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Published on 04/07/2025 – 10:57 GMT+2The AI chipmaker Nvidia’s shares hit a new all-time high on Thursday, briefly giving the company a market capitalisation of $3.92 trillion (€3.33tn), the highest in history for any company.This surpassed Apple’s record of $3.91tr set in December 2024, even though Nvidia’s market capitalisation dipped once again below this level at market close. The chipmaker’s shares traded as high as $160.98 at their peak on Thursday, before the price dipped below this level, placing the market capitalisation at around $3.89tr when daily trading wrapped up.Tech companies’ shares benefitted from a better-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report in the…

For Schwedt, plugging the tangled metallic mesh of pipelines, distillation units and towering chimneys back into Moscow’s oil pump first means dealing with its convoluted legal structure. After the war broke out, Berlin put the refinery under a temporary trusteeship, seizing Russian firm Rosneft’s majority stake. But Rosneft still owns its shares. Any attempt to restart supplies from Moscow would therefore require the EU to lift its oil embargo, Poland to accept Russian crude passing through its pipeline network and Germany to force Rosneft to sell its shares to banks and suppliers on board, said Tibor Fedke, a senior energy…

Von der Leyen is investing major political capital in radically reforming the EU’s budget, currently worth €1.2 trillion, for the 2028-2034 cycle. The plan to steer billions in EU funding away from agriculture and regional spending and toward defense and innovation, however, is sending shockwaves through Brussels and across national capitals. Months of simmering tensions inside the Berlaymont are now at a boiling point ahead of the Commission’s presentation of its budget proposal on July 16. Von der Leyen supports overhauling a set of criteria ― known as the Berlin formula ― that allocates a major share of the cohesion…

Now in its 26th year, the race forms part of the Spanish capital’s LGBTQ+ Pride Week and draws large crowds to the cobbled streets. Locals and visitors gathered in Chueca to watch participants tackle the course in gravity-defying high heels.This year’s winner, 25-year-old Raúl Rodríguez, took home the €350 prize. “I knew I would win — and I did it,” he said.Pride celebrations in Madrid will conclude on Saturday with a parade expected to attract tens of thousands.

Paris Influence, une newsletter hebdomadaire exclusive pour nos abonnés POLITICO Pro, explore les multiples jeux d’influence qui animent la scène politique française et participent à la fabrique des lois. Par PAUL DE VILLEPIN Avec OCÉANE HERRERO, SOFIANE ZAIZOUNE et JASON WIELS Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Paul de Villepin, Judith Chetrit, et Sofiane Zaizoune | Voir dans votre navigateur LE MENU DU JOUR — Trop plein de consultants aux ReAix : la goutte qui fait déborder la flûte ? — La French Tech retrouve des couleurs souveraines, et continue de réunionner dans sa bulle. — POLITICO met son…

Keir Starmer’s authority is under question following a humiliating series of U-turns and a restless parliamentary Labour Party. In this Westminster Insider interview, host Anne McElvoy talks to Maurice Glasman, the Labour peer, who’s seen as the godfather of “Blue Labour” and an influential voice within the Labour movement — with connections to the Trump administration in the U.S. Glasman argues that Starmer has six months to make “significant changes” to his government following the debacle over the government’s welfare bill. They discuss the broader challenges confronting Labour after one year in office, the position of Chancellor Rachel Reeves and…

PARIS — Les candidats à la présidentielle de 2027 passeront-ils sur le canapé blanc (et moelleux) de son studio ? Murs rose bonbon, table basse en lamé or, sièges léopard : l’espace de tournage de l’influenceur Samuel, dit Sam Zirah, n’a pas grand-chose à voir avec ceux des palais de la République et des studios télé de la TNT (quoique).  Et pourtant, depuis qu’il a ouvert les portes de son émission phare, Chez Zirah, aux hommes et aux femmes politiques, il y a un peu plus d’un an, une dizaine d’entre eux se sont déjà prêtés à l’exercice. Parmi eux…

Wie funktioniert Politik ohne Drama? Schleswig-Holsteins Ministerpräsident Daniel Günther gewährt im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski seltene Einblicke – über wöchentliche Koalitionsrunden, entspannte Spaziergänge an der Kieler Förde und seine klare Haltung zu AfD-Verbot und Stromsteuer-Fiasko in Berlin.Dabei spart Günther nicht mit Kritik am politischen Stil in der Hauptstadt: zu laut, zu aufgeregt, zu wenig Vertrauen. Und er erklärt, warum seine schwarz-grüne Koalition in Kiel besser läuft als die schwarz-rote in Berlin – und was Friedrich Merz davon vielleicht mitnehmen könnte. Es geht um Bundeswehr, Bürokratie, Bündnisse und politische Balanceakte – und um die Frage: Könnte Günther doch noch den Weg…

During its heyday, it steered the eurozone through the rumble-tumble of the sovereign debt crisis, but lost influence as the euro area stabilized and a more inclusive EU-wide group of 27 finance ministers gained power. The Eurogroup has become a “bland working group” or a “think tank,” according to two EU diplomats, who, like others in the story, were granted anonymity to speak freely. A group of countries — including Spain — have questioned the usefulness of holding monthly meetings in Brussels in an informal report that was seen as mildly critical toward Donohoe’s presidency. Faced with this criticism, Cuerpo…

BRUXELLES — Le pape venait de mourir. Et Teresa Ribera était en deuil — pas seulement de l’homme. Le pape François a incarné une époque où le rêve de Teresa Ribera d’un monde plus vert, façonné par des institutions internationales puissantes et des avis scientifiques, semblait enfin se concrétiser. Dix ans se sont écoulés depuis les moments les plus forts pour Teresa Ribera : 2015, l’année qui a vu l’élaboration de l’Accord de Paris sur le changement climatique et la proclamation du pape qui a plaidé moralement en faveur de l’action environnementale. A la mort de François, en avril, l’Espagnole…