BRUSSELS — One of Europe’s most senior politicians recounted how former U.S. President Donald Trump privately warned that America would not come to the EU’s aid if it…
Read more Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official saysElon Musk just got an early, unwelcome Christmas present from Europe: the bloc’s first-ever investigation via its new social media law into X. The European Commission on Monday…
Read more X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic contentPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — When EU digital chief Věra Jourová sat down in Beijing with a senior Chinese official in…
Read more Deal over dim sum: China caves to EU on data to keep investors sweetBRUSSELS — The EU will deliver a million artillery shells to Ukraine — but not by the March deadline leaders had agreed, the CEO of the European Defence…
Read more Europe can’t keep its promise to Ukraine, defense chief admitsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — A photo with a bloody dead baby whose face is blurred has been circulating on…
Read more Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the warElon Musk has made himself Europe’s digital public enemy No. 1. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the billionaire’s social network X has been flooded with gruesome images,…
Read more Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No. 1Chinese technology giant Huawei has had it with European Union officials calling it a “high-risk” supplier. The firm, a leading manufacturer of telecoms equipment, filed a complaint with…
Read more Huawei pushes back on the EU calling it ‘high-risk’Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. At least Europe no longer has to endure that hackneyed Henry Kissinger quip about whom to call…
Read more Europe’s power outage: How Israel-Hamas war exposed EU’s irrelevanceLionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times (2005-20) and Brussels bureau chief (1992-98) Nobody does “No” better than the French. Charles De Gaulle said “Non” twice…
Read more French rejection of top American economist is a blow to liberal EuropePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report. At NATO summit after NATO summit,…
Read more The US wants Europe to buy American weapons; the EU has other ideasEU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton wants Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain and take “immediate” action over a recently exposed large pedophile network on Instagram. Instagram has…
Read more EU to Zuckerberg: Explain yourself over Instagram pedophile networkLONDON (AP) — Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted…
Read more Twitter Bails On EU Pact To Combat Disinformation: OfficialTwitter has abandoned the EU’s code of practice on disinformation, Thierry Breton said late Friday, but Europe’s internal markets commissioner insisted that “obligations remain” for the social networking…
Read more EU’s Breton says Twitter ‘can’t hide’ after platform ditches disinformation codeFrance’s Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot waded into a growing tussle between the European Union and Elon Musk’s Twitter on Monday, as he threatened the social media platform’s access…
Read more Blocked! French minister threatens to ban Twitter if it doesn’t follow EU rulesAs Russia’s war in Ukraine puts a heavy strain on EU arms, there’s infighting in Brussels over how best to reload. The latest skirmish is focused around a…
Read more France pushes protectionism in Ukraine defense planPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence’s newest sensation — the gabby chatbot-on-steroids ChatGPT — is sending European rulemakers back to the…
Read more ChatGPT broke the EU plan to regulate AIPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Thierry Breton is winning the war of ideas in Brussels. The ex-CEO is a political whirlwind with…
Read more Thierry Breton: Brussels’ bulldozer digs in against USPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In the United States, TikTok is a favorite punching ball for lawmakers who’ve compared the Chinese-owned app…
Read more Europe turns on TikTokEuropean politicians said they were troubled by Twitter’s suspension of U.S. journalists from its platform but the move shows the limits of their planned new rules for online…
Read more Europe troubled but powerless over Twitter’s journalist banTwitter needs to comply with EU rules on content moderation and other online policies, French President Emmanuel Macron told Elon Musk in a meeting on Friday. “Transparent user…
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