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It was the economist Mariana Mazzucato who helped explode that myth. In her 2013 book “The Entrepreneurial State,” she argued many of the most significant innovations in recent decades — the internet, GPS and smartphone technologies — were kick-started by government investment. The secret to industrial policy, she argued, was rooted in defense spending, targeted subsidies and state-driven innovation. Then Bidenomics came along and delivered the final coup de grâce to Europe’s sense that America was some kind of free-market fairy tale. U.S. President Joe Biden’s $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which offered support to sustainable industries, in particular America’s electric…

Bernd Lange, the president of the European Parliament’s trade committee, told Euronews how Europe could negotiate with US president Donald Trump if tariffs hit on European goods. Today Radio Schuman speaks with Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament’s Trade Committee, who noted that Europe still has room to respond to Trump’s policies.In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump provided little detail regarding his earlier threats to impose tariffs on the European Union. His previously stated demand that Europe face tariffs unless it increased purchases of US oil and gas was already well-known, with many European politicians asserting they are prepared…

The WEF annual meeting has an insanely busy schedule. Every day, sessions and debates take place in parallel, and there are even more meetings outside of the official programme. But where do all these people go in the evening to let their hair down? There is only one place to be: Barry’s Piano Bar. Barry Colson is arguably one of the most important and certainly the most famous people at Davos. In fact, he is so famous that he goes only by his first name.”Are you going to Barry’s?” is one of the most common things to hear on the…

Weather forecasters are saying they have never seen a storm this bad. A record-breaking storm is wreaking havoc with travel and daily life across the UK and Ireland.Flights and trains are cancelled across the countries, and driving conditions are very dangerous due to the storm which meteorologists have said is “rapidly developing”.Citizens have been told to stay at home during the dangerous weather, which is predicted to last all day. Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland all have rare red weather warnings in place, signalling threats to life, and there are yellow and amber warnings in place across the UK. Storm…

The World Health Organization is freezing recruitment and slashing travel in response to the withdrawal of the U.S., its biggest funder, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. “As you know, the United States of America has announced that it intends to withdraw from WHO.  We regret this decision and hope the new administration will reconsider it,” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told staff in an email sent Thursday night. “This announcement has made our financial situation more acute, and we know it has created significant concern and uncertainty for the WHO workforce,” he added. In response, the WHO is…

A non-profit has detected the well-known ‘Doppelgänger’ campaign spreading content aimed at swaying German voters. Russia has revived its disinformation tactics to boost the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and discredit its rivals, weeks before Germans are set to vote in a new government on 23 February.German non-profit CeMAS said this week it had detected hundreds of posts spreading misleading claims about the election on X, formerly Twitter, with indications they belong to Russia’s notorious Doppelgänger campaign.Doppelgänger involves cloning the websites of renowned media outlets by purchasing similar-looking domains and imitating their layout and style. The falsified articles are…

A number of aviation firms, including Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, have also shown interest in the Portuguese carrier but BA owner, IAG, is widely viewed by analysts as the frontrunner. Airline group IAG is set to be a primary contender to buy a $1 billion stake in state-owned Portuguese carrier TAP, said Reuters.Analysts and bankers with knowledge of the deal said IAG was the strongest candidate to secure a deal, winning out against competitors Lufthansa and Air France-KLM.The analysts cited IAG’s successful management of Iberia airline in Madrid, which could create a powerful Southern European hub if merged with TAP…

Alright, what we really watched was a 30-second video of Melania Trump skillfully giving her husband an awkward air kiss while protected by her incredible accessory of choice — a hat. Not just any hat, but a Carmen Sandiego-inspired, flying saucer-size, eye-covering piece of art that created the most strategically effective buffer zone of modern political history: around Doland Trump’s lips. It’s likely he didn’t notice. The whole day was a giant wet kiss to Trump, and if there’s one thing Donny the Menace loves, it’s himself. I mean, check out his phone wallpaper. A Pulitzer-prize deserving photographer managed to…

Dominique Pelicot was sentenced last month along with 50 other men for the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot in case that stunned France. France must change its rape law to include consent, a cross-party panel of lawmakers has said in the wake of the Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial that shocked the country.A consent-based rape definition should urgently be added to the existing law, which defines rape as an act committed on someone using “violence, coercion, threat or surprise” — with no clear mention of consent — the MPs said in a report presented to parliament on Tuesday.”Nearly…

As Donald Trump settles back into the White House, all eyes—even in snowy Davos—are on Washington. Host Sarah Wheaton reports from the World Economic Forum, joined by Josh Lipsky, Senior Director at the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center, and MEP Eva Maydell, to discuss Europe’s weakening relevance amid tariff threats, tech battles, and shifting power dynamics. Plus, a special Davos update from our sister podcast Power Play— host Anne McElvoy shares a secret fondue tip and reflects on the Davos vibe after producing daily episodes featuring, among others, historian Niall Ferguson and former Trump insider Anthony Scaramucci. You can listen to…