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Two days ago, minutes before the markets went crazy over Donald Trump’s announcement of a suspension of trade tariffs, something strange happened in the options world. Something that, according to many analysts and observers, cannot simply be attributed to chance or intuition. Just before the announcement, or rather just before that strange invitation by the […]

Despite the fact that the chronicle daily disproves both the anti-apocalyptic confidence of the relativists and normalisers of the Maga phenomenon and the enthusiasm of the apostles and apologists of the new American Messiah, the prevailing attitude in the ruling classes of the former Euro-Atlantic West continues to be that of waiting for the flood […]

The European Union is preparing to launch an offensive to attract researchers from the United States in response to recent cuts in research funding by the US government. Twelve European governments have urged the European Commission to develop a coordinated plan to welcome scholars who may face difficulties overseas, underlining the urgency of concrete action […]

This month, in the United States, the price of a dozen eggs has exceeded$ 8, due to the ongoing avian flu pandemic . A prohibitive sum for most American families, in a country where the monstrous figure of about 290 eggs per person per year is consumed. The emergency, apparently improving, has led to an […]

Climate change is an increasingly less debated and central issue in the public debate, despite the fact that it is an issue of enormous relevance for the future of the human race. Today, the EU emits 7-8% of Co2 emissions, the US 16% and China 33%. The West, thanks to decades of technological innovation, has […]

According to a study conducted by Whitney Economics, 70 % of marijuana growers and sellers in the United States still operate illegally, although to date 24 states have legalised its recreational use (in addition to Washington D.C. and other unincorporated territories) and 39 states permit its medical use. In addition, there are states, such as […]

Three months after the entry into force of the new Highway Code, the Italian catering sector is experiencing a dramatic moment, with an impressive drop in the consumption of alcoholic beverages. A survey carried out on a sample of 20,000 restaurateurs revealed that 59% of them recorded a drop in turnover, highlighting a worrying drop […]

The European Union continues its strategy of investment in Artificial Intelligence with theannouncement of six new AI Factories. These new technology hubs will strengthen theEuropean ecosystem for development and innovation in Artificial Intelligence, with an additional investment of EUR 485 million. The new 6 AI Factories The six new AI Factories announced by the European […]

A Moscow-based disinformation network called ‘Pravda’ – Russian for ‘truth’ – is pursuing an ambitious strategy, deliberately infiltrating data retrieved from artificial intelligence chatbots, publishing false claims and propaganda with the aim of influencing the responses of AI models on topical issues, rather than directly targeting human readers, an audit by the NewsGuard journalism team […]

It is now just under a month until 2 April, the fateful date indicated by Donald Trump as the deadline for the imposition of 25% duties “on cars and everything else” on the European Union. The US President’s move is increasingly taking on the connotations of a retaliation with the ultimate aim of persuading the […]

Talk about an attack on freedom of expression. Reality is sending the accusations back to the malevolent sender – US Vice-President JD Vance – and all his impromptu supporters. The arrest of Călin Georgescu in Romania represents a turning point in the defence of the country’s constitutional order and democratic stability. The operation is not […]

The United States – in the new predatory mode of the Trumpian era – extends its hand towards the treasure hidden underground in Kyiv – titanium, lithium, rare earths – promising investments in exchange for a slice of the proceeds and evoking security guarantees that are not yet there. But as the draft circulates online […]

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, particularly Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have played a visible diplomatic role in the Russia-Ukraine war. Saudi Arabia’s hosting of the high-profile US-Russia talks on 18 February 2025 — the first since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — and the UAE’s simultaneous reception of Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, mirrored their careful balancing act as they seek to navigate relations with Kyiv, Moscow, Ankara, Tehran and the West while pursuing their strategic interests. The GCC’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war is […]

In the heart of the Pacific, Taiwan is at the centre of an unprecedented constitutional crisis, marked by growing tensions between the executive and the legislature. The country is going through a critical phase that tests the resilience of its democratic institutions. Violence in parliamentary halls, escalating political rhetoric and aggressive legal manoeuvres are eroding […]

From the pages of the Financial Times, in statements of rare candour, Mario Draghi comments that ‘Europe has managed to impose duties on itself’. Not only duties, actually: to these, one must add suicidal regulations and odious levies. The wine sector, too, is now in danger of learning this, despite itself, as it tries to […]

It is recent news of the executive order signed by Donald Trump to strengthen the powers of the DOGE, the government department aimed at evaluating public spending in terms of ‘efficiency’ (vaguely defined to tell the truth) and which a few days ago received the power to be able to approve or not approve all […]

The price of gas has risen strongly again, exceeding 59 euros per megawatt-hour, twice as much as a year ago. This is a value not seen since January 2023 and which worries both households, struggling with ever-higher bills, and businesses, which are seeing production costs rise. But what is driving this surge? Two main factors: […]

It is an awakening coming from Brussels and making itself felt as far as Paris: the European Union has announced the creation of a €20 billion EU fund to promote research and innovation in artificial intelligence. The goal, declared by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is to mobilise up to €200 billion in […]

In December 2024, Meta analysts detect abnormal surveillance activity conducted through Graphite, an advanced spyware software developed by the Israeli company Paragon Solutions, used to infiltrate the devices of WhatsApp users. The attack is detected and blocked, but in the meantime around 90 people in more than 14 European countries areaffected, includingactivists, journalists and members […]

For the first time, a pornographic application is available on the iPhone. It is called Hot Tub and was launched in Europe through AltStore PAL, one of the alternative stores to Apple’s official App Store. If this news may seem like just a mouthy curiosity, it actually hides something much deeper: behind Hot Tub lies […]

On 8 July 2023, in the centre of the city of Liman, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which has been battered by the Russian invasion, a Smerč missile launch by the Russian army resulted in nine civilian casualties and more than ten injured. This is not the first time these cluster rocket launchers have […]

While in the United States big tech vies for supremacy in artificial intelligence with billion-dollar private investments, the European Union is focusing on OpenEuroLLM, a €37 million project to develop open-source, transparent and multilingual large language models (LLM). Does this initiative really have the potential to make a difference, or is it just yet another […]

In recent years,generative artificial intelligence has been dominated by US and Chinese companies, with OpenAI, DeepSeek and DeepMind leading the way, while Europe seems to have remained on the sidelines of this technological revolution. In response to this situation, a group of former Meta and Google DeepMind researchers founded Mistral AI in 2023 in France, […]

The EU Competitiveness Compass has just been launched by the Commission. As always, it is a dull-looking, dense and technical policy document, full of regulatory references, quantitative targets and strategic roadmaps. But don’t be fooled by the bureaucratic appearance: if read carefully, crucial issues for Europe’s economic future emerge. Here on L’Europeista we try to […]

In the world of artificial intelligence, GPUs, i.e. graphics processors, have become a key element for training and executing machine learning models. To date, Nvidia has dominated this sector with its series of advanced chips, such as the H100, and a proprietary software ecosystem, CUDA, which has made its hardware almost irreplaceable. However, the growing […]

While the world accelerates towards a future shaped by artificial intelligence, the European Union seems busy putting brakes and constraints that risk becoming a cage rather than a guide. On 2 February 2025, when the bans set by the AI Act come into force, a turning point will be marked that could have profound consequences […]

The possibility of the Trump administration imposing selective tariffs on a specific EU country, such as Denmark, represents an extremely complex challenge to the European project, even one that could jeopardise the very survival of the EU. This scenario – made even more delicate by the geopolitical context of Greenland – raises crucial questions about […]

The war of the Americas has begun. Donald Trump has found a new enemy: Colombia, a historical ally of the United States. Colombian President Gustavo Petro‘s decision to reject two military planes with deported migrants has triggered a brutal reaction: 25% duties on all Colombian exports and threats of economic escalation. An impulsive move, more […]

Donald Trump’s second term as president of the United States begins with a series of decisions destined to leave their mark on the cryptocurrency industry. In addition to the controversial launch of the $Trump memecoin, the president has signed a series of executive orders that aim to regulate the cryptocurrency industry and cement the US’s […]

After a prolonged period of asphyctic growth, Germany’s GDP contracted by 0.2% in 2024, confirming the downward trend already reported the previous year (-0.3%). The causes of the setback for the now former ‘locomotive of Europe‘ are many, as reported by Vincenzo D’Arienzo in his analysis for our pages: above all, the massive unsuccessful investments […]

Project Stargate, launched by Donald Trump with fanfare and attached executive orders, has attracted global attention as the most ambitious plan ever conceived in the field of artificial intelligence. With a declared value of $500 billion spread over four years, Stargate aims to consolidate American leadership in the technology sector and foster a new wave […]

‘Doing the accounts without the innkeeper‘, or rather, without the shareholder. This is how one can sum up the disgraceful administration of Bernard Looney, the former CEO of BP who resigned suddenly last year due to inappropriate relations with some employees. The British energy giant is going through a period of deep crisis due to […]

Four of these companies admit to sending personal data of Europeans to China, while the other two speak of transfers to unspecified ‘third countries’, which are assumed to include China. However, according to EU law, data transfers outside the EU are only allowed if the destination country guarantees an equivalent level of protection. Since China, […]

According to the European Commission’s autumn forecast, eurozone GDP is expected to grow by 0.7-0.8% year-on-year in 2024. This is, if we exclude the -6.1% slump attributable to the pandemic in 2020, the second lowest value recorded in the last 10 years after the 2023 figure, in which growth was limited to a paltry +0.4%. […]

In an increasingly unpredictable world, the news reported by Kommersant is surprising: Russia will buy gas from Europe via an intermediary company to meet Transnistria‘s needs, with the costs covered by the Russian state budget. Russia, historically a major energy power, forced to buy gas from Europe seems a paradox. Sanctions, war in Ukraine and […]

The United States has introduced restrictions on the export of advanced AI chips, a decision that is likely to create a sharp division among EU member states. Seventeen countries, including Poland and Romania, will face restrictions on access to this strategic technology, while ten others, including Italy and France, will be exempt. Which countries can […]

The trilateral agreement between Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emiratesto build a billion euro energy infrastructure is a concrete step towards a more sustainable energy future in Europe. Announced during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the project envisages the production and transport of clean energy from Albania to Italy via an underwater connection in the […]

In the run-up to Donald Trump’s inauguration as president on 20 January 2025, Meta has announced significant changes that mark a clear alignment with its policies between lobbying and a turnaround in content moderation. The platform announced the inclusion of new members to its board of directors, including Italian John Elkann and Dana White, former […]

In two releases, one dated 29 and one dated 30 December 2024, the company InfoCert, provider of the SPID digital identity service, confirmed that it had been the victim of a hacker attack in which the personal data of 5.5 million people had been breached. Specifically, a database used to manage customer service requests to […]

Today is a day that will go down in the history books: 1 January 2025 marks the beginning of a new era for Europe. With the end of the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian pipelines has officially ended, definitively closing a chapter in which Moscow dictated the rules […]

On 10 December,ISTAT released data on Italian industrial production in October, which recorded a 3.6% year-on-year drop, weighed down by the sinking automotive(-40%) and clothing sectors. With October, the country thus reaches the twenty-first consecutive month of reduction in the index in question, which is now at its lowest level since the beginning of the […]

Advanced supercomputer adorned with European Union flags, located in a brightly lit server room, symbolizing Europe’s involvement in enhancing its technological capabilities with the European AI Factories

The AI Act, the European Union’s first attempt to organically regulate artificial intelligence, promises to reconcile technological innovation and the protection of fundamental rights. However, beyond declarations of principle, the legislation raises more than one doubt, leaving room for criticism on both a conceptual and practical level. The two souls of the AI Act The […]

Germany has long presented itself as a global model, both in the fight against climate change and in the management of social and migration policies. However, the current picture tells a different story: the country, suffocated by bureaucracy and high costs, is now facing a deep economic and social crisis. The myth of the German […]

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have access to a £55 million (around €65 million) fortune held in an account at the HSBC bank in London. A country that is a leader in the defence of human rights and international legality cannot allow the dirty money of […]

Being liberal means supporting free trade based on reciprocity. Signing a free trade agreement with Mercosur – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay – without guaranteeing a level playing field risks penalising European companies. The European Union, with the Green Deal, has set ambitious targets for environmental and social sustainability. European companies face strict standards and […]

The recent infographic by the Euro Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) paints a vivid picture of the growing economic ties between the European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Over the past decade, trade between the two regions has more than doubled, underscoring their deepening interdependence. Yet, the significance of this relationship extends far […]

Those who watched last night’s football match between AC Milan and Red Star Belgrade, which was valid for the sixth round of the Champions League, will probably have noticed that on the shirts of the players of the Serbian team stands a ‘peculiar’ sponsor : Gazprom. This is a huge inconsistency not only for UEFA, […]

A few years ago a directoire met in Europe. There was the Greek crisis, and the four largest countries – Italy, considered a Pigs (a country at financial risk), France, Germany and the UK – met to talk about welfare. The British were still in the EU, time flies, but the problems remain. Nothing was […]

Last Wednesday, Luca Angelini, from the pages of Corriere della Sera, posed a rhetorical question to readers on the subject of cars: “what if the reason for the slump in sales is simply that they cost too much?” It would be all too convenient to fall into the demagogic temptation of putting the reasons for […]

Andrea Stroppa, shareholder of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and xAI, considered to be ‘Musk’s man’ in Italy, issues a warning about the European car industry. According to him, the crisis does not stem from electric motors but from production methods:‘The crisis of cars in Europe does not stem from electric motors, but from how they are […]

Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Bank of Italy, turned the spotlight on one of the most controversial and ambitious issues for the future of the European Union: the introduction of Eurobonds. In a context marked by energy crises, ecological transition and the need for economic revival, Panetta called for overcoming the old rules of the […]

The crisis that the automotive sector is going through is not limited to the energy transition to electric or the growing concern about climate change. It is a sign of a deeper change, an epochal transition involving cultural, social and philosophical priorities. The car, symbol of 20th century modernity, is losing centrality in a society […]

Carlos Tavares announced his resignation as CEO of Stellantis on 1 December 2024, ending a leadership that left behind more shadows than lights. Initially celebrated as a visionary leader, his management proved to be an amalgam of short-sighted strategies, internal conflicts and an inability to adapt to the dynamics of a rapidly changing automotive market. […]

With European duties on Chinese electric cars coming into force, the European car market faces a new era of trade tensions. The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties of up to 35% to defend local manufacturers against the wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, which are accused of benefiting from unfair state subsidies. In response, […]

Angela Merkel, a central figure in European politics for more than a decade, is back in the news with her memoir, entitled ‘Freedom’, out today in thirty countries. In the book, the former German Chancellor addresses one of the most controversial issues in German economic policy: the so-called debt brake, a constitutional provision introduced during […]

On 28 October, the FBI (in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in Europe, the UK, and Australia) conducted Operation Magnus, seizing servers and acquiring the source code of the infamous infostealer RedLine, an example of MaaS (Malware-as-a-Service) active since 2020, which has compromised millions of users worldwide by stealing sensitive data such as credit card […]