Category: 3. Europe

Elon Musk should steer clear of politics, says top British businessman – POLITICO

Donald Trump’s demand for Greenland is no 19th-century imperial throwback. Rather it signals a hypermodern reality: a world transforming thanks to climate change, with China, Russia and the United States jostling to take advantage. Greenland’s ice sheets are losing 270 billion tons of water… Continue Reading

The Commission hasn’t yet imposed any of its potential DSA penalties. Fines could go as high as 6 percent of global yearly revenue, and regulators could order firms in breach to take action to stop any problems. Officials can also put a company on watch via “an enhanced supervision period… Continue Reading

To avoid being placed under the European Union’s special regime for over-spenders, Vienna must now present a credible plan to cut spending to the Commission by Jan. 21. Its chances of meeting the deadline will depend on whether talks between the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), whose… Continue Reading

“She is closely politically connected to the current [Conservative] government and has campaigned with many of them on important political matters that are still relevant to the challenges faced by departments,” Starmer wrote to the Cabinet Office at the time. Gisela Stuart’s role in… Continue Reading

In an opinion essay he wrote for German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Musk argued that his “significant investments” in Germany — there’s a Tesla gigafactory outside Berlin — give him the right to opine about Europe’s largest economy. But it seems that Musk gets much of his… Continue Reading

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, for example, has been singled out by many — including herself — as a possible Trump whisperer, and Musk is a fan. So much so, in fact, that he had to deny any romantic connection with the Italian leader, after describing her as “someone who is even… Continue Reading