Technology

Police have long wanted to read encrypted messages. They now have the backing of the EU’s top brass.

The European Commission will assess whether TikTok is doing enough to stop harmful content connected to eating disorders.

Brussels is chockablock with people trying to influence new rules on everything from Big Tech to pesticide use. Here’s where they’ve put most of their efforts.

Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.

The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

A decade after we launched in Brussels, Europe’s place in the world is ever more uncertain. The battle for relevance will dominate the next 10 years.

There are major hurdles to overcome for the EU to retaliate against U.S. digital companies.

A U.S. federal judge ruled Thursday that Google holds an illegal monopoly in two online advertising markets — the latest in a series of blows by Washington against the trillion-dollar tech giant.

AI-powered assistants are becoming a popular business and consumer tool. The EU says “no thanks” for now.

Budapest has faced EU scrutiny over the use of spyware against the opposition and civil society in past years.

The Dutch company is key to Europe’s pitch to become technologically sovereign.

Madrid is one of NATO’s worst offenders when it comes to underspending on defense.

EU leaders hope the Italian PM can convey their trade concerns to the U.S. president when she visits Washington.

A worsening showdown across the Atlantic could spell trouble for the candidate country.

“Now, it is necessary for the U.S. to define its position,” says EU trade negotiator after talks in Washington.

By delaying expected announcements on fining Apple and Meta, the bloc’s Digital Markets Act is being dragged into the global trade war.

“This is not, like, a permanent sort of exemption. He’s just clarifying that these are not available to be negotiated away by countries,” Howard Lutnick said.

The investigation could lead to new tariffs on semiconductors in a move that would have sweeping implications for Asian countries and the tech sector.

The move could be a win for tech companies like Apple that were facing potential price hikes.

The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.

A new law requires porn sites to check the age of users in France.

Brussels suspended its countermeasures against the U.S. president’s steel and aluminum tariffs before they even took effect. Now the two sides have 90 days to do a deal.

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.

Pause buys time for Brussels to negotiate a deal with the US.