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How Trump transformed Europe in just 100 days

How Trump transformed Europe in just 100 days

After 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s shock and awe, is the EU still stuck in stunned paralysis — or does it finally have a plan?  POLITICO trade …

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Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims

Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.

March 24, 2025 4:20 am CET

Belgian public transport companies quit Elon Musk’s X

Get your service delay info somewhere else!

March 19, 2025 3:57 pm CET

EU justice chief goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up

Tech regulation could be the next point of contention between the new U.S. administration and the EU.

March 12, 2025 4:09 pm CET

EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief tells US critic

Henna Virkkunen tells U.S. member of Congress that the EU is ‘deeply committed’ to protecting free speech.

March 10, 2025 7:13 pm CET

Our obsession with technology is failing our children

Prioritizing children’s resilience amid this tech revolution isn’t just a moral imperative — it’s essential for the future of our societies.

March 6, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU lawmakers try to counter tech bros’ Washington lobbying

Their meeting didn’t quite go as hoped, with U.S. politicians railing against EU “censorship regimes.”

March 3, 2025 4:20 am CET

Europe’s peace offerings to Trump: Gas, cars and guns.

The European Union’s top trade official brings a suitcase full of proposals to persuade President Donald Trump to call off his trade war threats.

February 17, 2025 6:17 pm CET

X challenges German court decision that forces it to share election data

Elon Musk’s X has challenged a German court decision that instructed the platform to share data with researchers, the court confirmed to POLITICO. In an urgent injunction, …

February 17, 2025 4:57 pm CET

Vance’s week of waging war on EU tech law

The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.

February 15, 2025 6:34 pm CET

German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platform

Researchers win a legal battle against the platform formerly known as Twitter, securing crucial access to social media data to probe potential election interference.

February 7, 2025 6:08 pm CET

How political is your pizza? The Mediterranean Diet and Europe’s food battles

Pasta, pizza, and Parmigiano — delicious? Absolutely. But in 2025, they’re also deeply political. This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton digs into how food has …

February 7, 2025 4:00 am CET

How did this porn app get on my iPhone?

The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.

February 6, 2025 5:26 pm CET
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US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law

“We write to express our serious concerns,” U.S. House judiciary chair tells Virkkunen.

January 31, 2025 7:28 pm CET

German authorities ‘well prepared’ for social media election interference

Social media companies including TikTok, Meta and X took part in an election stress test on Friday.

January 31, 2025 6:57 pm CET

Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back

Meta’s move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, they warn.

January 28, 2025 4:15 am CET

Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says

“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.”

January 22, 2025 6:13 pm CET

Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, European Parliament urges

Resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants, lawmakers tell Commission.

January 20, 2025 4:00 am CET

European Parliament finally devises plan to force lawmakers to actually turn up

Debate after debate, MEPs often speak to an empty chamber. A trial next week could change all that.

January 16, 2025 8:49 pm CET

Zuckerberg’s censorship claims were ‘misleading’ — EU tech chief

Meta boss is fact-checked by top European commissioner after accusations that EU restricts free speech.

January 10, 2025 6:33 pm CET

Musk, Meta fuel far-right attack against EU tech ‘censorship’

Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules.

January 10, 2025 4:11 pm CET

Elon Musk’s man in the European Parliament

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou met the billionaire in 2023 and has taken his line on some big political issues, from Ukraine to digital rules.

January 10, 2025 4:20 am CET

Elon Musk: Europe’s Bloviator-in-Chief

The world’s richest man has a lot to say, a vast platform, and the ear of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Now he has turned his focus to …

January 10, 2025 4:00 am CET

When Elon met Alice: 9 weird moments from Musk’s German far-right chuckle-fest

God! Martians! A “communist” Hitler! It was heavy on oddness and light on policy as the X owner and the AfD co-leader hit it off.

January 10, 2025 12:02 am CET

‘Woke mind virus has infected Germany,’ Musk tells far-right AfD chief on X

Tech billionaire backs Alice Weidel as “leading candidate” to run Germany — but gets her name wrong.

January 9, 2025 7:50 pm CET
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