EU blindsided by von der Leyen’s Canada ‘associate member’ pitch

The EU has close relationships with many non-member countries, but only its 27 members have a seat in the bloc’s core political institutions and a formal role in making EU law. A new model of membership “would actually…

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Hugging Face CEO: Advanced AI models require new transparency mandates

That doesn’t mean Congress needs to create a raft of new regulations prohibiting malicious cyberattacks, Hugging Face CEO and co-founder Clem Delangue said Wednesday during the POLITICO Decoded Summit in D.C. But he said…

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No matter how deranged and delusional your podcast is, Liz Truss can go further | John Crace

Probably both. But some things feel older than time itself. Like Liz Truss trying to persuade the world she was right all along. Most former prime ministers leave Downing Street relatively quietly. Lord Big Dave, the…

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More than £2m spent by government on influencers since July 2024

Departments have used influencers to promote campaigns on topics including career development, how to access benefits, as well as recruitment of teachers and prison officers. Of those providing figures, the Department…

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Von der Leyen fleshes out Carney’s vision to paint Europe as leader of world’s middle powers

She added that the EU wanted to “build global coalitions for our resilience and democracies. And here too only Europe ― with its size and power ― can take the lead.” For the head of the EU’s executive branch, who’s now…

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New EU security proposals risk fresh turf war with NATO

No other capital has invoked it since. Duplication drama There are few details on von der Leyen’s ideas. Earlier European security council proposals — which the EU has rejected — include the idea of capitals delegating…

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Anthropic policy chief says winning AI race key for safety

“The United States needs to stay in the lead on AI, and you can’t do safety from second place,” the head of public policy said at POLITICO’s Decoded summit in Washington, echoing an argument often made by President…

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Union claims victory as ministers agree to fully fund pay rise for teachers in England

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) were due to vote in a ballot for strike action next month over the government's recent pay offer which provided for a 3.5% increase from this month, with an additional 3%…

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Germany to send fighter jets to Latvia during election amid drone threat

Authorities later said the August aircraft was Ukrainian and had likely entered Latvian airspace from Belarus after being affected by Russian electronic warfare. Latvia’s defense ministry has warned that further foreign…

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UK politics: Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – as it happened

We are not that. Already I have taken difficult decisions in this job, in relation to re-prioritising government spending, putting digital ID on hold, for instance. So it's not the case that we aren't going to take…

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