Category: Politico News

“All the algorithms have biases, we know that. There is no doubt,” he said. “And they are so impactful, when you speak about social media, that having no clue about how the algorithm is made, how it is tested and where it will guide you — the democratic biases of this could be huge.” Since […]

Under the arrangement, struck last year after months of negotiations, the joint U.S.-U.K. base will remain under the control of both countries for the next 99 years under a lease agreement. But Trump posted Wednesday: “I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes […]

According to the letter from USPE, which represents staff working in the Parliament, a security officer working on the gates of the institution’s Brussels building challenged Van Overtveldt as he attempted to enter with his wife, whose entourage pass for family members had expired. “In response to the security staff’s insistence that he should comply […]

De Cos restored the Bank of Spain’s reputation after years of muddled and politically compromised leadership. However, building that reputation involved criticizing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government for its timid pension reform, which may cost him political support in Madrid. Also, moving De Cos from the standard-setting body in Basel might cost Europe a prestigious […]

“He’s being diplomatic, saying it’s a fantastic organization,” said the official, granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks. “He very smartly divided the political from the organizational, saying, ‘Let’s leave politics out of this, let’s focus on the real world [and] stop wasting our resources on scenarios that are zero percent likely.” Europe shrugs A steady […]

La présidence de la BCE est l’un des postes les plus influents d’Europe, commandant une puissance de feu financière sans pareille. C’est pourquoi les gouvernements nationaux se sont toujours battus avec acharnement pour promouvoir une personne favorable à leurs propres besoins et priorités. Les négociations sur la succession de Christine Lagarde risquent d’être intenses et […]

BRUSSELS — Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken criticized European leaders for speaking too much about nuclear weapons. “Regarding nuclear deterrence, I really don’t understand why European leaders are so loose-lipped. Not wise. Please keep your mouth shut,” he posted on X, in reply to a podcast interview by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In the interview, the […]

The previous Conservative government appointed Michael Grade, a Tory peer, as chair in 2022. His term ends on April 26, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which is leading the recruitment process, hopes to announce his replacement before then. The interview panel, which is made up of civil servants and independent members, will […]

Back in January, Radev met with the heads of various parliamentary groups, trying to task them with forming a government, but did not succeed. Radev then stepped down on Jan. 19 to start his own election campaign with Iotova, who had served as vice president, taking office shortly after. She appointed Andrey Gyurov, a former […]

Merz said in general that he is “very, very, very cautious when it comes to legal bans on something like this [social media],” but that the “consequences” of fake news, AI-generated images and platforms like TikTok “make things more challenging.” Protecting children at school “must come first,” the chancellor said, adding that the idea children […]