The platforms that run on tech infrastructure.
The EU's antitrust saga continues. Last week, Google Cloud filed an official complaint with the Commission regarding Microsoft Azure's anti-competitive licensing practices in cloud computing.
Brussels is back to business, so are the discussions on the European Commission’s White paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs.”
The former head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, presented his competitiveness report this week. Draghi's report is best read after getting acquainted with Enrico Letta’s Single Market report, as well as Ursula von der Leyen’s political guidelines for 2025-2029, published earlier this
Between 2019 and 2024, the European Commission adopted a series of new regulations for the tech sector, including the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the Artificial Intelligence Act, and many others. These measures aim to shape the future of the digital landscape in Europe, but, naturally, they also
August was quiet for the EU tech policy bubble, but soon it'll be back to action with the Hungarian Presidency, a new European Commission, and controversial ideas revisited. Last month, we covered key discussions—from Musk vs. Breton to von der Leyen's future plans. Enjoy the read!
You have seen the option if you have ever shopped online. Instead of paying in full for a product, you can have the item delivered immediately with a smaller up-front payment and cover the rest of the bill in several interest-free installments. The term for the practice is
Digital citizenship in Hungary has become a pressing issue as the government pursues initiatives to centralize and digitize citizens' personal information.
Nearly a month after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's re-election, Europe is eagerly awaiting the formation of the new Commission.
In posting a letter online to Elon Musk, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton receives the most epic Twitter/X ratios of all time.
Welcome to the second newsletter of the EU Tech Loop! We hope your OOOs are going well - let's look at what happened to the EU's tech policy in July.
In Europe, nobody thinks twice about being able to choose between, for example, different mobile operators, if needed. The process might get complicated with various contractual obligations, but executing this idea isn’t impossible. This is not always the case in cloud services.
Regulation like the DMA has become the primary form of leverage Europe has in the global tech industry rather than actual companies.
Analysis of EU innovation, consumer and tech policy
