Forty years ago, Ryanair’s first flight was a 15-seater aircraft that ferried businessmen from a small Irish city to London. Last year, the airline sa

I did it. At least 14 others from The European Correspondent team did it too. Around 1.4 million people did it in 2024. And the European Commission es

Quitting US tech is “really not that difficult,” said Alex Karim Howard, a Lisbon-based entrepreneur. Shifting from Google’s Gmail service to Swiss-ba

Iranian transgender man had been seeking to correct Hungary’s asylum register which listed him as a woman.

Tech regulation could be the next point of contention between the new U.S. administration and the EU.

Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization suspends projects after U.S. stops $300M a year in funding.

A ‘critical chemicals act’ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.

State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s possible deal with Starlink could pit national interests against European ones.

Henna Virkkunen tells U.S. member of Congress that the EU is ‘deeply committed’ to protecting free speech.

Federal Communications Commission chair warns that the EU’s Digital Services Act threatens censorship that is “incompatible” with U.S. free speech.

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Politicians have shifted from AI regulation to innovation — and the industry loves it.

U.S. vice president pushes for “international regulatory regimes that foster creation” ahead of the artificial intelligence “revolution.”

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The French tech world is reeling from Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement and DeepSeek’s recent breakthrough.

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The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.

A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.

The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.

Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.

Joel Kaplan told a Brussels Meta event that the approach Brussels is taking to tech resembles “a tax or a tariff.”

The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.

Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?

We analyzed every line of Brussels’ Competitiveness Compass proposal (so you don’t have to).

The European Commission lays out its policy plans for the next five years to help turn the continent’s economy around.

Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.

New Chinese model suggests winning the AI race could be done on the cheap.

Meta’s move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, they warn.

State-backed hackers seek intel on nuclear weapons and military capabilities, researchers say.

Massive U.S. investments in artificial intelligence leave EU ambitions in the dust.

Marcus Bokkerink will leave the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after facing pressure from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.

Poland styles itself as a key US ally, but the chip restriction threatens to impact its ambitious military expansion on Putin’s border.

Resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants, lawmakers tell Commission.

Musk has made major interventions to back far-right figures in Germany and Britain.

EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.

Export restrictions on cutting-edge microchips will affect some EU countries, including Poland.

The EU’s Competitiveness Compass, aiming to set out the bloc’s economic strategy, has now been delayed by another week, according to a fresh agenda.

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Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.

Meta boss is fact-checked by top European commissioner after accusations that EU restricts free speech.

A report seen by POLITICO reveals how the continent is lagging behind.

Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules.