X challenges German court decision that forces it to share election data

Elon Muskโ€™s X has challenged a German court decision that instructed the platform to share data with researchers, the court confirmed to POLITICO. In an urgent injunction, the Berlin Regional Court last Thursday instructed X to share real-time access to the data on the upcoming German elections via its online interface until Feb. 25.ย  The [โ€ฆ]

Angry farmers push Poland away from Ukraine

After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.

Germanyโ€™s labor market โ€” long the envy of Europe โ€” is losing its shine

For the first time in a decade, the number of unemployed is closing in on 3 million โ€” and there’s more to come.

Zelensky, Vance meet amid ‘preliminary posturing to establish parameters for peace negotiations’

A highly anticipated meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Vice President JD Vance is underway at the Munich Security Conference. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Dr Gavin Hall,…

Britain dances to JD Vanceโ€™s tune as it recasts AI security institute

After the U.S. VP blasted โ€œhand-wringing about safety,โ€ Britainโ€™s safety institute gets a new look. References to AI creating โ€œunequal outcomesโ€ are out.

Security is the new safety

SNEAK PEEK โ€”ย ย The U.K. AISI drops โ€œsafetyโ€ for โ€œsecurityโ€ as it rebrands for the Trump era. โ€”ย DSIT and Anthropic ink a new partnership. โ€”ย Whatโ€™s happened to the porn review? Good morning and happy Friday, This is Tom, unable to find where Iโ€™ve hidden my wifeโ€™s Valentineโ€™s card. You can get in touch with your news, [โ€ฆ]

‘In the AI field, there will be an increasingly fragmented regulatory environment’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has publicly rejected Elon Musk’s $97 billion unsolicited bid, explaining to attendees at a Paris summit on AI that the company is not for sale. OpenAI is controlled by a nonprofit board bound to its original mission of safely bu…

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Starlink looks pale in comparison with what Europeans can get

SNEAK PEEK โ€” Has Elon Muskโ€™s Starlink got a shot in Europe? Not really. โ€” The withdrawal of the EUโ€™s AI liability rules has fans and critics. โ€”ย Thereโ€™s a new report about the price tag of the Eurostack. Good morning and welcome to Morning Tech. Hi, this is Pieter, back in Brussels after frantic days [โ€ฆ]

Trumpโ€™s uphill battle to make NATO allies hit his mega defense spending target

There is broad agreement to boost defense spending โ€” but the U.S. president’s call for 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.

France pitches plan to halt decline of EU chemical industry

The law should list certain chemicals as critical to Europe’s strategic autonomy, copying similar policies for minerals and medicines.

‘AfD becoming strong in German Parliament: Increasingly difficult to form coalitions excluding them’

In the lead-up to Germany’s Parliamentary Elections, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his conservative election arch rival Friedrich Merz of planning an immigration crackdown that would “bury Europe”. For in-depth analysis and a deeper persp…

Inside the divided coalition coming for the Green Deal

Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.

European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war

German automakers would face increased costs while already under pressure from heightened competition.

Paris follows a cut-price Olympics with a low-cost AI summit

France is hosting a global artificial intelligence summit that costs far less than the U.K.’s 2023 affair.

Trump could remake USAID to promote fossil fuels

The presidentโ€™s allies want foreign aid repurposed to encourage more oil and gas development around the world.

Greece presses France over missile sale to Turkey

Turkey wants to buy Eurofighters equipped with air-to-air Meteor missiles.

The 9 AI power players at the Paris AI Action Summit

Academics can be as influential as tech bros in swaying policymakers to both invest in and set guardrails for the powerful technology.

Britain ditches AI declaration, pitches for cash

SNEAK PEEK โ€” As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ€” Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ€” Back at home, thereโ€™s a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โ€ฆ]

The menace of deindustrialization in the EU โ€” and what we can do about it

Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.

New ecodesign rules freeze out Europeโ€™s local space heaters

Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD

Inside the new plan to seize Russiaโ€™s shadow fleet

European countries are pushing for new powers to squeeze Moscowโ€™s shadow fleet after a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea.

The real significance of Trumpโ€™s tariffs

It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.

Paris AI Summit: From AI safety to commercial development

As Paris prepares to host a global artificial intelligence (AI) summit next week, experts are voicing concerns over the focus of the event, which has according to Stuart Russellย โ€“ professor of computer science at UC Berkeleyย โ€“ย moved away from managing…

Baltic countries sever final power ties with Russia

Disconnecting from the Soviet-era grid faced an intimidation campaign โ€” but it’s Moscow that could be left in a precarious position.

โ€˜Weโ€™re still thereโ€™: Ukraine marks the 6-month anniversary of its Kursk incursion

Kyiv insists that the invasion made sense, but some experts feel the cost has been very high.

Britain led the world on AI safety. Now itโ€™s waiting for Trump.

Labour promised tough new rules for the worldโ€™s leading AI developers. But as Trump returns, ministers are thinking again.

Germanyโ€™s old-school conservatism is well and truly over

Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.

Note to our readers, from CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Editor-in-Chief John F. Harrisย 

POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Letโ€™s set the record straight.

German election frontrunners push for nuclear comeback

Germanyโ€™s nuclear exit was meant to be final. But with energy costs soaring, conservatives are reopening the debate.

DeepSeek, weapons and climate? Whatโ€™s on the table at the Paris AI summit? โ€“ podcast

From the shockwaves caused by DeepSeekโ€™s launch, to fears of a new AI arms race, and the continued questions over the technologyโ€™s energy use, AI continues to throw up new challenges. As world leaders gather for the Paris AI summit, the Guardianโ€™s glob…

AI helps researchers read ancient scroll burned to a crisp in Vesuvius eruption

Writing on PHerc. 172 papyrus, found at Roman mansion in Herculaneum, revealed after 3D X-rays and software competitionResearchers have peered inside an ancient scroll that was burned to a crisp in the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii nearly 2,…

Justin Trudeau wants to revive UK-Canada trade talks in shadow of Trump

The offer comes as Ottawa remains in the White Houseโ€™s crosshairs.

Trump in โ€˜no rushโ€™ to talk to Chinese leader

โ€œWeโ€™ll speak to him at the appropriate time. Iโ€™m in no rush,โ€ Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

How Britain can escape Trumpโ€™s tariffs: Buy American gas

As the threat of a trade war looms, Britain hopes it has a few secret weapons.

Trump orders creation of sovereign wealth fund, hints it could buy TikTok

The new wealth fund could be used to finance major government projects and fund strategic investments in critical areas like supply chains.

An omega-3 dose a day could slow ageing process, โ€˜healthspanโ€™ trial finds

Daily gram of essential fatty acid leads to โ€˜three to four months rejuvenation of biological ageโ€™ over three yearsA daily dose of omega-3 oils may slow the ageing process, according to a major clinical trial of interventions that aim to extend humansโ€™ …

AI, new strategies could fast-track cerebral palsy detection, says award-winning researcher [Advocacy Lab Content]

Innovative solutions are driving change in the early diagnosis and intervention of cerebral palsy. Integrating AI into diagnostics and advancing research into neuroplasticity is finally engaging policymakers.
The post AI, new strategies could fast-trac…

France leads fight against EU plans to merge health crisis and civil protection units

11 countries signed a paper to Ursula von der Leyen warning the move would downgrade Europe’s health crisis resiliency.

Press release – Polish Presidency debriefs EP committees on priorities

Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council.Committee on Constitutional AffairsCommittee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentCommittee on Culture and Education…

How Warsaw became the unlikely vegan capital of Europe | Karol Adamiak

A city associated with sausage and herring is now a haven for plant-based foods โ€“ and Polandโ€™s rightwing politicians arenโ€™t happy I want to tell you about a relatively typical neighbourhood in my city. There are two vegan sushi restaurants, three vega…

Nearly half of Danes see US as threat and 78% oppose Greenland sale, poll shows

Exclusive: More Danish people regard US as a threat than see North Korea or Iran as danger Almost half of Danish people now consider the US to be a considerable threat to their country and the overwhelming majority oppose Greenland leaving to become pa…

EU to fund research in mass production of kamikaze drones

The newly-unveiled investment signals growing awareness the bloc would benefit from indigenous, cheap mass-production of similar systems
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Upset in German Bundestag as wall comes down between conservatives and far right

PRESS REVIEW โ€“ Thursday, January 30: Friedrich Merz, Germany’s conservative CDU leader and candidate for chancellorship, receives votes and applause from the far-right AfD party in the Bundestag โ€“ we look at the press reaction to the centre right brea…

Nigel Farageโ€™s next act: Hammer Labour on energy costs

Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills โ€” and some government MPs are getting nervous.

Whereโ€™s the Competitiveness Compass pointing?

The European Commission’s policy plans point to growth even as it tries to hold on to ambitious climate goals.

โ€˜Groundbreakingโ€™: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts

Cells taken from blood and โ€˜reprogrammedโ€™ into heart muscle cells may help patients with heart failureDamaged hearts can literally be patched up to help them work, say researchers, in what has been hailed as a groundbreaking development for people with…

Danish PM โ€˜happyโ€™ after poll shows Greenland doesnโ€™t want to be American

U.S. President Donald Trump is obsessed with taking over the massive Arctic island. But locals aren’t convinced.

Student protestors unfazed by PM Vucevic resignation, demanding Serbia ‘become a different society’

Students in Serbia vowed to continue protesting even after the country’s Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday, following weeks of mass demonstrations over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November. For in-dept…

Trumpโ€™s beef with the World Health Organization is personal

Heโ€™s said the UN bodyโ€™s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.

ECB set to cut rates as Europe eyes Trump tariffs

The central bank wants to find a ‘neutral’ level for rates. It just doesn’t know where that is.

Britainโ€™s Rachel Reeves needs a growth miracle

A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellorโ€™s way are huge.

85 percent of Greenlanders donโ€™t want Trump takeover, new poll says

Survey lands as Danish prime minister tours Europe to try shore up support for keeping the Arctic island out of American clutches.

โ€˜We wonโ€™t come againโ€™: dazed visitors fed up with overcrowded Louvre

Paris attraction in need of overhaul amid complaints of leaks, long waits, lack of signage โ€“ and too many peopleAs the crowds poured out of the Louvre, the look of dazed exhaustion on many faces confirmed what the museumโ€™s director had warned last week…

Ukraine is pinning hopes on Putin exasperating Trump

Washington and Kyiv are holding fast to separate assumptions about the prospect of ending the ongoing war โ€” but both could be wrong.

PFAS: Working toward a sustainable future while protecting patient care

Pharma and medtech companies are invited to join a project on PFAS exposure, emissions and end-of-life management in the health care sector

Trump vs. Xi: Who Will Win the Trade War?

Donald Trump launched a two-year trade war against China during his first term in the White House, and heโ€™s poised to do it again. Even before being sworn in, Trump threatened China with 60 percent tariffs to cut its trade surplus, 10 percent tariffs if it didnโ€™t halt fentanyl shipments and 100 percent tariffs if [โ€ฆ]

EU set to suspend certain Syrian sanctions

In return, Syrian authorities will have to set up a democratic transition process and get rid of the Assad administration’s chemical weapons.

China hits back at CIA over Covid lab leak accusation

Several studies have said the virus originated naturally โ€” but U.S. intelligence changed its assessment over the weekend.

As conflict rates soar, misinformation is getting worse

We may not be able to change how people ingest information, but we can and should place guardrails around the evidence we use to inform the public.

How Trump silenced tech giants on his Paris withdrawal

Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.

CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak

The intelligence agency has said for years it couldnโ€™t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.

Scientists point to Andes potato pathogen as origin of Irish famine

Researchers say study may help global efforts in controlling disease that still destroys crops today It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th century Ireland, but while the potato disease linked to the Irish famine is wel…

Bacteria and pesticides found in cannabis sold in Dutch coffee shops

โ€˜Baselineโ€™ contamination study to inform Netherlands trial in which shops will sell drug produced by licensed growersLead, pesticides and potentially harmful bacteria were among the contaminants found during an investigation into cannabis sold in semi-…

Hungary wobbles on sanctions threat after Trump calls out Putin

Viktor Orbรกn has flirted with killing the EU’s Russia sanctions. But he didn’t get the ally he might have expected in Donald Trump.

Why Trumpโ€™s AI plan made Elon Musk flip out

A feel-good photo op just triggered a billionaire slapfight. Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s really at stake.

PMQs: Badenoch beats Starmer by showing restraint on Southport

The Tory leader swerved the Southport murders and instead probed the PM ruthlessly on his plan for schools.

US thinktank climate science deniers working with rightwingers in EU parliament

Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policiesClimate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, t…

100+ NGOs urge banks to pull funding from massacre-linked gas project in Mozambique

Pressure from human rights organizations follows a POLITICO investigation into TotalEnergies plant.

Dutch pioneer files EUโ€™s second lab-grown meat application

Mosa Meat says its cell-based beef is already affordable for restaurants.

Accord de Paris : ce que le retrait de Trump implique rรฉellement

Cette dรฉcision du prรฉsident amรฉricain a de nombreux effets et signale le dรฉbut dโ€™un programme agressif de dรฉtricotage de la politique climatique des Etats-Unis.

Starmer warns of online radicalization in wake of Southport murders

UK prime minister signals threat posed by “loners, misfitsโ€ and โ€œyoung men in their bedroom.”

What Trumpโ€™s exit from the climate deal really means

Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.

Nato flotilla assembles off Estonia to protect undersea cables in Baltic Sea

Taskforce to act as โ€˜security camera of the Balticโ€™ after string of suspected sabotage incidents on critical infrastructureA Nato flotilla likened to โ€œthe security camera of the Balticโ€ has assembled off the coast of Estonia as the military alliance se…

Get ready for Trumpโ€™s executive order onslaught

The incoming president is trying to deliver on a long list of Day One promises.

Escalate to de-escalate: How the world will deal with Trumpโ€™s trade offensive

The Americas, China and Europe have developed playbooks to react to the aggressive tariffs that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening. Retaliation is inevitable.

Pompeii excavation unearths private spa for wooing wealthy guests

Thermal bath complex is latest discovery among ruins of Italian city destroyed by Vesuvius eruption in AD79A large and sophisticated thermal bath complex that was believed to have been used by its owner to woo well-heeled guests has been discovered amo…

Parliamentโ€™s new health committee sparks โ€˜ego clashesโ€™ over key files

The environment and research and energy committees will not give up on some health competencies.
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Sibling rivalry: parents favour older children and daughters, study finds

International research also reveals conscientious or agreeable children are likely to receive preferential treatmentAs Philip Larkin once noted, your mum and dad have a lasting effect on you. Now, researchers have revealed which siblings in a family ar…

UKโ€™s Starmer to sign 100-year treaty with Zelenskyy in Ukraine

British leaderโ€™s trip comes at a key moment, with peace talks on the horizon as Donald Trump returns to power and threatens to shake up the dynamics of war.

Fall in UK trade with EU should spur rewrite of post-Brexit rules, says IPPR

Thinktankโ€™s report details decline in trading position and also calls for new strategy as Trump takes power in USA slump in trade with the EU should spur ministers to negotiate a fundamental rewrite of post-Brexit rules to more closely align the UK wit…

Why Trumpโ€™s Greenland grab could be a disaster for the planet

The frosty island sits atop giant oil and gas reserves that climate campaigners say must never see the light of day.

Worldโ€™s far-right populists pack guest list for Trumpโ€™s inauguration

While itโ€™s not usual to invite foreign dignitaries, Trump is laying down a clear ideological marker with his invitees from across the world.

German army deserts X as Berlin vs. Elon Musk feud rumbles on

“The objective exchange of arguments is becoming increasingly difficult” on the platform formerly known as Twitter, says defense ministry.

Patient-centered innovation: Can Europe lead the way?

We canโ€™t make true progress on unmet medical needs unless we understand what the patients themselves think they need or say is missing from their treatment options.

Austriaโ€™s Kickl brings Europeโ€™s anti-populist firewall crashing down

Herbert Kickl’s rise ends a firewall that has kept populist politicians out of power in EU countries for decades.

Intense lobbying over EU plans to limit โ€˜forever chemicalsโ€™

In addition to face-to-face lobbying, main tactics include funding impact assessments and targeting MEPs.
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The play that changed my life: โ€˜Sarcophagus dealt with Chornobyl as a symptom of corruption in Russiaโ€™

Vladimir Gubarevโ€™s tragic satire about the response to the nuclear disaster transfixed audiences and showed the absolute necessity of theatreI was pregnant when the terrifying radiation clouds came over Europe after the Chornobyl disaster. My interest …

Nigel Farageโ€™s Reform just a point behind Labour, poll shows

The latest YouGov study makes for grim reading in No.10 Downing Street.

Tuesday briefing: What Ukraine might gain from two North Korean captives

In todayโ€™s newsletter: Kyivโ€™s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers โ€“ and what the PoWs might do for themGood morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the fron…

Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top ยฃ1.6tn in UK and Europe

Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach ยฃ9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of โ€˜forever chemicalsโ€™ remain uncontrolledIndustry using โ€˜tobacco playbookโ€™ to fend off โ€˜forever chemicalsโ€™ regulationThe cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution co…

How Saudi Arabia became the worldโ€™s plastic cheerleader

The rich oil state has built a team of silver-tongued U.N. negotiators with a simple mandate: keep plastic production growing.

50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

By providing specialized data and research, Eurofound has long contributed to a stronger, fairer Europe โ€” in todayโ€™s climate, its mission has never been more essential