Economic sovereignty

Commission Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty Henna Virkkunen presents her action plan (Photo: European Commission)

[News] The five priorities of the action plan for artificial intelligence

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  4 min read

(B2) Faced with competition from the United States and China, Europe wants to break free from its technological dependence on the USA. Even more so today in the era of Donald Trump. This is…

The country's only nuclear power plant produces almost 50% of its electricity (Photo: Paks2.hu)

[Case Law] Russian aid to the Hungarian Paks II nuclear power plant, approved by the Commission, is illegal (Advocate General)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  2 min read

(B2) For magistrate Laila Medina, Austria is right in the conflict between it and Hungary and the European Commission over the development of the PaksII nuclear power plant...

The Eagle S escorted at night (© Police FI)

[News] Cable broken in Finland. Russian ship seized. Suspected of sabotage and espionage (v2)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  7 min read

(B2) The Estlink 2 electricity transmission cable, linking Estonia to Finland, was severed on Wednesday, December 25. According to initial reports, this was a highly organized act of sabotage by Russia...

The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is immobilized between Denmark and Sweden, under surveillance by the Danish Navy (photo: © TV2 Denmark)

[In Brief] Undersea cables cut in the Baltic. A Chinese cargo ship suspected (v3)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  1 min read

(B2) The Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 was seized by the Danish Navy in the Kattegat, a maritime area between Denmark and Sweden. It is suspected of being involved in the…

Henna Virkkunen warning in plenary on the need to strengthen resilience and security in Europe (Photo: EP / B2 Archives)

[Portrait] Technological sovereignty, security and democracy. Finland's Henna Virkkunen on all fronts

Olivier Jehin ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  3 min read

(B2) This is undoubtedly one of the most extensive portfolios that the new Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Henna Virkkunen, has been entrusted with by President Ursula von der Leyen. With…

Mario Draghi and Ursula von der Leyen presenting the report (Stream: Commission - Selections B2)

[News] 800 billion per year. The price to pay to save European competitiveness, according to the Draghi report

Olivier Jehin ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  6 min read

(B2) In his report on European competitiveness, former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi calls for a massive investment effort. Particularly in digital, space and...