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✨ New year, new job! I’ll be joining the Financial Times’ Brussels bureau to cover all things competition and tech and look forward to work with this amazing team.
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The EU must ensure its overhaul of telecom rules does not make it easier for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to take control of the European telecoms market, @michalkobosko, the parliament’s lead man on the file said ahead of his draft report.
W @kieran_jsmith
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A top Google executive dismissed concerns that US companies are set to dominate AI, arguing fierce competition between Big Tech and a cadre of fast-growing start-ups is driving down prices and creating new opportunities for EU businesses.
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European companies face “devastating” retaliation from Washington if Brussels presses ahead with plans to restrict American rivals such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX from parts of the European market, the US ambassador to the EU warned in an interview with @FT’s @BMoens and @HenryJFoy.
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions ft.trib.al/0KUTiUQ
European aerospace group Airbus is discussing the sale of assets to allay Brussels' competition concerns over its proposed space merger with Leonardo and Thales that aims to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to people familiar with the talks.
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China-backed MMG's acquisition of a Brazilian nickel mine is increasingly becoming a test case on how serious Brussels is about economic security.
MMG’s reassurances are “like Putin assuring Merkel on gas supplies”, said one person following the deal.
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An EU plan to restrict children’s access to social media will test the bloc’s strategy for enforcing digital rules without provoking Big Tech — or Donald Trump.
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Two years after Mario Draghi warned that the EU faced “slow agony” unless it tackled its competitiveness crisis, little of his prescription has become reality.
Our deep dive with @HenryJFoy
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Brussels is set to slap fines of hundreds of millions against Google over the coming week and the threat of daily penalty payments, escalating enforcement against Big Tech just as tensions with Washington over the EU’s digital rules have begun to ease.
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The Financial Times in Brussels is looking for a new Europe Express editor. Come join our team:
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The EU is preparing emergency powers to intervene in semiconductor supply chains during shortages in its upcoming draft chips act, including by forcing chipmakers to override existing contracts and enabling common purchasing.
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EU must change accession system to cater for Ukraine, enlargement chief says ft.trib.al/8xBWHKZ
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Scoop: The EU is preparing a push to loosen its dependence on US tech by backing European alternatives in cloud to AI.
A European tech sovereignty strategy seen by the FT says the bloc must “reclaim its place in the global race for geoeconomics power.”
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Enough with the “haute couture” weapons production.
“Governments should open their stockpiles to provide Ukraine with what they need,” the EU’s defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius told the @FT’s @BMoens and @AndyBounds.
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How Europe learnt to love subsidies ft.trib.al/5jbnovN
Europe’s dealmakers say uncertainty in Brussels is already complicating merger plans.
“If there is an open war at the top of the commission (…) it’s hard to tell chief execs how their deal will land in Brussels,” said one person.
With @kieran_jsmith
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Scoop: European film and audiovisual groups call on EU regulators to subject Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros to a thorough competition investigation, warning the deal could damage cultural diversity.
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The new EU merger rules will take into account factors including scale, innovation and sustainability when approving or rejecting corporate deals, Teresa Ribera told the FT, but companies have to provide more than “wishful thinking.”
With @HenryJFoy
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FT exclusive: The EU is planning the biggest relaxation of its rules on corporate mergers in decades as Europe faces increasing pressure to build global champions capable of taking on US and Chinese rivals ft.trib.al/ojs5lb6
Scoop: The EU is planning to shake-up its rules on corporate mergers as Europe faces increasing pressure to build global champions.
Brussels is set to give greater weight to innovation, investment and resilience, according to draft merger guidelines.
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