Thanks, Ryanair, your jam-packed cheap flights from ”Brussels South” – really 70km south of Brussels – to go home to Dublin were a godsend when I first came to Belgium. Latest in the "What has the EU ever done for us" series for @eurcorrespond.bsky.social europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/thanks-...

Erasmus+ was fun to write about, the second part of a @eurcorrespond.bsky.social series we're doing on "What has the EU ever done for us?" I know for many students it's a wonderful year of sunshine, partying and even love... europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/one-mil...

The start of @eurcorrespond.bsky.social series on the EU single market. Denis Steckelmacher’s dream was to create a car that could pack up tight like a Poké Ball once he reached his destination. He created the next best thing: electric skates. Read more: europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/why-you...

Ditching US tech might be talked about but it's rarely done. I spoke to one person who's tried to purge his tech life: europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/breakin...

Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status, via @sgclark92.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/hung...

The EU's Irishman goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-j...

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic,’ via @thisisbartosz.bsky.social and Hannah Roberts www.politico.eu/article/un-f...

Europe's chemicals industry wants to join steel, cars and pharma in getting an EU lifeboat, via Leonie Cater. www.politico.eu/article/ital...

EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments, via @framiche.bsky.social and @audevdh.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...

European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions, via @framiche.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...

EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social US critic Jim Jordan via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/soci...

US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship,’ via @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-o...

Politico's tech newsletter freebies continue today! EU: www.politico.eu/article/star... U.K.: www.politico.eu/article/reyn... France: www.politico.eu/article/inte...

Ex-footballer Glenn Micallef is the @ec.europa.eu's youngest commissioner at 35 and will shortly lay out an EU strategy for "intergenerational fairness," via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social and @eddywax.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/fund... www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

The European Commission's red tape-cutting effort is scrapping proposals that aren't moving, including AI liability, e-privacy and, in a real surprise, standard essential patent rules: pro.politico.eu/news/193856

We're running our tech newsletters free again today. Morning Tech (EU): www.politico.eu/article/the-... Morning Technology UK: www.politico.eu/article/uk-d... Tech Matin: www.politico.eu/article/et-v...

How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social @heroceane.bsky.social and Tom Bristow. www.politico.eu/article/ai-a...

The European Union made its biggest response yet to a massive U.S. financing plan for AI with a €20B fund that it says could leverage €200B investment, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...

JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech, via @cleacaulcutt.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/vp-j...

Politico's tech newsletters for the EU, France and the U.K. are free to read again today! Here's our coverage of the AI Action summit in Paris. EU: www.politico.eu/article/virk... France: www.politico.eu/article/flop... U.K.: www.politico.eu/article/time...

The AI rollercoaster of recent weeks – the U.S. $500B announcement, DeepSeek proving AI can be done without huge outlays – has been a wake-up call for France and the EU's tech ambitions, via @cleacaulcutt.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/the-...

Politico's three tech newsletters covering the EU, the U.K. and France are out free to read today as our reporters hit the AI Action Summit in Paris: www.politico.eu/article/ai-s... www.politico.eu/article/brit... www.politico.eu/article/somm...

How did this porn app get on my iPhone? via @egreechee.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ipho...

Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid, via @sgclark92.bsky.social and @victorjack.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/balt...

China’s online shopping boom faces EU crackdown, via @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal? TLDR, contracts "do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf." www.politico.eu/article/fact...

Meta's chief lobbyist echoes Zuck's comments that the EU's approach on tech resembles “a tax or a tariff,” via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/meta...

The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ai-d...

The Mediterranean diet is a lie, says @alessandroford.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/medi...

What’s in Von der Leyen’s plan to save the EU economy? www.politico.eu/article/wher...

Von der Leyen’s Competitiveness Compass bid to boost the EU economy relies on government help, via @audevdh.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

No soft words from @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: "Our business model has basically relied on cheap labor, from China presumably, cheap energy from Russia and partially outsourcing, security and security investment. These days are gone."

Von der Leyen builds a bonfire of EU’s environmental red tape, via @mariannegros.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

China's AI success could be a European opportunity, showing that flashing the cash might not be key to pushing AI boundaries, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back with some of them saying Meta's move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, via @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/fact...

China’s cyber spies are targeting Russia’s aerospace and defense firms, via @antoanetaroussi.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/chin...

Trump’s $500B AI plan is a ‘slap in the face’ for Europe where action to hit AI ambitions is paltry in comparison, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-5...

The U.K. ousted its antitrust chief in a row over a new pro-growth agenda and brings in a former Amazon exec just as new digital competition powers kick in, via Tom Bristow and @samblewett.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/uk-a...

Poland, which styles itself as a key US ally and European military power, is fuming over the US block on AI chips, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/pola...

Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, EU Parliament urges the European Commission, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/parl...

“There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” said the U.S. Supreme Court. But... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

EU is looking for more information on X interfaces to check how accounts go viral, widening an existing probe amid European politicians' complaints on Musk’s political meddling, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...

EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks, via @sgclark92.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-i...

US limits on AI chips have split the EU into AI winners and losers. France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland are in. Poland is out, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

The European Commission’s competitiveness check proposal gets bumped (again) to Jan. 29. It's a key part of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's strategy and something EU nerds are eagerly awaiting, via Aude van den Hove, Giovanna Faggionato and @ziaweise.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/comm...

And another view on this from the @financialtimes.com "If Meta and X were confident in heading off the regulatory impositions of the EU, Brazil and elsewhere, they would not need to swing behind Trump and the new administration." www.ft.com/content/917c...

Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, saying antitrust fines are "almost like a tariff" on U.S. tech companies. www.politico.eu/article/zuck...

EU censorship? “We know that it’s not true,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. “In Europe, freedom of speech is one of our fundamental values and it’s also respected and protected [in] our Digital Services Act. So it’s very misleading also to say that.” www.politico.eu/article/mark...

Where are our robots? The EU has only 22 robots per 1,000 workers compared to 29 in the U.S. and 101 in South Korea, via @MathieuPollet_ (source is a @EU_Commission report on the single market due to be published soon). www.politico.eu/article/robo...

Far-right European Parliament lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules after criticism from X's Elon Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/elon...