Mathieu Pollet

Timely and engaging discussion with @MathieuPollet_ @politico 's Event "Back in the game? Europe's race to #digital leadership". We delved into the strategic European agenda and the ambitions of the @CY2026EU in driving tangible progress across priorities and files critical to Europe’s #autonomy, #competitiveness, and long-term #resilience, including the much anticipated Digital Networks Act, now on the table.

French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. With @Heroceane. 👇 politico.eu/article/french…

🧶"It’s a direct attack on American companies, so it’s certain that on the other side of the Atlantic there will be retaliatory measures on other French sectors,” said a representative of a U.S. platform at @POLITICOEurope w/ @MathieuPollet_ politico.eu/article/french…

🔴 Info @POLITICOEurope : le parquet de Paris ouvre une enquête sur Siri, l’assistant vocal d’Apple. Apple est notamment accusé d’avoir utilisé des enregistrements d’utilisateurs à leur insu pour améliorer son service. Lisez-en plus dans mon article ⤵️ politico.eu/article/le-par…

Airbus, Siemens, Novo Nordisk and other industry heavyweights are preparing a pledge to invest billions in Europe if the EU follows through on plans to slash red tape and ease industrial hurdles. ow.ly/vgG650X4MZQ

Spent the morning fighting with the wi-fi on an Italian high-speed train; gave up on Netflix; regretted not having downloaded any show in advance; then remembered @MathieuPollet_ predicted this all along, and I underestimated. I guess it's entirely on me politico.eu/article/why-in…

Too lazy to work? Or you're on holidays and you already miss parliamentary work? Have fun with one of @Contexte's most ambitious editorial projects, the *checks notes* European Parliament brick-breaker 🕹️👾 contexte.com/eu/article/ene…

Depuis que l’AFP a été fondée en août 1944, nous avons perdu des journalistes dans des conflits, nous avons eu des blessés et des prisonniers dans nos rangs, mais aucun de nous n’a le souvenir d’avoir vu un collaborateur mourir de faim. Nous refusons de les voir mourir.

Need help, @elonmusk? Europe’s got talent 🇪🇺

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can't do anything about it politico.eu/article/donald…

Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules breach EU law, top court adviser says ow.ly/US9U106b3Hi

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Protection de l'enfance en ligne : quand Aurore Bergé convoque et braque les plateformes, tandis que sa collègue en charge du Numérique Clara Chappaz tâche d'apaiser les choses... Les infos de @klaradurand_ et @Heroceane sont là, en accès libre : politico.eu/article/aurore…

Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans' social media posts ow.ly/1onS106ahEe

Info - La justice autorise Pavel Durov à se rendre à Dubaï dans le cadre d'une procédure de reconnaissance de paternité. Ce motif avait déjà justifié deux déplacements à Dubaï, en dérogation de son contrôle judiciaire - à lire sur @POLITICOEurope pro.politico.eu/news/199378

Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry ow.ly/N0Oj106afRr

I don't like having to make corrections to my stories, but this was a new one on me After we reported EP named 5 lawmakers under suspicion in the Huawei probe, Huawei got in touch to insist that it has not, in fact, denied wrongdoing in the corruption scandal. Fair enough.

The specter of Donald Trump looms large over the Cannes Film Festival, two weeks after the U.S. President threatened a new tariff on "foreign films." Must-read dispatch by @gioleali. 👇 politico.eu/article/cannes…

DG CONNECT is going retro: laptops down, pens up, ties on. An internal memo obtained by POLITICO reveals the new (old-school) rules. 👇