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#EU banks should reduce their reliance on US Big Tech, top supervisor says

by Kathryn Carlson and Mathieu Pollet

Dutch central bank exec warns 'concentration risk' could lead to 'major operational problems.'

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EU banks should reduce their reliance on US Big Tech, top supervisor says

Dutch central bank exec warns ‘concentration risk’ could lead to ‘major operational problems.’
Kathryn Carlson (POLITICO)
#eu

Today, the #EU will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons.

The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#EDIC) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and scale digital commons and facilitate their uptake."

Depending on who leads it, this #DCEDIC might become something great, or it could end in failure just as #GaiaX did. 🍿

digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…

Commission to launch Digital Commons EDIC to support sovereign European digital infrastructure and technology

On 29 October, the European Commission adopted a decision establishing the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (DC-EDIC), a new instrument enabling Member States to jointly develop, deploy and operate cross-border digital infra…
Shaping Europe’s digital future
#eu #edic #digitalcommons #dcedic #GaiaX

Germany is inviting the United States to join a high-stakes meeting in #Berlin early next week on a potential Ukraine ceasefire, Chancellor Friedrich #Merz said Thursday after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark #Rutte.

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#Ukraine #Russia #EU #US #Germany #NATO


Germany asks US to join Ukraine peace talks in Berlin

European countries sent a territorial proposal on a peace deal to Washington as pressure grows for a deal to end the war.
Chris Lunday (POLITICO)
#Russia #ukraine #us #eu #Germany #NATO #berlin #merz #rutte

trump's one-sided ideological war on Europe —
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#OpEd #EU #US

Trump’s ideological war on Europe | Euractiv

European leaders convinced themselves that by flattering and indulging him, they could persuade Trump to drop his most-cherished goals. That delusion can no longer be sustained
Euractiv
#us #eu #oped

Oh dear - it is almost as though many Labour MPs couldn’t give a Toss about the ‘whip’

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#CustomsUnion #EU #UKPol #Parliament #Labour #EconomicDamage

From the linked article. Starmer is photographed with Lammy in the background and the text MPs defy whip on Brexit with vote for UK rejoining customs union The ‘advisory’ Liberal Democrat bill passed the Commons with a majority of one More than a dozen Labour MPs have defied the party whips and voted in favour of the UK rejoining a customs union with the European Union. The group, which included Dame Meg Hillier, the influential chair of the Treasury select committee, backed the Liberal Democrat motion in the Commons despite calls from party managers to abstain from the vote. As a result, the Liberal Democrat Ten-Minute Rule Bill passed the Commons with a majority of one, after the deputy Speaker cast the deciding vote in its favour.
#eu #ukpol #labour #economicdamage #parliament #customsunion

Russian-directed saboteurs sent explosive #DHL parcels that blew up in UK, #Poland and #Germany in July 2024, blasts strong enough to down a plane. Officials say they planned to hit US-bound flights next to cause more disruption to the airline industry.

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#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU #UK

Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test

Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation
Jana Tauschinski (Financial Times)
#Russia #ukraine #us #eu #Germany #UK #Poland #dhl

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

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#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice


Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
#microsoft #eu #security #data #Germany #privacy #opensource #tech #it #foss #government #cloud #software #German #libreoffice #technews #sovereignty #digital #publicsector #office @LibreOffice

The news that #X has suspended the #EU's advertising account on the platform after it issued a 120m EUR fine against X for breaking the #DSA is beyond hilarious.

And it might even be kind of good in the sense that politicians in Europe maybe finally realise how shitty it is to depend on such a lunatic for its public communications.

politico.eu/article/x-axes-eur…

#DigitalServicesAct #DigitalRights #DigitalSovereignty #RuleOfLaw


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.”
Bjarke Smith-Meyer (POLITICO)
#eu #ruleoflaw #x #digitalsovereignty #dsa #digitalrights #digitalservicesact

The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.

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#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU

#Russia #ukraine #us #eu

Trump’s new National Security Strategy openly says the quiet part:

🇺🇸 Break the EU
🇺🇸 Weaken NATO
🇺🇸 Boost far-right parties like AfD
🇺🇸 Force Europe to bend to US economic interests

This isn’t an “ally”. It’s a hostile power trying to pull Europe apart from within.

#politics #EU #Europe #Trump

Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European. As such, it is an open question whether they will view their place in the world, or their alliance with the United States, in the same way as those who signed the NATO charter. Our broad policy for Europe should prioritize: ⏺ Reestablishing conditions of stability within Europe and strategic stability with Russia; ⏺ Enabling Europe to stand on its own feet and operate as a group of aligned sovereign nations, including by taking primary responsibility for its own defense, without being dominated by any adversarial power; ⏺ Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations; ⏺ Opening European markets to U.S. goods and services and ensuring fair treatment of U.S. workers and businesses; ⏺ Building up the healthy nations of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe through commercial ties, weapons sales, political collaboration, and cultural and educational exchanges; ⏺ Ending the perception, and preventing the reality, of NATO as a perpetually expanding alliance; and ⏺ Encouraging Europe to take action to combat mercantilist overcapacity, technological theft, cyber espionage, and other hostile economic practices.
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations” individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory. We will need a strong Europe to help us successfully compete, and to work in concert with us to prevent any adversary from dominating Europe. America is, understandably, sentimentally attached to the European continent — and, of course, to Britain and Ireland. The character of these countries is also strategically important because we count upon creative, capable, confident, democratic allies to establish conditions of stability and security. We want to work with aligned countries that want to restore their former greatness.
#politics #eu #trump #Europe

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