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EU court rules Google, Apple must pay billions of euros in antitrust, tax cases

A top European Union court on Tuesday told Google it would have to pay a €2.4 billion fine brought forth by the bloc's antitrust regulators seven years ago, just as the court rejected Apple's final legal challenge against an order from the European Commission to repay €13 billion in back…

France 24

Why have Audi workers stolen 200 keys from a Brussels plant?

Audi workers confiscated hundreds of keys for completed and unfinished cars in a backlash to Volkswagen’s plans for plant closures.

Fortune

The EU issues fines to Google and Apple worth €15.4 billion

The American juggernauts have been tussling with the EU as the bloc cracks down on the clout of big tech companies.

Fortune

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D-Day For Apple, Google As EU Court To Rule On Major Cases

A top EU court will rule on Tuesday in a 13-billion-euro tax case involving Apple and Ireland, and could also deliver a victory for Brussels by upholding a multi-billion-euro fine against Google, in two eagerly awaited decisions.

International Business Times

Belgium accused of colonial-era crimes against humanity in Congo

Five mixed-race women demanding reparations from Belgium after being taken from their mothers in Congo 70 years ago took their fight to a Brussels appeals court Monday. The women accuse the country of crimes against humanity over a colonial-era practice that saw them taken from their families and placed in…

Radio France Internationale

Belgium's top migration official criticizes Hungary for threatening to bus migrants to Brussels

Belgium’s top migration official has criticized Hungary for threatening to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in retaliation against European Union policies

The Independent UK

France’s new PM welcomed by Brussels but faces uphill struggle at home

EU leaders have given France’s new PM Michel Barnier a warm welcome – but the former Brexit negotiator faces tough challenges, and opposition, on the domestic front.

Radio France Internationale

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Hungary Proposes Free One-Way Travel For Asylum Seekers

Hungary's government offers asylum seekers free travel to Brussels in protest against EU fines, sparking tensions and potential legal battle.

Top News

Hungary signals it's serious about sending buses of asylum seekers to EU headquarters

Hungary’s anti-immigrant government is signaling that it is serious about implementing a plan to provide asylum seekers free one-way travel to Brussels

The Independent UK

Clock is ticking again for Michel Barnier, France’s anorak-wearing, spreadsheet-loving new PM

A councillor at 22, now country’s oldest premier in modern history, the former Brexit negotiator must win over a divided parliament

The Guardian - UK

Gun crime soars as Brussels becomes new drug trafficking hub

Gun crime in Brussels has been skyrocketing in recent months, with the violence spreading to neighbourhoods long considered safe and quiet. Behind it are drug gangs, with the Belgian capital becoming a hub for narcotics that enter the country through the port of Antwerp. Authorities are blaming the trend towards…

France 24

Starmer’s Berlin trip was a real success. But let’s not confuse Germany with the EU

If the British prime minister wants a closer relationship with the EU, he needs to go to Brussels, not just Berlin and Paris says the German historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK

There’s a lesson for the EU from Britain’s riots: do more to prevent hatred and division – or violence follows

With the far right making gains in elections, Europe must improve on its dismal record of tackling racism and Islamophobia, writes Brussels-based commentator Shada Islam

The Guardian - UK

Eurostar delays to and from London after train hits tractor-trailer at crossing

Passengers described ‘chaos’ at Brussels station as Eurostar warned of ‘severe’ delays and cancellations

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Von der Leyen set to miss gender-balance target for EU top jobs

Goal of equal share of men and women in jeopardy after member states ignore request for male and female candidates

The Independent UK

Hungary says it will provide free one-way tickets to Brussels for migrants trying to enter the EU

Hungary’s anti-immigrant government has taken a hard line on people entering the country

The Independent UK

New Brussels to Venice sleeper train via the Austrian Alps to depart in February 2025

The journey will take 21 hours from start to finish

Radio France Internationale

China opens anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy imports in EV tariff rebuff

China opened an anti-subsidy probe into dairy imports from the European Union on Wednesday, stepping up tension with the bloc a day after Brussels published its revised tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles.

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Evening Standard

Keely Hodgkinson: Olympic 800m champion to miss rest of athletics season with minor injury

22-year-old had been due to race at the Diamond League in Brussels next month

International Business Times

EU Plans 36% Tariff On Chinese EVs, Lower For Tesla

The European Commission said Tuesday it plans to slap five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars, unless Beijing can offer an alternative solution to the damaging trade row over state subsidies.

Radio France Internationale

One year in, EU turning up heat in fight with big tech

If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel.

International Business Times

One Year In, EU Turning Up Heat In Big Tech Fight

Fortune

EU warns Elon Musk over X compliance—he fires back with vulgar 'Tropic Thunder' meme

The EU Commission forced to defend claims a strongly worded letter to Elon Musk was proof Brussels is interfering in U.S. elections.

Reason

E.U. Regulations Made the CrowdStrike Fiasco Much Worse

The Brussels Effect makes meddlesome European regulations a global problem.

The Guardian - UK

UK must apply existing Brexit deals before any reset in relations, says EU

Government told it must fully implement deals on EU citizens and Northern Ireland to show ‘commitment’ to good-faith reset

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