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“Soyons honnêtes, le produit de Palantir est très bon et addictif, c’est un peu comme le sucre dans le Coca”, reconnaît le député MoDem Philippe Latombe, défenseur français de la souveraineté numérique. “Palantir est capable de traiter d’énormes quantités de données avec une grande précision et, grâce à son expérience, l’entreprise a eu le temps d’améliorer ses algorithmes auprès de nombreux clients et de les adapter à de nombreux cas d’utilisation.” Pourtant, la volonté de se libérer de Palantir gagne tout le continent : de Madrid, où le gouvernement de Pedro Sánchez a ordonné aux entreprises publiques d’exclure Palantir des…
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It’s August in Brussels, which means it’s vacation time. Whether you’re heading off to the beach or holding down the fort in town, this episode is brimming with book recommendations from our newsroom and from you, our listeners. Whatever your genre preference, from true crime thrillers to deep political dives, we’ve got your summer holiday covered. But this installment is not just a book chat. We’re also tackling the rise of populism and the crises facing liberal democracies around the world. That’s the topic of “Defeating Trumpism,” a new book by former Belgian Prime Minister and European Parliament Member Guy Verhofstadt.…
Published on 07/08/2026 – 6:15 GMT+2•Updated 6:16 A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state’s claims that the social media giant created a “public nuisance” and harmed children. Meta was previously ordered to pay $375 million in damages to New Mexico in March when a jury found the company liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators on its platforms, among other harms. “We disagree with the ruling and will appeal,” Meta said in a statement. Adding that they “work hard to keep people safe and have been transparent…
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“I am firmly convinced that Friedrich Merz will remain chancellor,” Markus Söder, the powerful state premier of Bavaria and CSU leader, said in an interview with public broadcaster ARD over the weekend. “It would throw the conservatives into complete disarray,” Söder said of a potential swap. “Moreover, it could even lead to new elections. And anyone who wants new elections now — in a situation like this, after such a lead-up — is only promoting one thing: bringing radicals to power. That is why my urgent advice is to focus on the work at hand and spend less time speculating behind the…
Many in Madrid expressed fears Washington could decline to rein in Rabat, and pointed to a recent U.S. Congress report that described Ceuta and Melilla as being in “Moroccan territory” and was supportive of negotiations on the “future status” of the cities. But U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott insisted that there has been no change in U.S. policy on the exclaves. “The United States unequivocally supports Spain’s sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla,” he told POLITICO. The State Department noted that the congressional report did not represent U.S. law. Pigott said that allegations suggesting Washington was questioning Spain’s continued control…
Published on 06/08/2026 – 10:14 GMT+2 Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine. Both sides have been intensifying their long-range attacks in recent months, leading to a jump in civilian deaths. Kyiv has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia, while Moscow has been launching all-time high missile attacks. Zelenskyy said Ukraine had hit oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions, about 700 kilometres from the front. The attacks were “strengthening the…
Published on 06/08/2026 – 22:02 GMT+2 Washington will fork out $1.22 billion (€1.06 billion) to German energy firm RWE to cancel the company’s offshore wind leases. RWE said on Thursday that it had reached a settlement with the US Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish leases off the coasts of New York, California, and Louisiana. “After careful consideration, it was determined there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future,” the company said in a statement. Trump vs wind energy US President Donald Trump, long a critic of wind energy, has embarked…
Starmer faced a tricky 2025 after winning a landslide victory the previous year, which brought the center-left party back into power after 14 years. He was forced into a series of policy U-turns by his party, and sacked Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. after fresh details on the closeness of his friendship with convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein emerged. Membership swelled under Starmer’s predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, with the party recording more than half a million Labour members at the peak of his popularity. But under Starmer and his Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the party moved rightwards economically and on issues such…