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The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2…

Europe's relentless semiconductor decline
Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came into force in 2023, the goal initially appeared 'out of reach.

Commission recommends extension of nitrates derogation for Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1127/1546115-mcgrath-nitrates-ireland/
<< Ireland has appaling awful water pollution from nitrates. If this is to be allowed, it should be …

Commission recommends extension of nitrates derogation
Ireland's EU Commissioner Michael McGrath has said the European Commission has recommended to extend the nitrates derogation for Ireland.

Copypasta from LinkedIn:
Recent blogs by KnowledgeRights21 blaming copyright and the creative industry for knowledge hampering instead of, for example, the enormous bureaucracy in place in Horizon Europe / European Commission grants is really something.
Don't get me wrong, I think #copyright should be reformed and in its current form is indeed strange - why can we copyright research articles for example?
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Why open source is so important? Help the European Commission to build a European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystem…

The EU could “respond swiftly and decisively” against th
“unjustified” US visa bans on five Europeans involved in combating online hate and disinformation,
a European Commission spokesperson has said.
European leaders including Emmanuel Macron accused Washington of
“coercion and intimidation”,
after the visa ban on the figures who have been at the heart of campaigns to introduce laws regulating American tech companies.
Justifying the visa bans, the US secr…

Statement by the European Commission on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals (European Commission)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_3160
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p34#a251224p34

French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes the EU for being too slow to act on probes into Big Tech companies, attributing the delay to US pressure against DSA (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-afraid-of-tackling-us-big-tech-em…

Macron says Brussels is ‘afraid’ of tackling US Big Tech
An “American offensive” has cowed the European Commission and some EU capitals, French president complains.

💬Readers added context they thought people might want to know…
“Europe is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.…

European Commission ‘simplification’ proposal would weaken GDPR, AI regulations https://therecord.media/european-commission-proposal-gdpr-ai-simplification

You can give the European Commission feedback on their Open Source strategy.
Sounds like a good idea to participate.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-…

“This is not 'spicy'. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.“
"The European Commission has announced it is looking into cases of sexually suggestive and explicit images of young girls generated by Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into social media platform X, following the introduction of a paid feature known as “Spicy Mode” last summer."

But not a whisper about reparations for the colonised, expropriated and exploited global South.
European Commission plans ‘reparations loan’ to Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/03/european-commission-rep…

> Consumer-protection organisations call for tighter rules, while online platforms such as Tik ToK argue that there is only a very limited need for further regulatory intervention.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative

Oh, FFS. And here I thought EU leaders might have grown a spine. Guess I was wrong. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/07/european-commission-ai-artificial-intelligence-act…

The European Commission says Apple will bring AirPods-like pairing and iPhone notification access to third-party devices under the DMA in iOS 26.3 in 2026 (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/ios-26-3-dma-airpods-pairing/

iOS 26.3 Brings AirPods-Like Pairing to Third-Party Devices in EU Under DMA
The European Commission today praised the interoperability changes that Apple is introducing in iOS 26.3, once again crediting the Digital Markets...

Ich möchte auf das Beiteilungsverfahren der EU zur Umsetzung von Open-Source Technologien hinweisen. Da kann von best-pratice-Strategien wie SM als Fediverse oder Softwareimplementierung in Firmen und Verwaltungen vieles eingebracht werden. Sinnvoll sind kurze, durchdachte Einträge, die zuvor in der eigenen Bubble diskutiert werden. Jetzt ist die Zeit, resilient zu werden!
Beteiligt Euch.
via @…

Die EU-Kommision macht eine Konsultation zu #OpenSource für den Einsatz in ihrer Verwaltung und sucht Stellungnahmen und Use Cases, z.B. von Unternehmen, Verwaltungen oder Einzelpersonen:
> The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:
a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU [...]
a strategic and operational framework to strengthen t…

Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission
December 2025
SAPEA (2025). Artificial intelligence in emergency and crisis management: Rapid evidence review report.
Downloadable from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17737962

Well, that's two ways of putting it.
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
The European Commission has proposed changes weakening EU privacy legislation and delaying parts of the AI Act to make the bloc more competitive globally.

RE: https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah/115582068879659968
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled new proposals to ease regulations on AI and data privacy.
The EU has for years sought to rein in tech companies on various issues,
but is also attempting to balance this with the need to compete with tech firms in the United States and East Asia.
"Europe has not so far reaped the full benefits of the digital revolution,"
EU economy commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
"And we cannot afford to pay the …

EU proposes softening AI and data privacy regulations
The EU is responding to calls by businesses and member states that have argued the bloc needs to keep up with tech innovation. Meanwhile, cookie consent pop-up banners are also set to be scaled back.

The EU just opened the funding floodgates for clean energy innovation.
The European Commission launched €5.2bn in new funding opportunities targeting net-zero tech, low-carbon hydrogen, and industrial decarbonization. The goal: hit 2030 climate targets while keeping European industry competitive and resilient on the path to climate neutrality by 2050.

European Commission launches $6.06bn clean transition funding opportunities
The European Commission (EC) has launched three new funding opportunities under the Innovation Fund, backed by €5.2bn ($6.06bn) sourced from EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) revenues focusing on net-zero technologies, low-carbon hydrogen, and decarbonising industrial process heat.

Your daily reminder that @… are only cunts on days with names ending with day.
“The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.”

The EU Commission is currently gathering feedback from open source communities in order to tailor its open source funding accordingly. Wouldn’t that also be something for @…?

The EU warns of possible action after the US imposes travel bans on five Europeans, saying it will defend its "regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures" (Lorne Cook/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/europe-bret

EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship
The European Union's executive is warning of possible action against the U.S. after travel bans were imposed on five Europeans accused of pressuring American technology firms to censor viewpoints. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the five "radical" activists. They include Thierry Breton who is the former EU commissioner responsible for supervising social media rules. The European Commission condemned on Wednesday the U.S. decision and is seeking clarification. It says the EU is within…

The European Grids Package and Energy Highways are now published
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2945

Hello @…, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission, welcome to the Fediverse.

X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commissions-ad-account-after-e120m-eu-fine/
If you wondered why EU Commission was still sponsoring Twitter...
Musk seems to be a bad loser..
(But we knew that already...)
(Via @… & @… )

Meta proposal for less data sharing is approved by European Commission https://therecord.media/meta-less-data-sharing-european-commission

Make no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in "the use of online content for AI purposes" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/598aee7c-0b8b-4777-bea2-4ef121dc8197<…

The EU unveils proposed updates to GDPR, including simplifying cookie permission pop-ups, and plans to water down the AI Act, after US and tech company pressure (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
The European Commission has proposed changes weakening EU privacy legislation and delaying parts of the AI Act to make the bloc more competitive globally.

The European Union on Friday
indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe
to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia,
both with Moscow-friendly governments,
can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
Using a special procedure meant for economic emergencies,
the EU blocked the assets until Russia gives up its war on Ukraine
and compensates its neighbor for the heavy damage that it has inflicted for almost four years.
EU Cou…

EU set to lock up Russia's frozen assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine
The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage. The move expected on Friday would allow EU leaders to decide how to use Russian Central Bank assets to support Ukraine financially and militarily when they hold a summit next week. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán opposes the decision. He has accused the European Commission of “raping European law.” The EU has frozen $247 billion in Russian assets. Most…

Apple accuses the European Commission of "political delay tactics", as the EC seems to be preparing to blame Apple for the shutdown of the Setapp app store (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Robust Security Guarantees for a Solid and Lasting Peace in Ukraine - Statement of the Coalition of the Willing (European Commission)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_45
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p134#a260106p134

On 5 December, the European Commission ruled that the platform X was in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and issued a penalty of 120 million EUR. One of the three rules that X was found in breach of was “Failure to provide researchers access to public data: X fails to meet its DSA obligations to provide researchers with access to the platform's public data (…).” This breach was fined 40 million EUR (Source:

"Seven EU countries pressure European Commission to rethink 2035 diesel and petrol car ban"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Cars #Vehicles

Seven countries ask EU executive to revoke 2035 diesel and petrol ban
Pressure from EU countries, lawmakers and the automotive industry is likely pushing the European Commission to delay the revision of the bloc's ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035.

From the joint letter dated 19 January 2026:
> #Musk is holding us hostage on a site full of illegal #deepfake porn, we must build European social media now
…
> Now is the moment to back #European alternatives to the dominant #SocialMedia platforms. The European #Commission, and European #governments, can support this build out by providing #funding for private initiatives that encourage European #SocialMedia #innovation.
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Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey said officials
“need to remain very alert”
to how rising geopolitical tensions
could threaten financial stability,
amid growing concerns over Trump's threats to annex Greenland.

Civil society decries digital rights ‘rollback' as European Commission pushes data protection changes https://therecord.media/civil-society-privacy-rollback

Trump allies back Elon Musk's X after Europe hits it with $140M fine (April Rubin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/05/x-elon-musk-european-commission-fine
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p62#a251205p62

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its "pay or consent" model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/39b9d90c-0629-4dfc-8a2b-c52f1f503f38…

Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation
Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission

How the AI Act became a case study for critics who say the EU puts regulation ahead of innovation, as the European Commission postpones a key part of the law (Financial Times)

🙋‍♂️ What the fuck is wrong with you?
❓ Have you ever seen a bandwagon you didn’t want to jump on?
💩 Can you please be less shit? https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115643458015221823

Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about the €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account (Bjarke Smith-Meyer/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/x-axes-european-commiss…

X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/115300289343155813
Isn’t it ironic that the German chancellor's letter to the European Commission, asking for new combustion engine vehicles to be permitted after 2035, will be delivered without the use of t…

The EU says it is gathering info and feedback from ~200 stakeholders on Google's offer to fix alleged antitrust violations linked to its ad tech business (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/goog…

Google’s Proposals on Ad Tech Antitrust Compliance Tested by EU
The European Commission is seeking industry feedback on Google’s offer to fix alleged antitrust violations linked to its ad tech business that sparked a fine of nearly €3 billion ($3.5 billion).

The European Commission put a 120M EUR fine on #X for #DSA violations.
But as the European politicians cannot get themselves to leave the platform, it shows the issues with how they understand how power works on social platforms.
https://connectedplaces.online/the-digital-services-act-and-theories-of-power/

Former Meta lobbyist’s appointment to Irish data commission ‘conflict of interest,’ complaint alleges https://therecord.media/meta-lobbyist-ireland-dpc-conflict

"Italy and France seek exemption on fertilisers from EU's carbon border tax"
#Italy #France #EU #EuropeanUnion

Italy, France seek relief on fertilisers from EU's carbon border tax
France and Italy are calling on the European Commission to exempt carbon tariffs on imported fertilisers from the bloc's carbon border tax, which came into force on January 1. They argue that the measure will help preserve European competitiveness for local farmers.

The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/09/iphone-android-switching-ios-26/

EU says easier iPhone-Android switching is proof the DMA is working - 9to5Mac
The EU says Apple and Google’s new iPhone-Android switching tools show the DMA is working, delivering easier, faster data transfers for users.

Sources: the European Commission is exploring ways to force EU member states to phase out Chinese telecom equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from their networks (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/eu-e…

The European Commission opens an investigation into Google to assess possible anticompetitive conduct by Google in "the use of online content for AI purposes" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/598aee7c-0b8b-4777-bea2-4ef121dc8197<…

Data brokers selling location info that can be used to track EU officials, report finds https://therecord.media/data-brokers-selling-location-info-tracking-officials

A draft shows the European Commission plans to propose a simplification package on Nov. 19 to pause parts of its AI laws amid pressure from Big Tech and the US (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/af6c6dbe-ce63-47cc-8923-8bce4007f6e1

Sources: the European Commission plans a new antitrust probe into Meta over its rollout of AI features in WhatsApp; the probe will not fall under the DMA (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/66f20eec-1734-4eea-9ca3-7ac1d88258ab

Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine (Liv McMahon/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9kejzvw0o

Elon Musk's X fined €120m over 'deceptive' blue ticks
The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations.

EU looking ‘very seriously’ at taking action against X over Grok https://therecord.media/eu-grok-regulation-deepfake

A joint Databroker Files investigation shows commercially traded mobile phone location data allows the tracking of millions of Europeans, including EU officials (netzpolitik.org)
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/

Databroker Files: Targeting the EU
Precise locations and revealing movement patterns: the mobile phone location data of millions of people in the EU is up for sale. Collected supposedly only for advertising purposes, this data can also be used for espionage. European data protection is failing – even top EU officials in Brussels are affected. The EU Commission says: 'We are concerned.

EU issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk’s X under rules to tackle disinformation https://therecord.media/eu-fines-x-under-digital-services-act-disinformation-transparecy-rules