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La France, qui assure la présidence du G7 jusqu’à la fin de l’année, a fixé quatre priorités politiques. Parmi elles, “la résilience et la durabilité du secteur numérique”, qui englobent l’empreinte environnementale du secteur. L’IA, qui consomme d’énormes quantités d’énergie, est notamment devenu un sujet de discussion de plus en plus brûlant en Europe. L’Agence […]

The Commission, however, said the revenue potential of crypto taxes is hard to estimate due to the lack of data. Tough budget equation The Commission’s new analysis adds an additional layer of complexity to budget negotiations among EU governments. Cyprus, which holds the Council’s six-monthly rotating presidency, is set to present a new budget breakdown […]

“This is unacceptable, and we will also not accept it. You deal with all of the 27, or none of the 27,” the Commission’s climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said to POLITICO on Thursday. He added: “If you seek to host an international event, that trumps any national sensitivities you might be having.” Turkey maintains no […]

Last Friday, Spain was among the large economies who signed onto a French position paper sent to the European Commission that called for the bloc to bolster its trade defenses, make greater use of its investigative capacities and potentially create a new tool to address market distortions.  But as first reported by POLITICO, within a […]

The environmental impact of AI specifically, as it consumes huge amounts of energy, has become a talking point in Europe, with the European Environment Agency warning earlier this month that the “the rapid expansion of AI presents a growing challenge to achieving climate neutrality.” But an emphasis on combating the environmental impact of tech is “a red […]

Die Turbinenfalle: Wie die Kraftwerksstrategie unter Druck gerät. Mit Klaus Müller. – POLITICO Skip to main content

Originally signed by King Louis XIV in 1685, the Code Noir regulated slavery across France’s colonies and reduced enslaved people to “movable property” that could be bought and sold. The related decrees also imposed brutal punishments on escaped slaves, including branding, mutilation and execution. The vote comes 25 years after France passed the so-called Taubira […]

As the number of firsthand Holocaust witnesses dwindles, studies show that Holocaust awareness among young Germans is declining. Around 40 percent of Germans ages 18 to 29 do not know that six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, while more than one in 10 said they had never heard of the Holocaust, according to […]

Too soon? Talks about a potential EU special envoy to represent the bloc in talks with Russia are heating up as the U.S. has stepped back from its peace efforts, with Donald Trump’s mediators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, busy trying to broker a ceasefire with Iran. Meanwhile, both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]

The United States said its embassy in Ukraine will remain open despite Russian warnings that diplomats who remain in Kyiv risk getting bombed. “There are no changes to our operations and reports otherwise are false,” the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on X. “The State Department has no higher priority than the safety and […]