Henna Virkkunen makes Time's 100 most influential people

The magazine praised Virkkunen's stamina and leadership, saying Europe needs someone with endurance at a time of growing pressure.

https://yle.fi/a/74-20220953

#Virkkunen #stamina #leadership #Europe #pressure

RaiNews: Biennale Arte. Ue condanna riapertura padiglione Russia. Zelensky: propaganda culturale Mosca

Virkkunen e Micallef ricordano che la Commissione "ha espresso posizione chiara in merito all'illegale guerra di aggressione contro l'Ucraina"

Biennale Arte. EU condemns reopening of Russia pavilion. Zelensky: cultural propaganda Moscow

Virkkunen and Micallef recall that the Commission “has taken a clear position regarding the illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.”

#BiennaleArte #Russia #Zelensky #Moscow #Virkkunen #Micallef #Commission #Ukraine

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/biennale-arte-ue-condanna-riapertura-padiglione-russia-zelensky-propaganda-culturale-mosca-1815b10d-5416-4528-ada1-d3e82e80bcbb.html

The European Commission condemns the decision by the Fondazione Biennale to allow russia to re-open its national pavilion

#Biennale #EU #EuropeanCommission #Micallef #russia #Ukraine #Virkkunen #war

https://uatribune.com/en/the-european-commission-condemns-the-decision-by-the-fondazione-biennale-to-allow-russia-to-re-open-its-national-pavilion-and-notifies-of-further-actions-including-the-termination-of-an-ongoing-eu-gra/

Kunststück:
Gerade poppt überall die dpa Meldung auf, dass EU-Kommissarin Henna #Virkkunen laut @EUCommission jetzt auch einen Mastodon Account habe. Nur genannt wird dessen Adresse nirgendwo. 

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/mastodon-warum-eu-spitzenvertreter-trotz-x-kritik-fernbleiben-996115728210

Im Profilverzeichnis https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/directory auch nichts, evtl. ist die Auffindbarkeit nicht aktiviert?

Sounds like Tech Commissioner #Virkkunen is trying to reassure critics in the #EU on #DSA + #DMA enforcement:

“I have been working all the time on these topics. But of course, people, they have very different personal styles, I think,” she told #Politico.

“It’s important to stay calm, even if there are different kinds of attacks against this legislation,... We are fully enforcing the rules all the time and everybody can be ensured on that.”

“Our rules are not part of trade negotiations.”

Finally a response from @EUCommission Vice-President #Virkkunen on the American attacks against #democracy in Europe (unfortunately on #LinkedIn):

"The #DSA and #DMA are our sovereign legislations - Non-discriminatory, applying to all online platforms in the EU. Fully protecting our #FundamentalRights, including #FreedomOfExpression. I will keep enforcing them, for our kids, citizens and businesses."

Full letter ⬇️

@EUCommission VP Henna #Virkkunen promises series of #DSA decisions "in near future."

“We have now many investigations in the pipeline and in the coming weeks and months, there will be coming several decisions on this field,” Executive Vice President for Tech Sovereignty Henna Virkkunen told reporters at the #DigitalSummit organized by the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU in #Gdańsk.

#DigitalServicesAct #bigtech #digitalrights

The European Commission aims to have an AI chips factory on European soil, the European Commission’s executive vice president Henna #Virkkunen said Tuesday in an interview.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-wants-ai-chips-made-in-europe/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU