Tuesday’s move marks the latest escalation in Sánchez’s increasingly personal confrontation with major technology companies and their billionaire owners — a campaign that has included regulatory threats, public clashes with Elon Musk and Pavel Durov, and broader calls in Madrid for tighter platform controls. In a letter to the Public Prosecutor’s Office first reported by […]
Continue ReadingThe EU executive suspects the marketplace breached the law because it didn’t properly assess and mitigate the risks of illegal goods being sold on the platform, a senior Commission official said in a briefing with journalists. These goods also include unsafe toys and cosmetics. The Commission is also investigating the addictive design of Shein’s platform […]
Continue ReadingA battle for power in the European Parliament is already underway — though quietly for now — with the midterm reshuffle a year away. Behind the scenes, MEPs are counting votes, testing alliances and positioning themselves for the presidency and other top jobs. On this episode of the Brussels Playbook Podcast, host Zoya Sheftalovich is […]
Continue ReadingDer CDU-Parteitag in Stuttgart am Freitag und Samstag wird für Friedrich Merz zum Stimmungstest. Als Kanzler ist er sowieso präsent, als Parteichef steht er nun im Mittelpunkt. Es geht um sein Ergebnis, um Geschlossenheit und um die Frage, wie stark er in der eigenen Partei wirklich ist. Eine Analyse von Gordon Repinski. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Wiebke […]
Continue ReadingA central output of the project is the Gender Gap in Investments Dashboard, developed by Dealroom. The dashboard is a prototype repository that already presents a clear picture of the current state of the gender investment gap using Dealroom data. It brings together information on company founding teams and venture funding outcomes across Europe in […]
Continue ReadingThe EPF has been tracking the rise of what they call the “anti-gender” movement across Europe, and found that hundreds of groups targeting so-called gender ideology — including think tanks, church-run advocacy groups, political parties and media — had raised $1.18 billion between 2019 and 2023, up from $81 million between 2009 and 2018. The […]
Continue Reading“He [Macron] is worried about the dangers ahead and wants to shore up his legacy,” a former diplomat said, while the West faces instability triggered by Russian belligerence and American unpredictability. Macron has already tapped an ally to become the country’s top auditor despite accusations of a conflict of interest. At the Ministry of Foreign […]
Continue ReadingThe push would put Metsola and the EPP on a collision course with the Socialists and Democrats, the Parliament’s second-biggest group, which claims it should get the presidency as part of a power-sharing arrangement signed at the beginning of the term. But the EPP has remained vague about whether they committed to any such deal. […]
Continue ReadingBelgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has summoned Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to the country, over his comments accusing Belgium of antisemitism and lashing out against its health minister. “Any suggestion that Belgium is antisemitic is false, offensive, and unacceptable. Belgium condemns antisemitism with the greatest firmness,” Prévot wrote Monday evening in a long post […]
Continue Reading“Critical minerals are essential to the U.K.’s economy, national security, and clean energy transition,” the strategy declared. Cornwall’s two biggest lithium extractors, British Lithium and Cornish Lithium, estimate they could produce 45,000 tons per year combined. Both companies have demonstration facilities up and running, with plans to begin commercial production before the end of the decade. An aerial view of […]
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