Stay on track to build joint intel agency, EU crisis response envoy says
Author of EU preparedness report Sauli Niinistรถ says “enough trust” will mean Europe can share more intelligence.
Draghi
Draghi pushes โpragmatic federalismโ to get Europe out of its predicament
The EU is now “faced with protectionism and unilateral action” and the “return of hard military power,” Draghi said, arguing that the EU is not equipped to address these challenges.
Brusselsโ red tape purge turns into peace offering to Trump
Ursula von der Leyen is selling simplification like a Kinder Egg โ sweet on the outside for European business, with a surprise inside for Donald Trump.
Germanyโs Merz warns Europe risks becoming economic pawn of US, China
The chancellor is pushing the EU to undertake sweeping economic reforms as he comes under increasing political pressure at home to revive the stagnant German economy.
Time to unlock Europeโs fusion potential
The Draghi report is a wake-up call to kick start Europeโs economy, achieve energy autonomy, empower our industry and retain talent. Will the EU budget deliver in this direction?
Who wants to be the next prime minister of France?
The French president is expected to name his next prime minister by Friday evening.
Next French PM shouldnโt be a Macron ally,ย key coalition partner says
Conservative leader Bruno Retailleau says the president’s camp should wield less power in government to reflect its setback in the last election.
A new era for merger control
EU and UK merger control is evolving into a strategic policy tool, creating challenges and opportunities for business leaders and their advisors to demonstrate innovation, resilience and growth.
A New Era for Merger Control โ Strategic Insights for Business Leaders
EU and UK merger control is evolving into a strategic policy tool, creating challenges and opportunities for business leaders and their advisors to demonstrate innovation, resilience and growth.
You deregulate, weโll invest billions, industry titans to tell EU
Airbus, Siemens among industry heavyweights to pressure EU to follow through on deregulation and competitiveness drive.
LIVE: Can Europe regain its competitive edge?
All the latest updates and analysis from POLITICOโs big competitiveness gathering in Brussels.
EU readies for time out on enforcing AI rules
BRUSSELS โ Just one year after the European Union adopted a landmark plan to cut the risks of artificial intelligence, itโs already preparing to put the brakes on. A call to pause the rollout of a large chunk of the EUโs 2024 Artificial Intelligence Act has gained traction over the summer amid heavy lobbying and [โฆ]
Rome gloats as France becomes Italy and Italy becomes France
Increasing debt and five prime ministers in less than two years has Paris in a precarious position as Rome enjoys political stability.
The unfortunate EU foot-dragging on the Draghi plan
Europeโs competitiveness is waning due to inertia in Brussels and national capitals
Electricity firms rattled by Draghi call for market reform
Draghi ideas “would be detrimental for investorsโ certainty and would immediately bring a stop to much-needed investments in the system,โ Europe’s top power lobbyist said
VOLTAGE: Mario Draghi blasts energy sector
In today’s edition: rent seeking, climate targets, Russian fossil fuels
Draghi shows von der Leyen some โrespectโ โ amid the criticism
Former ECB chief still isn’t happy โ but he chose not to ruffle feathers as much as a month ago.
Draghi blames high energy costs on vested interests, rent-seeking
Draghi said long-term contracts must apply to all renewables and nuclear, while Europe should pool its gas buying power
Draghi calls for deep cuts to privacy rules and pause on โhigh riskโ AI Act
Influential Italian economist calls for “radical simplification” of GDPR on the one-year anniversary of his landmark report on European competitiveness
EU economy falls behind global rivals due to โcomplacencyโ, warns Draghi
Former Italian PM frustrated with โinactionโ a year after his report on how to improve Europeโs competitiveness
Draghi implores EU capitals to issue joint debt as costs spiral
Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has warned that the public share of the investments the EU needs has โalmost doubledโ and called for a coalition of willing member countries to consider issuing common debt. Speaking at a Commission high-level conference a year on from the release of his landmark report on EU competitiveness, [โฆ]
Draghi calls for pause to AI Act to gauge risks
The call comes after businesses have repeatedly called for a stop the clock on the EUโs AI rules.
Socialists give Fico the boot
In todayโs edition: a Belgian legal paper calls for more conservative judges and a stricter asylum stance, one year on Ursula von der Leyen shows little progress on Draghiโs competitiveness blueprint, and Friedrich Merz vows โwarโ on antisemitism at a …
Comment Donald Trump est devenu prรฉsident de lโEurope
Le prรฉsident amรฉricain se dรฉcrit comme le leader de facto de l’Union europรฉenne. A-t-il tort ?
Ce quโa dit Ursula von der Leyen, et ce quโelle voulait vraiment dire
POLITICO vous dรฉcode le discours de la prรฉsidente de la Commission europรฉenne.
What Ursula von der Leyen said โ and what she really meant
Decoding the European Commission president’s speech.
Europe drags its heels on Draghi plan as global rivals surge
A year after former Italian PMโs report on competitiveness, EU implements just 11% of his ideas
How Donald Trump became president of Europe
The U.S. president describes himself as the European Unionโs de facto leader. Is he wrong?
Un an aprรจs, oรน en est le plan Draghi, censรฉ sauver lโรฉconomie europรฉenne ?
Spoiler : un an plus tard, les รฉchecs sont plus nombreux que les rรฉussites.
Draghi saw the meteor coming. One year on, Europe still wonโt look up
In Donโt Look Up, politicians delay, distracted by polls and special interests, until it is too late to act. Unless Europe acts now, it will find that the comet has already struck
Do what I told you, Draghi implores Europeโs leaders
Countries are taking too long to implement economic fixes, the economist says.
Hereโs what Ursula von der Leyen SHOULD say in her State of the Union (according to us)
The European Commission president gives her big annual speech on Wednesday. POLITICO tries to work out what messages she’ll send.
Despite Draghi, Europeโs energy price crisis has gone nowhere
On the anniversary of the landmark competitiveness report, new data shows EU companies are still paying over the odds.
It should be clear by now that Trump isnโt, and never will be, an ally
Becoming a U.S. protectorate isnโt inevitable โ especially given increasingly indignant public opinion over the series of concessions and humiliations weโre witnessing.
Von der Leyenโs State of the Union will expose EUโs divisions
The Commission president seems to have upset everyone, turning a speech that is normally routine into anything but.
Meloniโs got balls and Draghiโs the daddy: The political wisdom of Giorgio Armani
The legendary fashion icon, who died Thursday, occasionally ventured opinions on Italy’s politicians.
Just a tenth of Draghiโs tech recommendations carried out, Renew says
Liberal-sponsored report calls out tech as one of the EUโs weakest areas one year after Mario Draghiโs landmark study
Why has the EU only implemented a fraction of Draghiโs economic plan?
Also in this newsletter: Mercosur endgame, and Poland and Hungaryโs cleantech surprise
Divining Draghi
The Italian technocrat re-emerged as the EUโs saviour once again this week. But is he a false prophet?
Europe must assert hard power or become a โhunted animal,โ Franceโs top general warns
General Thierry Burkhard said in an interview that European governments and populations are in denial about the “level of violence in the world today.”
EU doomed to โirrelevanceโ in face of US, Chinese competition, Meloni warns
Bloc needs to ‘do less, but do it better’ to remain competitive, Italian prime minister says.
Sliding doors: The EU that couldโve been with Draghi in charge
Mario Draghi rather than Ursula von der Leyen, was mooted to lead the European Commission in summer 2024. Facing Donald Trump over tariffs, unveiling the EUโs long-term budget, and setting out a different course for Europe, hereโs how the EU might have…
A year on from Draghiโs call for radical change: has the EU delivered?
One year after Mario Draghiโs landmark competitiveness report, which called for โradical changeโ not to lag behind the US and China, has the EU acted โ or just reacted?
Europeโs โcentury of humiliationโ could be just beginning
Donald Trump is using America’s military and technological superiority to force one-sided deals on Europe.
The EU still needs to do more to bolster its competitiveness
Trumpโs return to has created the potential for a real economic revival in Europe โ and the answers are in Draghiโs report.
Ukraineโs โstalledโ EU membership bid
In todayโs edition of The Capitals, read about Lithuania urging the EU to push forward Ukraineโs stalled membership bid, von der Leyen defending her US tariff deal as Draghi tears it apart, and France bracing for a viral online protest campaign
Moscow and Beijing would have cheered EU-US trade war, von der Leyen says
European Commission chief uses op-ed in Spanish media to defend her Trump deal, pitching it as stability over escalation and brushing off criticism that Brussels caved.
Draghi: EU needs reform to tackle Trumpโs โbrutal wake-up callโ
The former ECB chief warned that the EU “must adapt” to existential challenges.
EU budget: The winners and losers
Ukraine, research, defense and digital technologies are up. Farmers, tobacco and nature are down.
EU pitches massive energy spending boost in long-term budget
BRUSSELS โ The European Commission wants to funnel billions more into energy infrastructure as part of the EUโs next long-term budget. Energy ventures would see a significant increase in funds under the proposal. The Commission suggests earmarking โฌ30 billion of its Connecting Europe Facility for energy infrastructure โย up from โฌ6 billion. That would mean more [โฆ]
1 200 milliards dโeuros suffiront-ils ร sauver lโEurope ?
A lโรจre des Poutine, Trump et Xi, les enjeux du prochain budget de lโUE ne pourraient รชtre plus รฉlevรฉs.
Is โฌ1.2T enough to save Europe?
In the age of Putin, Trump and Xi, the stakes for the next EU budget could not be higher.
Young people donโt feel part of the EU โ and theyโre right | Francesco Grillo
Its remote, top-down structures need a fresh, citizen-led approach fit for the digital age. Letโs start by extending Erasmus to school-goersThe former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi produced his much-awaited prescription for how to reboot Europeโs…
Von der Leyen: Growing anger, a no-confidence vote โ and trouble ahead
The Commission president is virtually certain to win Thursday’s motion against her, but her problems are just beginning.
Von der Leyenโs top diplomatic aide quits
Elisabetta Belloni only joined the European Commission president’s cabinet earlier this year.
Q&A: Europeโs chance to shape the future of global trade
The question isnโt whether globalization will continue, but who will lead it and on whatโฏterms, says BMWโs Frank Niederlรคnder. With geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the world market on the rise, the EU has an opportunity to shape the global trade agenda โย if it gets out of its own way. โEurope had the ambition to [โฆ]
How the Omnibus proposal misses the mark for investors
Sustainability isnโt just about values โ itโs about long-term value creation and competitiveness.
Germanyโs energy plans to win EU endorsement as Commission unveils new subsidy rules
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera is due to announce a policy reversal on Wednesday.
Stars align for drugmakers in final straight of EU pharma package
With the EUโs competitiveness push gaining urgency amid growing trade tensions with the U.S., plans to tighten pharmaceutical rules could soften โ making the final legislation more industry-friendly than originally envisioned.
Prepare for tough love on migration as Denmark takes over EU presidency
Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen pioneered hard-line migration policies despite being on the left. Now she’s bringing her special formula to the EU stage.
How Germany Changed Its Mind About America, Thanks to Donald Trump
The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trumpโs plans for NATO.
Centre-right EPP urges Commission to kill anti-greenwashing legislation
The Green Claims Directive lacks popularity even among environmental and consumer organisations.ย
Brussels proposes revamp of controversial securitisation rules
European Commission suggests cutting minimum risk weights after pressure from industry and former ECB president Mario Draghi
Heat energy is gold for Europeโs global competitiveness
Capturing and using natural and waste heat: how heat pump technologies are transforming โfree energyโ into security, savings and growth.
EU resurrects banking practice that caused the 2008 financial crisis
Securitization allows banks to repackage and resell debt, famously explained by actress Margot Robbie in a bubble bath in the film “The Big Short.”
Unleashing Europeโs biotech prowess requires radical reinvention
The bloc is all too often sitting on the sidelines, asking โwhatโs allowed?โ rather than โwhatโs possible?โ
GDPR is cracking: Brussels rewrites its prizedย privacyย law
Proposed changes to the GDPR, it is feared, could open a Pandora’s box of EU tech lobbying.
Europeโs pharmaceutical industry is at a crossroads
As discussions on the General Pharmaceutical Legislation come to a head, Europe faces two choices: becoming a leader in innovative research, development and manufacturing, or losing its global standing.
US investors started snubbing Europe before Trumpโs tariffs, study shows
American investment in Europe dropped by 24 percent from 2023 to 2024. With Donald Trump’s tariffs, things could get even worse.
Macron, Merz tout renewed Franco-German engine to lead Europe
The two leaders say they will not let national interests divide them.
Trumpโs trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity โ if it can grab it
Europe has the chance to become one of the leaders of a free, responsible and democratic world. But it needs to take its fate in its own hands.
Net neutrality back in spotlight as Deutsche Telekom faces legal complaint
Calls for regulatory intervention targeting US Big Tech have been backed by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
POLITICO at 10: The EU fights for its independence
A decade after we launched in Brussels, Europe’s place in the world is ever more uncertain. The battle for relevance will dominate the next 10 years.
Virkkunen dodges question on withdrawal of AI Liability Directive
Virkkunen said that the withdrawal was not due to JD Vance’s speech in the Paris AI Summit last month but due to the Draghi Report.
Donnรฉes personnelles : lโEurope va assouplir sa rรฉglementation dans โles semaines ร venirโ
Longtemps considรฉrรฉ comme intouchable ร Bruxelles, le RGPD est le prochain sur la liste de la croisade de lโUE contre la surrรฉglementation.
Equitable access to innovation: Understanding healthcare system readiness to deliver ย CAR T-cell therapy in Europe
A new IQVIA Institute for Human Data Sciences report highlights discrepancies in healthcare systems to deliver innovative cancer treatments across Europe. We can pave a pathway to overcome the access challenges identified and fulfil the promise of advanced therapies.
Europe needs to act now to ensure its patients are not left behind
The pandemic showed just what can be achieved with faster and more efficient regulatory approval โ the same approach needs to be applied now to save patientsโ lives and tackle the growing burden of Alzheimerโs disease.
ECBโs Rehn on Trump tariffs: Europe must give as good as it gets
Bank of Finland governor says the EU should draw up “proportionate countermeasures” against U.S. tariffs.
German parliament passes historic debt-backed defence and infrastructure package
In todayโs edition of The Capitals, read about France debating whether supermarkets should maintain a minimum 10% margin on food, Draghi warning that Europeโs security is in trouble, Bulgaria risking the loss of โฌ2.5 billion from the EU Social Climate …
The Clean Industrial Deal, what are the implications for competitiveness and security? [Advocacy Lab Content]
In this special report, Euractiv explores the prospects for European business in light of the Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal and the Draghi Report.
War and joint bonds forge a more united Europe
Trump and Russia are pushing the EU toward a “Hamiltonian moment,” where common debt helps build greater federalism. ย ย
Ireland welcomes Draghi-infused Critical Medicines Act
Critical Medicines Act gets warm reception in Ireland. Industry says policy solutions must be targeted, evidence-based, and aligned with international commitments.
The EU and its sovereignty: Almaraz power plant is a turning point
Losing Almaraz would be a loss for both the region and Europe. Letโs not harm our competitiveness and energy security when they are needed most.
European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s possible deal with Starlink could pit national interests against European ones.
Trump has a new European leader coming to his doorstepย
Mark Carney, Canadaโs likely next prime minister, continues to be held in high regard across the Atlantic, where he spent the better part of the last decade.
Germanyโs Merz has 2 weeks to deliver historic spending revolution
Losing faith in Washington as a military ally, Berlin wants to rip up the old fiscal orthodoxy. But it’s now a race against the clock.
Germanyโs spending bazooka propels euro, borrowing costs higher
The euro surged against the dollar in early trading on Wednesday.
Markets are hungry for EU war bonds
Investors have developed a taste for EU-branded debt โ Brussels may soon test their appetite again.ย
Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Odesa drone attack cuts power, water and heating for second day
Woman aged 77 died of shrapnel wounds; Zelenskyy offers minerals deal signature and peace plan. What we know on day 1,106A Russian drone attack late on Tuesday killed one person and caused power, water and heating cuts in Odesa for the second day runni…
Les aides publiques, ร elles seules, ne suffiront pas ร stopper le dรฉclin industriel de lโEurope
Les subventions ne sont pas une panacรฉe pour redresser l’รฉconomie du Vieux Continent et รฉviter des crises sociales.
La France tacle le plan โhomรฉopathiqueโ de Bruxelles pour sauver lโindustrie
Le gouvernement franรงais estime que le Pacte pour une industrie propre de la Commission europรฉenne nโest pas assez ambitieux.
France likens EU plans to save its industry to paltry โhomeopathic remediesโ
Paris doesn’t think the Clean Industrial Deal is ambitious enough.
Money alone canโt stop Europeโs industrial twilight
Subsidies are no panacea for the continentโs economic decline and social unrest.
Why connectivity matters to Europeโs tech sovereignty
From AI to edge cloud, the EU must become stronger in the global telecom value-chain
Merz won the German election. Hereโs what it means for Europe.
POLITICO breaks down what the conservativesโ victory means for EU policy and cooperation โ from nuclear weapons to cannabis.
Why Europeโs satellite policies must support a new era of connectivity
We now have the technology to ensure people can stay connected no matter where they are โ but we need the EUโs backing for it to become ubiquitous
Pacte vert : le revirement de Macron indigne ses alliรฉs
Lโoffensive antirรฉglementation du prรฉsident a semรฉ le doute sur son hรฉritage ร matiรจre dโรฉcologie et suscitรฉ la colรจre de nombreux membres de son propre parti.
Macronโs U-turn against EU green rules triggers internal revolt
The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.
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.
Von der Leyen a un plan pour booster lโรฉconomie, et il repose beaucoup sur les Etats
La Commission europรฉenne a prรฉsentรฉ sa feuille de route sur les cinq prochaines annรฉes pour tenter de redresser lโรฉconomie du Vieux Continent.