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Les pays de l’UE se disputeront peut-être sur les solutions à court terme pour faire face aux prix élevés de l’énergie, mais ils s’accordent à dire que les énergies propres sont la meilleure solution à long terme. Mar 18 7 mins read
Published on 24/04/2026 – 10:38 GMT+2 Elon Musk’s company xAI reportedly held discussions in recent weeks with the French artificial intelligence company Mistral about a partnership to try and rival competitors such as Anthropic and OpenAI. The tie-up would have included the American code-editing startup Cursor, according to Business Insider, which cited people familiar with the matter. The report comes as Elon Musk’s other company, SpaceX, which owns xAI, announced a deal with Cursor this week that gives SpaceX the option to buy the company for $60 billion. Mistral AI is one of Europe’s most highly valued AI firms that…
One of the biggest media deals in history comes closer to completion, as the shareholders who own Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) voted “overwhelmingly” to approve the adoption of the merger agreement with Paramount, according to WBD. The controversial merger encompasses two of Hollywood’s five legacy studios – a deal which has been valued at $111 billion and which will have huge impacts on filmmaking and the future of cinema. Yesterday’s vote was described as “another key milestone toward completing this historic transaction” by WBD – a deal which will “deliver exceptional value to our stockholders”. It will be completed between…
“Our defense ministries have this mandate for the coming weeks; we continue to progress,” Macron said. The project, known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), has stalled for months because of bitter disagreements between France’s Dassault and Germany’s Airbus Defence and Space. FCAS, which also includes Spain, is meant to replace Germany’s Eurofighter and France’s Rafale jets by around 2040. The program includes a warplane, which is the main bone of contention, but also drones and a combat cloud. At the previous EU summit in Brussels in March, Macron and Merz discussed the issue and launched mediation between French and German…
The European Union’s failure to sanction Israel over its military action in Gaza and Lebanon weakens the collective “credibility” and “legitimacy” to defend Ukraine against Russia’s full-scale invasion, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said. “Something that is delegitimising us, not only in the eyes of the outside world but also in the eyes of our own societies, is this double standard, this double yardstick that Europe is using in Ukraine and the Middle East,” Sánchez said on Friday. His warning comes a few days after Spain’s renewed push to terminate the EU-Israel Association Agreement in response to the deadly…
Led by Simion’s party, Romania would be a more hostile and erratic partner for Brussels: He does not want the European Commission imposing its will over public spending, would opt out of funding Ukraine and would resist common EU migration policy. “My hope is that we have a change in power … democracy is about alternating in power, so they have to do the democratic thing and let us govern … listen to the vote of the people,” he told POLITICO. Romania’s current crisis hinges on the country’s need to take severe austerity measures to fix its deficit. The main…
Russian soldiers who took part in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine should be barred for life from the passport-free Schengen area, Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal has told Euronews, as he seeks to turn the proposal into EU-wide policy. The Estonian government argues that the Kremlin’s expanded mobilisation — aimed at sustaining its assault on Ukraine and replenishing battlefield losses — raises the likelihood that, even after hostilities end, former combatants could pose a risk for the EU. “What will those people do? Most of them are criminals, but they have to be treated as heroes inside Russia,” Michal said…
Published on 24/04/2026 – 9:12 GMT+2 Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia has confirmed it won’t air this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after the country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation. Instead of broadcasting the world’s largest live music event, they will show a series of films about Palestine. “We will not be broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest,” Ksenija Horvat, RTV Slovenia director told AP. “We will be airing the film series ‘Voices of Palestine,’ featuring Palestinian documentaries and feature films.” Slovenia stands alongside Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Iceland in refusing to take part in this year’s…
A un an de la présidentielle, l’autorité chargée de la régulation de l’audiovisuel et des plateformes se retrouve sous les tirs croisés des politiques. En cause : sa mission de contrôle du pluralisme des chaînes. 18 HRS ago 9 mins read
Good morning from Brussels. EU leaders are meeting for a second day of an informal summit in Cyprus today, after making history on Thursday with the adoption of a €90 billion loan for Ukraine. Hungary’s election outcome last week helped clear the path for the move, lifting Budapest’s veto and giving Kyiv additional resources to continue resisting Russian forces. Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, long one of the EU’s main disruptors, did not travel to Cyprus, leaving heads of state and government also celebrating a new package of sanctions against Russia adopted earlier in the day. That said, Ukraine’s…