New European Commission: France misses out on key roles in Culture and Digital sectors
New European Commission: no major cultural or digital posts for France If the draft European Commission presented today by Ursula von der Leyen is confirmed by the European Parliament, the digital, audiovisual and copyright portfolio will go to right-wing Finnish Henna Vikkunen, and that of youth and culture to Maltese…
Thierry Breton’s theatrical resignation will soon be forgotten in Brussels
Thierry Breton slams the door on the European Commission a few weeks before the end of his mandate. He accuses Ursula von der Leyen of being behind the non-renewal of his post, which however seems to have been agreed with Paris, since the Elysée is proposing Stéphane Séjourné as his…
OpenAI slams the door in the face of the French press
In a response to major press publishers in France, Open AI says it has no need to negotiate with the French press, and assures that it respects publishers' intellectual property rights. The publishers are currently wondering about a possible lawsuit. Open AI has signed agreements with the New York Times,…
Mario Draghi: it’s urgent to deregulate and give more powers to the EU
With his report on European competitiveness, Mario Draghi makes a crude and honest assessment of the EU's current economic situation: things are going badly. As a convinced Europhile, however, he struggles to demonstrate how the increase in the EU's powers that he advocates, particularly in terms of industrial or fiscal…