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Mathieu Pollet @MathieuPollet_

Technology reporter at @POLITICOEurope. ☁️📶🛰️ — 📨 mpollet@politico.eu

Joined March 2018
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Timely and engaging discussion with @MathieuPollet_ @politico 's Event "Back in the game? Europe's race to #digital leadership". We delved into the strategic European agenda and the ambitions of the @CY2026EU in driving tangible progress across priorities and files critical to Europe’s #autonomy, #competitiveness, and long-term #resilience, including the much anticipated Digital Networks Act, now on the table.
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French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. With @Heroceane. 👇 politico.eu/article/french-l…

French lawmakers progress tax on American Big Tech amid huge pushback

PARIS — French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. France’s National A…

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🧶"It’s a direct attack on American companies, so it’s certain that on the other side of the Atlantic there will be retaliatory measures on other French sectors,” said a representative of a U.S. platform at @POLITICOEurope w/ @MathieuPollet_ politico.eu/article/french-l…

French lawmakers vote to hike tax on American tech giants

President Donald Trump has warned he would retaliate against any move that targets U.S. companies.

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6 Oct 2025
🔴 Info @POLITICOEurope : le parquet de Paris ouvre une enquête sur Siri, l’assistant vocal d’Apple. Apple est notamment accusé d’avoir utilisé des enregistrements d’utilisateurs à leur insu pour améliorer son service. Lisez-en plus dans mon article ⤵️ politico.eu/article/le-parqu…

Le parquet de Paris ouvre une enquête sur Siri, l’assistant vocal d’Apple

L’enquête fait suite à une plainte de la Ligue des droits de l’Homme, qui s’est appuyée sur le témoignage d’un lanceur d’alerte français. Apple est suspectée d’avoir utilisé des enregistremen…

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1 Oct 2025
Airbus, Siemens, Novo Nordisk and other industry heavyweights are preparing a pledge to invest billions in Europe if the EU follows through on plans to slash red tape and ease industrial hurdles. ow.ly/vgG650X4MZQ

You deregulate, we’ll invest billions, industry titans to tell EU

Airbus, Siemens among industry heavyweights to pressure EU to follow through on deregulation and competitiveness drive.

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11 Aug 2025
Spent the morning fighting with the wi-fi on an Italian high-speed train; gave up on Netflix; regretted not having downloaded any show in advance; then remembered @MathieuPollet_ predicted this all along, and I underestimated. I guess it's entirely on me politico.eu/article/why-inte…

Why Europe’s train Wi-Fi never works

Railway internet sucks — and despite some bright plans, even getting decent 5G will remain hit and miss for a while.

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Léo Lictevout 🇪🇺@LeoLct037
28 Jul 2025
Too lazy to work? Or you're on holidays and you already miss parliamentary work? Have fun with one of @Contexte's most ambitious editorial projects, the *checks notes* European Parliament brick-breaker 🕹️👾 contexte.com/eu/article/ener…

Infographic - Be a Hemicycle Hero - Contexte

Dominate the blocks and dominate the blocs! Learn more about the EU's elected chamber (and take out your summer frustrations) with Contexte’s parliamentary pinball game.

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La SDJ de l'AFP@SDJ_AFP
21 Jul 2025
Depuis que l’AFP a été fondée en août 1944, nous avons perdu des journalistes dans des conflits, nous avons eu des blessés et des prisonniers dans nos rangs, mais aucun de nous n’a le souvenir d’avoir vu un collaborateur mourir de faim. Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
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9 Jul 2025
Need help, @elonmusk? Europe’s got talent 🇪🇺
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9 Jul 2025
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of Elon Musk's social media platform X, is stepping down after two years cnn.it/3IhXyUq
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23 Jun 2025
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can't do anything about it politico.eu/article/donald-t…

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it

Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

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5 Jun 2025
Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ rules breach EU law, top court adviser says ow.ly/US9U106b3Hi

Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ rules breach EU law, top court adviser says

Legal opinion bolsters EU’s challenge against Viktor Orbán’s conservative culture war.

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5 Jun 2025
📣 [STAGE] Vous êtes étudiant(e) en journalisme et passionné(e) de politique ? Ça tombe bien: la team Playbook cherche un(e) nouvel(le) assistant(e) pour l'accompagner ces prochains mois. Envie de faire vos armes auprès d'une super équipe ? Écrivez-moi ebertholomey@politico.eu
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Pauline de Saint Remy@PauSR
4 Jun 2025
Protection de l'enfance en ligne : quand Aurore Bergé convoque et braque les plateformes, tandis que sa collègue en charge du Numérique Clara Chappaz tâche d'apaiser les choses... Les infos de @klaradurand_ et @Heroceane sont là, en accès libre : politico.eu/article/aurore-b…

Aurore Bergé veut réguler les influenceurs… et braque les plateformes

La ministre déléguée a convoqué lundi les principaux réseaux sociaux pour un sermon sur leur modération. Le coup médiatique a mis en délicatesse à la fois les plateformes et la ministre du Numériqu…

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28 May 2025
Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans' social media posts ow.ly/1onS106ahEe

Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans' social media posts

He called out Europe over speech crackdowns and pressures on U.S. tech platforms.

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Océane Herrero@Heroceane
28 May 2025
Info - La justice autorise Pavel Durov à se rendre à Dubaï dans le cadre d'une procédure de reconnaissance de paternité. Ce motif avait déjà justifié deux déplacements à Dubaï, en dérogation de son contrôle judiciaire - à lire sur @POLITICOEurope pro.politico.eu/news/199378

Pavel Durov autorisé à se rendre à Dubaï par la justice française

28 May 2025 - Pro Alert - By Océane Herrero

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28 May 2025
Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry ow.ly/N0Oj106afRr

Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry

EU also slams Beijing for “malicious cyber campaign.”

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Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham
22 May 2025
I don't like having to make corrections to my stories, but this was a new one on me After we reported EP named 5 lawmakers under suspicion in the Huawei probe, Huawei got in touch to insist that it has not, in fact, denied wrongdoing in the corruption scandal. Fair enough.
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The specter of Donald Trump looms large over the Cannes Film Festival, two weeks after the U.S. President threatened a new tariff on "foreign films." Must-read dispatch by @gioleali. 👇 politico.eu/article/cannes-f…

How Trump took over the world’s glitziest film festival

The U.S. president’s threats against foreign films are the talk of the town as the movie industry gathers in Cannes to celebrate cinema.

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DG CONNECT is going retro: laptops down, pens up, ties on. An internal memo obtained by POLITICO reveals the new (old-school) rules. 👇
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Put on a tie and get off your laptop, EU’s top tech officials told

Bureaucrats have been warned to speak only when spoken to when attending high-level meetings.

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