“Farmers’ anger has become a major issue for the far right across Europe,” said Kevin Cunningham, a political scientist who has studied the surge in support for the far right for the European Council on Foreign Relations. “It may not be the number one issue, it is surprisingly effective at crystalizing resentment over economic problems.” … Read more
KRAKÓW, Poland — Elon Musk has upped his war on woke by saying that diverse hiring policies are “fundamentally antisemitic” and discriminatory, shortly after a private visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp. The controversial tech billionaire was speaking at a European Jewish Association (EJA) conference in the Polish city of Kraków, amid rising criticism that his social … Read more
British and American Navy forces intervened Tuesday evening in one of the largest missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting Red Sea shipping. “On Jan. 9, at approximately 9:15 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack … into the Southern Red Sea, towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting,” U.S. … Read more
A recent European Commission proposal to cool the litigious broth about connectivity patents by institutionalizing transparency as a means of avoiding disputes is attracting feverish attention. That fever is excessive: let us calm down and refrain from predicting the end of the world. The proposal is a sensible regime that does not eliminate property rights. … Read more
It’s been a busy year in EU policy land as lawmakers, leaders and officials raced to tie up loose ends before the European Parliament election next June, with some efforts more successful than others. The EU’s green ambitions became the center of a right-wing backlash as the real-life impact of proposed reforms started to bite. … Read more
Around 15 years after Airbnb began, EU institutions are in the process of giving their final approvals to the world’s first template on how to regulate our platform and industry. We not only welcome this watershed moment as an opportunity to begin a new chapter in our relationships with governments, but we believe the leadership … Read more
