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French opposition slams Macron’s nominee for central bank top job – POLITICO
“He’s a good-for-nothing who should have resigned from public service after the scandal over the inaccurate public budget forecasts,” Tanguy told POLITICO in a text message, arguing that Moulin should be held responsible for France’s budget troubles as he served at the finance ministry. The country’s far-left also opposes Macron’s proposal. “Independence is one of the cornerstones […]
Continue ReadingPornHub lets UK Apple users back on its platform – POLITICO
LONDON — PornHub, which partially blocked access to its platform in the U.K. back in January amid concerns about the implementation of the Online Safety Act, has fully restored access to U.K.-based Apple users, the porn site’s parent company announced Tuesday. Under the OSA porn providers are required to have highly effective age assurance in […]
Continue ReadingErdoğan’s rival warns von der Leyen after Turkey gaffe – POLITICO
Former European Council President Charles Michel criticized the Commission chief’s remarks, defending Turkey as a “core NATO ally” and “key migration partner.” EU Parliament Rapporteur for Turkey Nacho Sánchez Amor called the comments “totally inconsistent with recurrent signals for stronger cooperation on security and defense.” Despite his detention, the top political rival of Turkish President […]
Continue Reading‘A deal is a deal’: Von der Leyen fires back at Trump over auto tariff threat
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels. Speaking out for the first time since Trump’s Friday announcement that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on EU-made automobiles, von […]
Continue ReadingRomanian government collapses – POLITICO
The move came as a surprise to the Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament, to which the PSD belongs. After spending years scolding the center-right European People’s Party for forging similar alliances with the far right, the developments in Romania put the EU’s premier center-left group in an awkward spot. Bolojan and his […]
Continue ReadingSecret Service shoots armed man near White House
Secret Service officers shot a man during an exchange of gunfire Monday near the White House in an incident that wounded a child who happened to be in the area. The incident near the Washington Monument comes amid increased concerns about political violence about a week after a gunman attempted to breach the security perimeter at the […]
Continue ReadingGermany says Europe needs to learn from Ukraine’s drone warfare successes – POLITICO
Wadephul is not alone in calling for further investment in the kind of cutting-edge drones developed by Ukraine. During a large military exercise in Champagne last week, French President Emmanuel Macron similarly underscored drone technology’s importance for national defense. Drones — which as Ukraine has demonstrated, can be manufactured quickly and perform well against more […]
Continue ReadingCommission blocks EU funding for Huawei solar tech – POLITICO
Inverters are a piece of technology that turns solar panels’ electricity into current that flows into the grid. Huawei is a market leader in the technology. The EU has long been concerned about the threat posed by Chinese tech giant Huawei and its smaller rival ZTE in 5G networks, and is seeking to push EU […]
Continue ReadingUK seeks access to EU’s €5B tech scale-up fund – POLITICO
The EU created the European Innovation Council Fund in 2020 to take equity stakes in startups, with the Scaleup Europe Fund to follow before the summer, aiming to plug a funding gap that many European companies face. That €5 billion fund is expected to make much larger investments than the earlier one, from which investments […]
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