Enforcement
Commission too slow to enforce EU rules, auditors say
Court of Auditors says better staff allocation is needed to carry out enforcement in a timely way.
Romania gives Europe’s digital police their first big test
Northern Ireland votes to keep post-Brexit trade deal despite unionist hostility
Commission to address disinformation on TikTok, X during December plenary
Trump taps Lighthizer acolyte Jamieson Greer to be his trade chief
Wanted: Europe’s next foreign policy leader
What lawmakers should ask the EU’s new tech boss
Competition poses the toughest test for climate chief Ribera
Climate expert Teresa Ribera’s second job policing subsidies and deals is real head-scratcher with some big political risks.
Trump taps former immigration official Thomas Homan as border czar
President-elect says Homan will oversee deportation of illegal immigrants
Trump’s win will test the EU’s tech crackdown on Musk’s X
The EU is under pressure to flex its new digital rules. One of its top targets is a tech tycoon lauded by the new U.S. president.
New rules to build corporate giants won’t reverse EU decline, officials say
Europe’s competition enforcers are alarmed by talk of changing merger rules to allow big firms in key industries.
US to probe Chinese telco hacks that targeted Trump, Vance
POLITICO reported Friday that federal investigators for now believe the Chinese targeted communications data from phones of roughly 40 people.
Fears grow that Israel is seeking to reopen Lebanon’s internal fault lines
Israel wants ‘to set sectarian groups at each others’ throats’ says the spiritual leader of the Druze community.
After Orbán, EU eyes new Russia sanctions push
Momentum has stalled under Hungary’s direction and leadership turnover in Brussels. Poland wants to change that.
Outrage over murders of women forces Turkey’s Erdoğan to harden laws
Rights campaigners have long suspected that combating violence against women is not a priority for the Islamist ruling party.
Will the US really dismantle Google? Here’s what happens next.
Biden’s competition cops want “historic” changes to Google — but judges, and presidential politics, could undercut their plans.
Europe’s privacy patrol is spoiling Big Tech’s AI party
New leadership in Dublin has put the EU’s privacy regulators on a collision course with Big Tech.
Once upon a time in Brussels: EU picks Tarantino for top competition job
Academic becomes the third Italian to take influential post after a previous U.S. pick was forced out.
Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0
The potential reelection of the former Republican president is causing anxiety in the global climate community.
Europe eyes bigger, fewer telco firms in envy of US and China
Telecom giants see long-awaited opening to gobble up smaller firms to scale to level of U.S., Chinese rivals.
Security experts see latest Trump close call as ‘a failure, 100%’
Trump, however, said the Secret Service did an “absolutely outstanding” job.
US election: ‘The most complex, dynamic and dangerous threat environment I’ve experienced’
The second apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump is the latest peril in a race that has been defined by anger and threats.
Trump throws full support behind Florida pot legalization as DeSantis fights it
Trump also said he supported reclassifying marijuana under federal law.
As France cracks down on Telegram, EU sits on the sidelines
Europe has moved slowly to regulate Pavel Durov’s social media app.
Ursula von der Leyen has taken green enforcement behind closed doors
Secrecy helps improve efficiency in the implementation of environmental law, the Commission argues.
The bewildering politics of Telegram
Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint.
How Kamala Harris’ platform could differ from Joe Biden’s
President Joe Biden’s decision to abandon his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Party’s biggest priorities …
How Kamala Harris’ platform could differ from Joe Biden’s
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
US eyes Iranian oil exports as threat of Israel attack grows
Tehran relies on shipments of crude to prop up its sanctions-stricken economy.
Race riots put Britain on collision course with Elon Musk
Britain’s government has social platforms in its sights as incitement spreads — and the X owner is squaring up for a fight.
The fate of Biden’s Supreme Court proposal may lie with Kamala Harris
Both Biden and Harris are recent converts to the idea of term limits, but there are hints that Harris may be more willing to push the issue.