Tusk did not provide any further details about the nature of the threat or which of the 18 border crossings between Poland and Ukraine was affected. The prime minister added that the incident was just a taste of what is to come and noted he had received a “fairly precise report” from the CIA regarding […]
Continue ReadingThe Commission’s Artificial Intelligence Office enforces this monitoring, and has contracted leading independent AI researchers, such as those from METR, an independent non-profit research organization based in California, to carry out the regulatory oversight. Indeed, it was METR that was called in by OpenAI researchers to investigate after a much-discussed July hack of AI company […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday evening, Josef Aschbacher, the director general of the European Space Agency, urged European countries to boost funding to the ESA. In a meeting with ministers from ESA member states, he said that by investing €1 billion per year over the next 10 years, Europe could finally afford to send astronauts into space without […]
Continue ReadingA recent Opinium poll carried by the website Guido Fawkes which highlighted Londoners would rather have an entrepreneur than an ex-minister as mayor did not state the poll was commissioned by London mayoral hopeful Festus Akinbusoye. While this information was included in an Evening Standard write-up of the poll, it was only published belatedly by Opinium. A […]
Continue ReadingShe pointed to Article 123 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which prohibits the ECB and national central banks from financing governments. The provision was agreed to and ratified by all EU member countries, Lagarde stressed. Lagarde also dismissed the proposal on economic grounds, citing “very, very solid economists,” including former […]
Continue ReadingThe call comes after the AfD won 43.8% in the regional election in Saxony-Anhalt, more than doubling its 2021 result and leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats a distant second at 17.2 %. Wadephul argued Thursday that the way forward was not to retreat from Germany’s commitments, but to do a better job of explaining […]
Continue ReadingShe is also a prime mover behind an overhaul of the EU’s merger guidelines, which in addition to traditional competition concerns would allow greater latitude for mergers that create so-called European champions. “We have proposed updated Merger Guidelines — so that they recognize that European companies need scale to invest and compete globally,” von der […]
Continue Reading“We want to ensure equal treatment of all the European Union’s official languages, including French, of course, in the context of the agreements with Indonesia and India,” said a French official, granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door discussions. The European Commission estimates that prioritizing the English version would cut almost a year off the time […]
Continue ReadingSnabe will serve in the unpaid role until the end of March 2027 and is expected to produce a report on issues including AI infrastructure, frontier AI technologies and industrial AI adoption. But the appointment came under fire because of Siemens’ recent role in lobbying to loosen the AI rules now shaping Europe’s industrial strategy. […]
Continue ReadingHaving spent the summer trying to ease the cost of living, is a new tourist tax about to hit domestic holiday makers in the pocket? The government is giving mayors additional powers to introduce a levy on hotel stays, with no cap on how much they can charge. With the tourism industry already angry, Sam […]
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