My dispatch from Calais: French and British authorities have been focused on deterring migrants from setting up camps, crossing the English Channel since the clearing of the "Calais Jungle" in 2016 There’s little sign their efforts are having much effect. politico.eu/article/calais…

phenomenal reportage from Clothilde Goujard who took the time to understand why migrants continue to make the treacherous journey through Calais

NEW: SHEIN is on a seduction campaign in Europe. The fashion giant is meeting regulators to stop concerns over dumping practices, forced labor and environmental pollution from crippling its ascent. Written with Clothilde Goujard Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social politico.eu/article/china-…

Shein, the booming e-commerce app known for selling cheap clothes from China, is launching a charm offensive with European regulators. Clothilde Goujard Marianne Gros and I sat down with its Executive Chairman Donald Tang.👇 politico.eu/article/china-…

💣 Excited to welcome a *whole new squad* of breaking news reporters to the POLITICO team in Brussels: 🇮🇹 Elena Giordano 🇦🇺 Seb Starcevic 🇨🇿 Ketrin 🇭🇺 Csongor Körömi EU Bubble folks: plz invite them for coffees and lunches! We're hungry for scoops.

The hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) want to chair the Civil Liberties and Home Affairs committee (LIBE) in the European Parliament, report my colleagues Eddy Wax ✍️,Camille Gijs. LIBE is in charge of legislation on the rule of law, fundamental rights, privacy.

❗️Top tech scoop by Mathieu Pollet on a potential Microsoft multimillion-euro settlement to cloud providers to drop an antitrust complaint

EU charges Musk’s X for letting disinfo run wild, via Clothilde Goujard politico.eu/article/eu-cha…

Be our guest Elon Musk ⚖️🇪🇺 There has never been — and will never be — any “secret deal”. With anyone. The DSA provides X (and any large platform) with the possibility to offer commitments to settle a case. To be extra clear: it’s *YOUR* team who asked the Commission to

The job of commission president is filled, all attention can now go to the 2nd most important job in the EU: tech reporter at POLITICO. Come work with me, Mathieu Pollet , Clothilde Goujard , Antoaneta Roussi , Laurens Cerulus, Aoife White and apply! jobs.mpleo.net/en/politico/00…

The U.S. election is... an unfolding drama. BUT, over in Brussels, European Commission President Ursula Ursula von der Leyen has won a second term. Does that mean more of the same tech policy? Not exactly. POLITICOEurope reporter Clothilde Goujard explains: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

National security has been used as a blank check by some EU governments to spy lawyers, journalists and even opposition politicians. A leaked document from the EU Commission says that's no longer an excuse, in what is the strongest response on spyware yet. politico.eu/article/eu-com…

NEW: One of Hungary's most outspoken critics in the European Parliament Daniel Freund said he was targeted by spyware, just two weeks before the European elections in June. w/Eddy Wax ✍️ politico.eu/article/spywar…

NEW: EU prosecutors are probing Europol for appointing a top official despite a complaint that he lacked experience. The investigation adds to EU Parliament scrutiny following the disappearance of sensitive files of top officials last summer. pro.politico.eu/news/183728 (€ for now)

It's official: the French President has backed Thierry Breton for another five-year stint in Brussels. 👇 politico.eu/article/emmanu…

X today vowed to fight privacy regulators’ “deeply troubling” lawsuit over its AI plans. The Irish privacy authority started legal action against X on Tuesday. It said that X’s AI chatbot infringes on the GDPR, according to court media reports. pro.politico.eu/news/184252

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❗️New: Hungary has proposed a new plan to push EU capitals to agree on a divisive draft law that may require WhatsApp and Signal to scan people’s pictures and links for potential child sexual abuse material. POLITICO obtained the latest draft text pro.politico.eu/news/185660