Digital sovereignty: recurring attacks against European free software

Image: Pixabay / CC0 This September, the “Annales des Mines” published number 23 of their “Digital Issues” series, entitled “Digital sovereignty: ten years of debate, and after?”. Online (145-page PDF), this issue has around twenty authors, whose contributions are divided into three parts: “The multiple findings of deficient digital sovereignty”, “The strong links of digital…

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Chinese electric cars: the Brussels investigation will also target European manufacturers

(AOF) – Tesla and European carmakers exporting from China to the EU will be part of Brussels’ investigation into whether China’s electric vehicle sector receives unfair subsidies. This was reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday, citing European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. The focus of the investigation “is not limited to Chinese brand electric vehicles”,…

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Understanding the challenges of the European “migratory pact”, target of criticism from the National Rally

Migrants in Lampedusa (Italy), September 17, 2023. GIUSEPPE CAROTENUTO FOR “THE WORLD” The thousands of migrants who landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa in September have reignited debates around the European migration and asylum pact. Presented in 2020, this “migratory pact” aims to reform European migration policy, in particular by organizing a system of…

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the European Union pins the social network

On Tuesday September 26, Brussels was concerned about the rate of misinformation on the social network X (formerly Twitter). The European Commission is calling on all major platforms to better combat Russian manipulation, fearing that it will intensify before the European elections. The Vice-President of the Commission, Vera Jourova, highlighted X’s poor test results during…

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European stock markets close lower

The control room of Euronext, the company that manages the Paris Stock Exchange (AFP/Archives/ERIC PIERMONT) European stock markets closed lower on Monday, reacting negatively to the surge in bond rates driven by the prospect of monetary policy from the American Federal Reserve (Fed) promising to be restrictive for longer than expected. Paris finished down 0.85%,…

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