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...“We can decide to regulate much faster and much stronger than our major competitors,” the French leader said earlier this month. “But we will regulate things that we will no longer produce or invent....
...Uber says its prices are higher in Germany as a result and its ride-hailing service is only available in major cities where it can expect a steady stream of demand....
...The act, which comes into force on August 25, is part of a major overhaul of the bloc’s digital rules....
...Major platforms, including Twitter, will have to be fully compliant by September this year at the latest. Those in breach face fines of up to 6 per cent of global turnover....
...The document binds together several major legislative reforms that were already planned, such as an overhaul of the EU’s electricity market and an act to boost domestic production of raw materials such as...
...Apple will allow iPhone apps to be downloaded directly from their developers’ websites for the first time, a major concession to European regulators that marks the third time this year the big tech group...
...Europe’s other two major long-haul airline groups also turned to consolidation as the industry emerged from the disruption of the pandemic....
...US officials are gathering in Leuven today for talks on key trade and technology issues, but critics say these meetings have lacked ambition and have led nowhere — particularly on trade, writes Javier Espinoza...
...Addressing an audience in Toulouse on Monday, the French president attacked the new Artificial Intelligence Act agreed last Friday, saying: “We can decide to regulate much faster and much stronger than our major...
...Chart du jour: Farming talent Almost half of France’s farmers are set to retire in the next decade with uncertainty among the next generation adding to climate change, droughts and new pests as a major...
...People briefed on the negotiations expect no major upsets — barring a last-minute about-face by the French....
...He called the idea in the area of the right to data protection a “major shift”, adding that “we would fight this up and down the courts”....
...Uefa conducts major European football tournaments, including the Champions League....
...Bad friends: Slovakia and Hungary have threatened to scupper military aid to Ukraine — a major headache for the bloc in showing unity to Kyiv....
...Here’s the FT’s Javier Espinoza. Javier Espinoza They will have to comply with new legal responsibilities that they didn’t have before....
...France’s concerns were echoed on Friday by the leaders of the European parliament’s four major political groups, who wrote a letter to Vestager asking her “to reverse the decision”....
...Since the Greek financial crisis, the European Commission’s assistance has expanded to more than 1,500 reform projects to help countries enforce policy reforms in every major policy area — from digital to...
...But the contest has been tangled up with another bid to lead the European Investment Bank (EIB), write Laura Dubois and Javier Espinoza....
...It’s also not true that these rules will have a major impact on the whole economy.” javier.espinoza@ft.com...
...Ryanair has won a European court case against the EU’s decision to grant Lufthansa billions of euros in state aid to help the German carrier during the pandemic, in a major setback to regulators in Brussels...
...Additional reporting by Javier Espinoza in Brussels...
...“My main message to the member states was to remind them of the urgent need to act to avoid creating major vulnerabilities that would be difficult to reverse,” he said....
...Microsoft said: “We are mindful of our responsibilities in the EU as a major technology company....
...“The EU should act now to become a major player [in the metaverse],” the policy paper said....
...But since it was implemented, German regulators have also been able to launch some investigations into major tech companies, too. Have those resulted in anything? Javier EspinozaYes....
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