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French President Emmanuel Macron wants the G7 summit to tackle a flood of subsidized Chinese exports disrupting global markets. But even before leaders meet, it’s clear that credible action is one deliverable he won’t be able to land.

EU ambassadors have approved the final compromise on the bloc's reform of air passenger rights negotiated by the Cyprus Council presidency with the European Parliament, four diplomats told POLITICO.

EXCLUSIVE: NATO countries want to give the alliance’s top military commander more leeway to shoot down drones, according to two diplomats and one alliance official.

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Finance watchdogs have been on high alert since Anthropic unveiled its powerful new AI model, Mythos. The system’s advanced cyber capabilities have sparked fears it could be used to carry out devastating hacks on critical infrastructure. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d95qwQs9

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has sharply criticized a Cypriot proposal to trim the EU’s long-term budget, describing the plan as “unaffordable” and “unbalanced.”

Europe’s most powerful economic officials are facing a dilemma: how to respond to the Iran war without repeating errors that followed past crises. Their decisions will shape the continent’s economic future for years to come.

The U.K. defense plans were supposed to lay the groundwork for a rearmament drive to deter Russia and reinforce Britain's role in NATO. Instead, it's turned into a political and defense-policy crisis.

Advanced artificial intelligence models such as Anthropic’s Mythos “can be used to destroy the financial system” if adopted by bad actors, Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.