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Europe faces Facebook blackout
Ireland’s data authority informs its EU counterparts that it will block the platform from sending user data to the US.
Germany’s drought hotspot scrambles to adapt
The country’s former East is drying out as climate change takes hold.
Refugee Diaries: Images of home, old and new
The second installment in a series of digital diaries following those displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Hold your horses! Top EU digital lobbyist has to pay up for selling horse as a pony
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Brussels’ most visible digital affairs lobbyist, vows to fight on after she is told to pay more than €126,000.
European Parliament plots backroom deal to appoint top bureaucrat
The Parliament’s powerful administrative chief is leaving, and an arrangement to replace him has opponents alleging cronyism.
Unions take post-COVID chance to squeeze airports and airlines
The power dynamic between unions and airports and airlines has shifted in favor of labor — and they’re acting.
Russia’s Jews fear resurgent anti-Semitism amid Ukraine war
Jews have fled Russia in droves, but those who remain are scared of a return to the darkest days of discrimination.
Czech EU Presidency
Czech Republic braces for rocky EU presidency amid Ukraine war, high inflation
The Central European country will be working on a shoestring budget — and under close scrutiny of its commitment to green issues.
A wonk’s guide to the Czech EU presidency policy agenda
With Europe beset by multiple crises, Prague will focus on energy security, trade deals and climate change.
The Czechs Europe needs to know
As the Central European country takes over the EU presidency, here’s who could be influential.
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France
Germany
Germany mulls cost-sharing system amid fears of Russian gas cutoff
‘We have the willingness to do what is necessary’ to fight the consequences of a potential Russian gas embargo, says Chancellor Scholz.
EU engine ban splits Germany’s coalition
Key German ministers are at odds over the European Commission’s call to end the sale of CO2-emitting cars by 2035.
With Merkel gone, Germany gets tough on Brexit
New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has Boris Johnson firmly in his sights.
Washington
Brussels
EU plans to approve sales of fully self-driving cars
Europe aims to be the first-mover when it comes to letting so-called Level 4 autonomous cars on the road.
Brussels’ new innovation plan likely won’t meet startups’ demands
Nascent firms want support for funding, stock options and recruitment, but the EU may fall short on delivery.
Streik, grève, strike: European Parliament interpreters (virtually) walk off the job
It’s the latest tangle between the EU and its interpreters, who are angry over health problems arising from listening to poor digital connections.
The Continent
Britain
Boris Johnson’s downfall was his own making
The wildly ambitious prime minister won’t go quietly, but get ready for Britain’s third female leader.
Boris Johnson resigns as British PM
British leader steps down after days of drama — but vows to stay on as a leadership contest plays out.
The hidden side of Pestminster
Sexual harassment of women in Westminster has been in the headlines for years. Now gay men are speaking out too.
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