[FREE TO READ] Several failed banking takeovers have prompted Brussels to consider changes to bloc’s rules

Companies argue that ‘tech sovereignty’ drive could hit profits and undermine continent’s competitiveness

EU efforts to regulate the digital sphere are under attack from the Trump administration and, increasingly, Silicon Valley

[FREE TO READ] European top brass sceptical about politicians’ push to decouple from US tech companies

Regulatory probes and the ending of customs loopholes pose big challenges, but its business model is highly resilient

[FREE TO READ] Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says

[FREE TO READ] Bart De Wever says European Commission should not get ‘all the blame’ ahead of leaders’ summit

[FREE TO READ] Sector companies are struggling to win Brussels’ backing for consolidation

[FREE TO READ] European Council president António Costa blames national capitals for inertia that has left economy trailing China

Biggest label will offload royalty services business to allay competition concerns

Move follows Australia’s decision to introduce age restrictions over child safety concerns

Also in this newsletter: Poland calls for more tech money, not red tape

[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: Europe replaces one gas dependency for another

Donald Trump declines to rule out using force to seize control of Arctic island

[FREE TO READ] Proposed Cybersecurity Act would phase out groups such as Huawei and ZTE from telecom networks and solar energy systems

Also in this newsletter: Europe’s pallet industry under pressure from bureaucracy and trade woes

The EU’s rewrite of merger guidelines has become a battleground for how much leeway companies should have on M&A

Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels’ willingness to stick with digital rule book

[FREE TO READ] Teresa Ribera says Europe’s competitiveness depends on resisting calls to roll back rules

[FREE TO READ] European Commission believes Rome’s regulations enabling it to scrutinise foreign takeovers may breach EU law

[FREE TO READ] Can Brussels balance its desire to set the guardrails for tech with its need to attract investment?

[FREE TO READ] Henna Virkkunen says 10% of investment should be directed to artificial intelligence and quantum computing developed in EU

Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos says bloc has to prevent Russian ‘Trojan horse’ behaviour from new entrants

[FREE TO READ] US Big Tech groups in final stages of agreeing deal with Brussels to avoid series of escalating fines

[FREE TO READ] Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals

[FREE TO READ] Brussels advises Kyiv to advance technical work despite Budapest holding up talks

[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies

[FREE TO READ] Brussels to look closer into US Big Tech groups and Booking Holdings over handling of fake apps and search results

[FREE TO READ] Germany argues groups such as Apple and Meta are excluded to protect Europe’s ‘digital sovereignty’

[FREE TO READ] Former Italian PM frustrated with ‘inaction’ a year after his report on how to improve Europe’s competitiveness

Commission’s executive vice-president has yet to lay out policy vision, creating uncertainty for dealmakers

[FREE TO READ] Commission’s executive vice-president has yet to lay out policy vision, creating uncertainty for dealmakers

A year after former Italian PM’s report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas

[FREE TO READ] Foreign minister warns bloc not to ‘kill the hen laying golden eggs’

Tensions over tech regulation add to geopolitical upheaval, dashing hopes of more certainty

Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry

[FREE TO READ] Sanction comes despite Trump’s threat of retaliatory tariffs over digital regulations

[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: The European Commission’s stop-gap solutions for its competition problems

[FREE TO READ] Also in this newsletter: Two of Europe’s most pro-Russian leaders travel to Beijing for a military parade

[FREE TO READ] Bloc must be prepared to walk away from trade deal with US if it retaliates against Brussels’ digital laws, warns Teresa Ribera

Brussels aims to spend €17bn on upgrading transport networks to be prepared for conflict

[FREE TO READ] The department that defined Brussels’ muscular market liberalism is entering a profound period of change

[FREE TO READ] The continent’s dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers

[FREE TO READ] EU was expected to finalise its investigation before the bloc’s summer recess but will now miss this deadline

[FREE TO READ] Centralised and chaotic process has compromised launch of commission president’s spending plan, colleagues say

The department that defined Brussels’ muscular market liberalism is entering a profound period of change

The heads of Airbus and BNP Paribas join intense lobbying effort against new regulations

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