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Théophane Hartmann
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🇪🇺 tech journalist at @Euractiv.com

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EU must boost competitiveness of space firms, opinion S&D rapporteur for the IMCO committee at the European Parliament says.

French MEP @francoiskalfon.bsky.social also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites

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EU must boost competitiveness of space firms, key MEP says | Euractiv
French MEP François Kalfon also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Holocaust denial by Musk's AI chatbot to feed French criminal probe of X

The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations

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Holocaust denial by Musk's AI chatbot to feed French criminal probe of X | Euractiv
The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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🇳🇱 government suspends takeover of chips manufacturer @nexperia.bsky.social

Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the 🇪🇺 and 'constructive meetings' with 🇨🇳

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Dutch government suspends takeover of chips manufacturer Nexperia | Euractiv
Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the EU and 'constructive meetings' with China
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November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🇨🇵 and 🇩🇪 unite behind sovereign European cloud push

Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron backed plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach

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Paris and Berlin unite behind sovereign European cloud push | Euractiv
Merz and Macron back plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
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November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 cybersecurity agencies commit to refine EU cloud sovereignty score with a pass/fail criteria!

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French and German cybersecurity agencies commit to refine EU cloud sovereignty score | Euractiv
Letter announcing "joint effort" by France's ANSSI and Germany's BSI was put out on the eve of today's Franco-German tech sovereignty summit
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November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🇺🇸 cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU's Digital Markets Act

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November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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EU countries oppose @ec.europa.eu's plan for telecoms rules reset

🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act

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EU countries oppose Commission's plan for telecoms rules reset | Euractiv
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social?

@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social

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EU pitches new agency to fight Russian disinformation and bots | Euractiv
The Commission wants a new "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by Euractiv
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🇩🇪 opposes @ec.europa.eu preferred legal basis for upcoming telecoms reform

A German position paper seen by @euractiv.com shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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Germany opposes Commission’s preferred legal basis for upcoming telecoms reform | Euractiv
A German position paper seen by Euractiv shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The @consilium.europa.eu set to call for sovereign cloud 'criteria' to tackle 🇺🇸 surveillance concerns

Latest document of the Council's review of the EU's Digital Decade policy framework, seen by @euractiv.com, calls for "common criteria" for sovereign cloud services
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November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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@ec.europa.eu published its webpage for the review of the Digital Decade (planned for 30 June 2026), but the call for evidence is yet to be opened:

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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Paris prosecutor investigates 4 platforms over 'child-like' sex doll listings

Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn

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Paris prosecutor investigates four platforms over 'child-like' sex doll listings | Euractiv
Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
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November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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‼️Digital Networks Act publication pushed from mid-December to 20 January 2026‼️

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November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Germany frets over EU funding shortfall for AI training hubs

The @ec.europa.eu's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions

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Germany frets over EU funding shortfall for AI training hubs | Euractiv
The European Commission's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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European standards-setting should be 'tactical', says ETSI director

About @ec.europa.eu-ETSI relations Jan Ellsberger denied a need to mend things, but told @euractiv.com's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I: “I’m not there to please the Commission…"
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European standards-setting should be 'tactical', says ETSI director | Euractiv
The European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) is leaning into playing a strategic support role for the EU, its director general tells Euractiv
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November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Cloudflare sues Italian regulator over new tech rule

The company believes that Agcom erroneously assumed that CDNs qualify as telecom infrastructure

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EXCLUSIVE: Cloudflare sues Italian regulator over new tech rule | Euractiv
Company believes that AGCOM erroneously assumed that CDNs qualify as telecom infrastructure
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October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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EU's supercomputer network still failing to hit target for private investment

A €900 million target for private-sector equipment contributions towards building the EU's research supercomputers is unrealistic, a Court of Auditors report warns

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October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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EuroStack initiative sets up a non-profit advocacy organisatio

Initial members notably include Swedish evroc, German Nextcloud, IONOS, and Ecosia, French Upsun (formerly Platform.sh), and Swiss Proton

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October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🚨 Latombe readies to appeal his legal challenge to the EU-US data transfer agreement

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EXCLUSIVE: Latombe to appeal EU-US data transfer court challenge | Euractiv
The French MP tells Euractiv he will seek to overturn the lower court's assessment of the validity of transatlantic data flows
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October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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EU countries resist launch of special cybersecurity rules for satellites

Concerns focus on the @ec.europa.eu's bid to add a NIS2 supplement into the EU Space Act

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EU countries resist launch of special cybersecurity rules for satellites | Euractiv
Concerns focus on the Commission's bid to add a NIS2 supplement into the EU Space Act
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October 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🏅 I’ve been ranked 🇫🇷 #38 and among 🇪🇺’s Top 500 B2B technology influencers! 🥳

While I was unable to check the methodology – I’ll happily take the win

So excited to see @euractiv.com named among such amazing leaders, inspiring journalists, and influential politicians! 😁

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October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Europe's satellite firms @airbus.com, Leonardo & Thalès set out merger plan to counter Elon Musk's SpaceX

The unnamed new company could be operational as soon as 2027

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Europe's satellite firms set out merger plan to counter Elon Musk's SpaceX | Euractiv
The unnamed new company could be operational as soon as 2027
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October 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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28th regime advocates, @maximilian-henning.bsky.social got you covered. All is not lost
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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@ec.europa.eu has launched a €180 million sovereign cloud call for tenders, aiming to steer the market!

The tender introduces a new “sovereignty score” formula to assess cloud providers’ compliance with EU rules.

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Commission sets benchmark for sovereign European cloud providers | Euractiv
€180 million tender introduces ‘sovereignty score’ to rate EU cloud providers
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October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Théophane Hartmann
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The @ec.europa.eu will put forward an update for the EU’s Chips Act in the first quarter of 2026, according to its work programme officially released today. Our chips expert @theophane.euractiv.com will be providing updates.

Read my article at @euractiv.com:

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October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM