After a whirlwind 5 years, Breton’s back for more
POLITICO looks back on the French commissioner’s first stint at the Berlaymont.
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Fincantieri CEO on Trump, defense spending and consolidation
SNEAK PEEK — Fincantieri boss Pierroberto Folgiero is looking to the Middle East and Southeast Asia for growth, he told Jacopo. — The U.K.’s new government is under pressure to halt arms sales to Israel. — F-35s, Eurofighters and GCAP: Morning Defense brings you the latest news on fighter jets. Good morning, and welcome to […]
Farnborough Airshow kicks off; Joe Biden drops out
SNEAK PEEK — The Farnborough International Airshow starts today in the U.K. as the EU’s space program stutters. — Tensions between Rome and outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg escalated over the weekend — Plot twist in the French defense committee: Jean-Michel Jacques is the new president. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. In case […]
Macron auf Konfrontationskurs
Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brüssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des größten Newsrooms der europäischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JÜRGEN KLÖCKNER Mit LAURA HÜLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN — Agent Provocateur: Frankreichs Präsident kommt mit zwei — aus hiesiger Sicht — ungemütlichen Themen nach Deutschland. Es […]
Neue EU-Strategie für Verteidigung
DIE TOP-THEMEN — Strategie für die kommenden fünf Jahre: Wie die EU-Chefs die gemeinsame Verteidigung ausbauen wollen, geht aus einem noch unveröffentlichten Entwurf der Strategieagenda hervor. POLITICO kennt die Details. — Rechtsaußen-Fraktion wirft AfD raus: Der Skandal um ihren Spitzenkandidaten Maximilian Krah kostet die Partei ihre Sitze in der ID-Fraktion. Der AfD gehen damit voraussichtlich […]
‘Crystal clear’ that Europe needs a Starlink-like secure satellite program, says space boss
“We have to have a secure connectivity program,” said the European Space Agency’s director general.
Doppel-Ärger für von der Leyen
Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brüssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des größten Newsrooms der europäischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JÜRGEN KLÖCKNER Mit LAURA HÜLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN — Von der Leyen 1: Spaniens Umweltministerin gilt als aussichtsreiche Kandidatin für einen Kommissions-Posten. An ihrer möglichen künftigen […]
Vestager bereitet Berlin auf China-Zölle vor
Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brüssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des größten Newsrooms der europäischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhören von JÜRGEN KLÖCKNER Mit LAURA HÜLSEMANN UND JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN — Krah im Visier: In Brüssel haben Ermittler das Büro des AfD-Europaabgeordneten durchsucht. Es lief aber nicht alles […]
Brussels slams Berlin’s ‘ill-founded’ effort to delay EU satellite project
Germany’s Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck wants to suspend the IRIS2 satellite project; the EU isn’t giving way.
Space agency director thinks EU space law would have GDPR-style outsized impact
A European space law would bring benefits that would ripple outside EU borders, Rodrigo da Costa, executive director at the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) said in an interview with Euractiv.
Europe’s Ariane-6 rocket maiden flight expected by summer, space agency boss says
Europe’s last generation rocket launcher Ariane6’s first flight is planned for the summer, the European Space Agency’s boss said on Thursday (11 January), after almost three years of delay, giving the continent hope for newfound access to space.
Telecoms: Commission mulls market deregulation, infrastructure resilience, spectrum governance
According to information gathered by Euractiv, the draft proposal of the Commission’s long-awaited telecom white paper could including market deregulation, cloudification, infrastructure resilience and spectrum.
Russia withdraws from CFE, NATO countries suspend adherence
SNEAK PEEK — Russia withdrew from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: NATO announced the suspension of the agreement in response. — Britain and Canada push back against a bill to fund the U.S. government next year, saying it would seriously harm maritime defense cooperation between the three allies. — Europe undermined hopes […]
ESA agrees on space cargo mission
SNEAK PEEK — After the European Space Agency agreed on a plan to launch a cargo spaceflight mission by 2028, there’s a space-focused Competitiveness Council today. — Russia reported damage to a telecommunications cable connecting St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, and the Finnish Coast Guard suspects it could be linked to damage sustained by other Baltic […]
EU going cold on extra €20B Ukraine arms fund?
SNEAK PEEK — EU leaders look unlikely to agree easily on a four-year €20 billion fund to help Ukraine keep sourcing arms and training its soldiers. — The Commission has opened a consultation on its long-promised European Defence Industrial Strategy. — Sweden has suggested cutting EU spending on space by €1 billion until 2027 in […]
European Space Agency mulls extra Ariane 6 cash
SNEAK PEEK — The European Space Agency is assessing the spiralling costs of the long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket program. — The German parliament’s budgetary committee approved €4.4 billion for air defenses and weapons to Ukraine. — U.S. arms makers are very worried about a possible supply squeeze thanks to wars happening in both Israel and […]
EU lawmakers agree ambitious compromise text on telecoms law
With the aim to bring high connectivity for all Europeans by 2030, the Parliament agreed on an ambitious text pushing towards EU harmonised rules for telecoms, abolition of extra fees for intra-EU calls and adoption of the principle of administrative t…