The formal notice issued to CNews for violating the principle of “pluralism of schools of thought and opinion” marks a new stage in the evolution of French audiovisual…
The « GAFA tax » is reigniting tensions with Washington and highlighting Europe’s struggle to build digital sovereignty beyond reactive tax measures. The French digital tax, known as…
While Brussels is ramping up its rhetoric on technological sovereignty, a simpler question deserves to be asked: What innovative European product does the rest of the world actually…
As VivaTech and the presidential campaign bring promises of digital sovereignty and European AI back into the spotlight, the global suspension of Fable 5 and Mythos 5 serves…
Last night, the National Assembly’s European Affairs Committee adopted the two draft resolutions proposed by Emmanuel Maurel on the revision of the “Audiovisual Media Services” (AVMS) Directive and…
For only the second time since the adoption of the EU Antitrust Regulation in 2003, the Commission has imposed provisional measures on a company. Pending the outcome of…
By delaying the launch of Siri AI on iPhones and iPads in the European Union, Apple directly accuses the Digital Markets Act of preventing the rollout of new…
Unanimously adopted by the Senate and then by a committee in the National Assembly, the bill on the presumption of use of works by AI systems will not…
While supported in its objectives but contested in its mechanisms, the Digital Networks Act—developed at the Berlaymont—raised numerous concerns during this morning’s Telecoms Council. Several Member States have…
Gathered in Paris to celebrate CISAC’s centennial and discuss the future of creators’ rights, representatives of authors’ societies from around the world noted a conspicuous absence: that of…
Behind its ambitions to develop cloud computing and artificial intelligence, the Cloud and AI Development Act primarily marks the entry of digital sovereignty into European public procurement law.…
The cultural sector will no doubt see a sense of déjà vu here. Just as during the AI Act negotiations in Brussels, the only amendments introduced to the…
We are publishing the first-instance judgment in the trial pitting Cédric O against Bertrand Burgalat. This provides an opportunity to revisit a case that, far beyond its protagonists,…
Far from the technical neutrality often attributed to them, generative artificial intelligence systems are already mapping out their own vision of the upcoming presidential election, revealing an algorithmic…
“It’s scandalous,” says David El Sayegh; “astonishing,” says Bar President Jean Castelain. Just days before the Assemblée Nationale is set to review the proposed law on the presumption…
Presented by the European Commission as a simplification effort aimed at making European digital law “less costly” and more conducive to competitiveness, the Digital Omnibus is already facing…
As a Green MEP, David Cormand has established himself in recent years as one of the most steadfast advocates for the cultural sectors in the European Parliament, particularly…
Support for musical diversity, the emergence of new talent, and the economic strengthening of companies in the sector: the Centre national de la musique notes that music tax…
The intensification of age verification measures, presented as a means of protecting minors, seems above all to be fueling a culture of circumvention, revealing a political cost far…
Driven by the DSA and new European digital regulation laws, Arcom is continuing its transformation from an audiovisual frequency regulator into a supervisor of online platforms, discourse, and…
The open crisis between a segment of the French film industry and Canal+ extends far beyond the figure of Vincent Bolloré and the big screen. In the background,…
Now scheduled for June 3, the Cloud and AI Development Act has faced repeated delays, while political and industrial uncertainties surrounding the project continue to grow. The Cloud…
Far from the official screenings, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival primarily highlighted the structural tensions within the French film industry, exposing the growing politicization of filmmaking in the…
The draft report by Emma Rafowicz and Alice Kuhnke on the European Commission’s AgoraEU proposal was published on May 18. Emma Rafowicz was in charge of cultural issues,…
On May 18, the European Commission launched a call for evidence on the future of copyright, officially focused on evaluating the 2019 directive. But rather than reopening a…
While Ursula von der Leyen asserts that Europe has the “right conditions” to become a global leader in AI, Arthur Mensch paints a much harsher—and undoubtedly more credible—picture.…
Arthur Mensch of Mistral AI’s testimony before the National Assembly provided an opportunity to highlight not only the direct social and environmental costs of AI, but also the…
At a time when the French government is doing the bare minimum on major national and European cultural issues, Emmanuel Maurel is stepping up his initiatives in the…
While several member states, including Spain and Germany, used the Education, Youth, Culture, and Sport Council meeting on May 12 to call for an ambitious revision of the…
In a highly anticipated ruling in the case pitting Meta against the Italian regulator AGCOM, the CJEU clarifies the extent to which Member States may require platforms to…
