricity?

April 28, 2025 8:59 pm CET

Europe has risky reliance on China for low-tech chips, auditors warn

Brussels is far from meeting its targets to reshore microchips manufacturing.

April 28, 2025 6:32 pm CET

French researchers to Macron: Take care of us before wooing Americans

Plans to attract U.S. researchers to France were quickly criticized by members of the research community.

April 28, 2025 2:17 pm CET

Merz announces first German Cabinet choices

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting hands key ministries to CDU veterans and business figures, setting the tone for a more conservative, security-focused government.

April 28, 2025 10:06 am CET

EU governments consider appeasing Trump on global minimum tax

Capitals fear retaliation from the U.S. and are considering changing the rules to grant American companies an exemption from a crucial provision of the global tax deal.

April 28, 2025 4:00 am CET
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