The risks to Europe of an ‘angry duck’ Trump
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Mistral CEO: Europe faces ‘complete trap’ without frontier AI
BERLIN — Europe risks falling into a “complete trap” if it focuses on industrial AI while leaving frontier models to the U.S. and China, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said in an interview Monday.
Why Europe shouldn’t celebrate a Democratic midterm victory
Jamie Dettmer is an associate editor and a foreign affairs columnist at POLITICO.
Berlin unveils blueprint to catch up on AI
BERLIN — Germany is unveiling its plan to catch up in the global AI race, but key details remain unclear.
Canada, coffins and confessionals
The jet lag has barely worn off, but Brussels is already grappling with what its new relationship with Canada could actually look like.
Madrid Playbook – Newsletters
El briefing imprescindible para quienes deciden, negocian y marcan la agenda política.
Hackers attack supermarket fridges in Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg
Refrigerators in dozens of supermarkets across Belgium, Sweden and Luxembourg were out of service on Monday, local news outlets reported, in what appears to be a repeat of cyberattacks that hit French supermarkets last month.
De Wever poised to offer his resignation as Belgian budget talks fail
BRUSSELS— Belgium’s King Philippe is considering Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s resignation after the premier offered to step down following failed attempts by his coalition government to agree to plug a €10 billion budget gap.
EU and Canada’s 6-month test of commitment
MONTREAL, Canada — The European Union and Canada have agreed to build the closest possible relationship. Over the next six months, they will have to define what that means — and whether Canada can become the EU’s first, and perhaps only, associate member.
Inside Costa’s EU budget push
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Britain and Germany’s defense cooperation plans face tough choices
BERLIN — British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting arrives in Berlin on Monday to discuss closer military cooperation with Germany. But internal German defense ministry briefings seen by POLITICO show the two countries still face tough choices over how to work together.
Europe watches US midterms hoping for pharma threat reprieve
Donald Trump faces a public reckoning on Tuesday that could leave him with a hostile Congress. But Europe shouldn’t assume that means he lessens his drug pricing demands.
The French eye a fresh chunk of UK nuclear
LONDON — A firm owned by French nuclear giant EDF is locked in talks with the U.K. government as it tries to buy a prime site for nuclear power development.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s food fight is coming to Brussels
BRUSSELS — The Make America Healthy Again crusade against Big Food is crossing the Atlantic.
Security Sunday: Wie real ist die Kriegsgefahr? – mit General Alexander Sollfrank
Deutschland befindet sich nicht im Krieg, aber auch nicht mehr im Frieden. Was passiert konkret, wenn das Land militärisch angegriffen wird? Dieser existenziellen Frage stellt sich Generalleutnant Alexander Sollfrank, Befehlshaber des Operativen Führungskommandos der Bundeswehr, ...
EU open to flexibility on euro and Schengen if UK tries to rejoin
LONDON — Brussels would be flexible on letting Britain stay out of the euro and the Schengen area if it applied to rejoin the European Union, two EU officials familiar with the bloc’s approach have told POLITICO.
Allies fear Trump will target NATO in case of midterm loss
BRUSSELS — NATO countries are bracing for a worst-case scenario in the U.S. midterm elections Tuesday.
Forget AI, Europe has a plan to win the next tech revolution
A perennial also-ran in the global AI race, Europe now sees an opportunity to win what promises to be another technological revolution by learning from its mistakes.