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How Viktor Orbán laid traps to stop his successor from running Hungary https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-laid-traps-stop-successor-running-hungary/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Hungarianelections2026 #Hungarianpolitics #Competitionrules #Infrastructure #Transparency #Competition #Environment #healthcare #Parliament #Austerity #Buildings #Companies #Democracy #Education #Elections #EUaffairs #Judiciary #RuleofLaw #Lobbying #Playbook #Security #Budget
How Viktor Orbán laid traps to stop his successor from running Hungary

The country’s current leader has put loyalists in key public institutions who will be able to thwart the budgets and legislation of any new prime minister.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 26, 2025
Apple rejigs App Store rules to stave off daily EU fines https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-app-store-eu-fine-epic-games-digital-markets-act/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Competition #Technology #Services #BigTech #digital #Markets
Apple rejigs App Store rules to stave off daily EU fines

The European Commission fined Apple €500 million in April for breaking the EU’s Big Tech competition rules.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 24, 2025
After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/european-fines-big-tech-trump-00306670?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Negotiations #Competition #SocialMedia #Innovation #Regulatory #Technology #Technology #Antitrust #Companies #Platforms #Conflict #Industry #Lobbying #Security #Services #Tradewar #digital #Markets #Privacy #Tariffs #Policy #Media #Radar
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 23, 2025
Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes https://www.politico.eu/article/sd-urges-eu-tech-chief-to-wrap-up-content-probes-into-us-big-tech/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #DigitalServicesAct #Contentmoderation #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Competition #Enforcement #Technology #Companies #Platforms #Breaches #Services #digital #Markets
Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen is facing growing pressure to wrap up investigations into TikTok, Meta and X.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Apr 2, 2025
Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’ https://www.politico.eu/article/trumps-antitrust-agency-chief-blasts-eu-digital-rules-as-taxes-on-american-firms/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #Competition/antitrust #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Competition #Innovation #Technology #Antitrust #Companies #Americas #Startups #Tradewar #BigTech #digital #Markets #Courts #Trade #Trade #Tax
Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

As trade war escalates, Andrew Ferguson says he doesn’t like “Brussels bureaucrats being given the power basically to level fines.”

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Mar 31, 2025
EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-set-fine-apple-meta-amid-escalating-trade-war/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Competition #Enforcement #Regulation #Technology #Antitrust #Tradewar #BigTech #digital #Markets #Tariffs #TradeUK #Trade #Trade
EU set to fine Apple and Meta amid escalating trade war

The Commission’s first fines under its Digital Markets Act are expected this week.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Mar 20, 2025
EU throws down gauntlet to Trump with Apple, Google rulings https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-donald-trump-google-apple-rulings-dma-tech/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #Informationtechnology #DigitalMarketsAct #Competitionrules #Competition #Enforcement #Regulation #Antitrust #Services #BigTech #Markets #Trade #Apps
EU throws down gauntlet to Trump with Apple, Google rulings

U.S. tech giants must overhaul key products, the European Commission rules.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Sep 3, 2024
EU court rips up Commission’s killer acquisition tool https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-court-rips-up-commissions-killer-acquisition-tool/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #NonCommunicablediseases #Businessandcompetition #Mergersandacquisitions #Competition/antitrust #Competitionrules #Courtdecisions #Innovation #HealthCare #mergers #Cancer #Courts
EU court rips up Commission’s killer acquisition tool

Judges tell merger regulators to stop scooping up anti-competitive deals outside revenue thresholds.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 21, 2023
Football’s UEFA and FIFA lose EU court bid to halt breakaway Super League https://www.politico.eu/article/footballs-uefa-and-fifa-lose-eu-court-bid-to-halt-breakaway-super-league/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #Competitionrules #Courtdecisions #Competition #Antitrust #Courts #Sport
Football’s UEFA and FIFA lose EU court bid to halt breakaway Super League

The organizations were ‘abusing a dominant position,’ says Court of Justice.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Sep 20, 2023
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends China’s invitation to AI summit https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-chancellor-jeremy-hunt-defends-chinas-invitation-to-ai-summit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #ArtificialIntelligence #Businessandcompetition #Mergersandacquisitions #ResearchandDevelopment #Competitionrules #Biotechnology #Intelligence #Surveillance #TechnologyUK #Environment #Regulation #Regulatory #Technology #Technology #Antitrust #Companies #Research #BigTech
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt defends China’s invitation to AI summit

Hunt begins a multi-day visit to major US tech companies on Wednesday as the country aims to expand its own artificial intelligence and life sciences industries.

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