A US government order to bar non-US citizens from Anthropic’s powerful AI cybersecurity model is fuelling calls to speed up European tech sovereignty. eurac.tv/9YyL
[This replaces an earlier post which misquoted a European Commission spokesperson]
🧵 BREAKING: Spain's top criminal court has opened a second criminal probe into former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero – this time for alleged smuggling and tax fraud over €1.3M in jewellery found in his office.
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Following the new probe, Zapatero's spokesperson Luis Arroyo publicly apologised for "having misled the public" about the jewels' value, and confirmed Zapatero will provide explanations to the judge.
Zapatero denies all wrongdoing and is due to testify on June 17-18. For a figure once synonymous with Spain's centre-left, this is a political storm with no clear end in sight. Read more on the story here 👉🏼 eurac.tv/9YyK#Euractiv#EUPolitics#Spain#Corruption
Zapatero denies all wrongdoing and is due to testify on June 17-18.
For a figure once synonymous with Spain's centre-left, this is a political storm with no clear end in sight.
Read more on the story here 👉🏼 eurac.tv/9YyK#Euractiv#EUPolitics#Spain#Corruption
Reminder: this is Zapatero's SECOND probe. In May, Calama already launched a historic investigation into his alleged role in an influence-peddling and money-laundering network – linked partly to the controversial bailout of Venezuelan-linked airline Plus Ultra.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa during high-level talks in Mexico – breaking ranks with the EU's official diplomatic line.
This is bigger than a slip of the tongue. Here's why it matters. 🧵 1/6
This lands at a difficult moment:
• EEAS is already under internal pressure
• EU's Gaza response remains fragmented
• The remark puts Kallas personally at odds with key member states 5/6
The full exclusive goes deeper into the diplomatic fallout and what this means for EU foreign policy heading into summer.
Read it here 👇
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