Théophane Hartmann

EU eyes Canada joining Europe's Starlink alternative, IRIS² It also retains the idea of granting 🇨🇦 cloud providers EU's sovereignty label. @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-eyes...

EXCLUSIVE: Key telecoms law @michalkobosko.bsky.social suggests reopening roaming rules The Polish lead rapporteur eyes accelerating reductions in wholesale caps @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/exclusi...

First @consilium.europa.eu compromise on EU telecoms law clarifies rules for Big Tech But the draft document does not touch on copper switch-off or spectrum licences @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/first-c...

EU to finance new undersea cable to Greenland The initiative is part of a €200 million investment package announced by von der Leyen last month @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-to-f...

Europe's @orange.com, Deutsche Telekom, @vodafonegroup.bsky.social & @telefonica-en.bsky.social confirm bid for EU satellite spectrum But they have no plan to invest in European satellite constellation yet @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/europes...

Opposition to the @ec.europa.eu's proposed €40 billion AI chip manufacturing initiative extends beyond the @consilium.europa.eu, with former Chips Act shadow rapporteur Eva Maydell also expressing concerns in an interview with @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/intervi...

Parliament's roaming fix spooks telcos MEPs eye using DNA to lower wholesale roaming fees, but telcos fear it'll be a boon to US Big Tech @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/parliam...

EPP's 'Made in Europe' opposition does not cover tech, say key MEPs But tech sovereignty should be open to trusted partners, they also say @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/epps-ma...

EU defence agency calls for sovereign military cloud The EU must also tackle 'overreliance' on foreign AI applications, the report says @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-defe...

Legal advisors greenlight protectionist EU cloud law Questions about storing military data remain @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/legal-a...

As the EU scrambles to triple its compute capacity and accelerate data centre build-outs, citizens are increasingly concerned that the push will have unwanted knock-on effects. Read my @euractiv.com feature here: www.rapporteur.com/news/the-eus...

Ireland pitches lower priority of EU AI chips production Such an AI chip plant could swallow much of funding pot, 16 EU countries previously warned @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/ireland...

@ec.europa.eu eyes granting Canadian cloud providers sovereignty Draft joint-declaration floats 'associated country status' under EU's Cloud and AI Development Act @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: Lead MEP eyes increased scrutiny of EU data centre push Sergey Lagodinsky wants to cut cloud sovereignty certification choices and add sustainability audits to CAIDA EU needs “good compute, not any compute”, the MEP wrote. @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: France proposes expanding cloud sovereignty law to entire IT sector Expanding the rules would create a massive inflow of public spending into European alternatives @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/exclusi...

@ec.europa.eu proposes fallback comms plan for emergency services Space-based EU ‘system of systems' will aim to link up police, firefighting and rescue units @euractiv.com www.rapporteur.com/news/eu-prop...

EU countries add SpaceX monitoring clause to spectrum law US giant might be using EchoStar's EU spectrum licence after buying it last year @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...

16 EU countries worry AI chips facility could eat up budget By contrast, Germany emphasised the growth potential of AI chip @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/16-eu-c...

A interesting telecom-related exclusive from my @euractiv.com budget colleague Victoria Becker & Sarantis Michalopoulos Greece proposed to dedicate part of national spectrum auctions money to fund the EU budget & the European Strategic Technology Equity Fund www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

@ec.europa.eu puts out criteria for rating data centre sustainability But rating scheme remains declarative, with no requirement for third party audits @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

EXCLUSIVE: MEPs push for stronger sovereignty rules in spectrum award 🛰️Centrist MEPs tabled provisions to increase the chances of European companies securing licensing rights to the three available EU spectrum blocs for space-to-Earth communications @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

European telcos spy US role in satellite-to-phone coalition Analysis from Deutsche Telekom, @vodafonegroup.bsky.social, Telefónica and @orange.com documents, suggests they’re looking to lean on US satellite providers to deliver space services @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/europea...

Ukraine opens talks to join EU secure satellite systems, says @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu IRIS² would allow EU and Ukrainian militaries to coordinate in one system @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/ukraine...

Macron calls on European telcos to forge space-internet alliance The French president calls for an industrial "direct-to-device" consortium @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/macron-...

EXCLUSIVE: EU customs data cloud-tender excludes US companies @ec.europa.eu tender worth €136 million applies "SEAL-3" cloud sovereignty criteria @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

As @ec.europa.eu publishes new public procurement rules today, @maximilian-henning.eurosky.social, @steporciello.bsky.social, Thomas Moller-Nielsen and I looked at the range of measures designed to favour EU alternatives over US and Chinese suppliers @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-proc...

Far right rapporteur shows limited shift in space law talks Space junk rules were extended to US constellations SpaceX, Amazon, per document obtained by @euractiv.com, but reciprocal EU-US market access remains unresolved www.euractiv.com/news/far-rig...

European satellites to boost Greenland’s internet connectivity Brussels backs Starlink rivals as it deepens its Arctic ties @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/europea...

Planned EU tech sovereignty fund will help scale robotics Incoming equity fund will supply "billions" for robotics startups, says @ec.europa.eu deputy DG @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/planned...

Right-to-far-right space law coalition could boost orbital debris Italian ECR rapporteur's latest amendments eye deregulating collision avoidance @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/right-t...

Right-to-far-right space law coalition could boost orbital debris Italian ECR rapporteur's latest amendments eye deregulating collision avoidance @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/right-t...

What internet speeds are needed to drive the AI economy? Would you say it's rather 1,000 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s? The 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇸 starkly disagree. More in today’s @euractiv.com edition of The Hack Daily Pro newsletter.: www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...

🪖Drones, planes and tanks must train AI onboard, Scaleout's CEO Andreas Hellander told us. As data centres become targets in armed conflicts, 🇸🇪 Scaleout offers federated AI training using devices at the frontline @euractiv.com interview with Charles Cohen www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...

As the US administration now vows to dismantle the EU-based International Criminal Court "brick by brick", I took a look at how the EU can face down Donald Trump's tech aggression A @euractiv.com summer (and longer) read: www.euractiv.com/news/how-the...

Although the 2030 Digital Decade Policy Programme sets in stone that the @ec.europa.eu should review the targets by 30 June 2026, the EU executive is planning to delay the review until 2027 @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/review-...

Expect six months delay on the publication of EU's first quantum tech regulation The Quantum Act was originally planned for publication between April and June 2026, but the @ec.europa.eu now appears to be eyeing the end of the year @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eus-fir...

Following any EU major crisis, @ec.europa.eu's former tech chief @thierrybreton.bsky.social shares views on what the EU should or should not have done in enforcing the Digital Services Act The Ceuta migration crisis is no different. Read more on @euractiv.com at: www.euractiv.com/news/breton-...

Exclusive from Miriam Saenz de Tejada: The @ec.europa.eu considers replacing US tech in recruitment tool The EU executive is weighing European cloud and AI alternatives for a new digital recruitment tool after staff raised privacy concerns @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

EU's network of AI gigafactories could span 12 countries But gigafactory bids show national infrastructure is favoured - My analysis for @euractiv.com: www.euractiv.com/news/eus-net...

The @ec.europa.eu finally published a AI Gigafactory call-for-tender with €5 billion in EU funding to build a network of 7 'big' and 'small' AI hubs But each AI hub can itself be a network 🇩🇪 bids for 'big', while 🇫🇷 bids for 'small' AI Gigafactory. @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-fina...

MEPs line up against @ec.europa.eu veto over telco competition remedies Key legislators in IMCO committee also want changes to copper switch-off date and spectrum licences - @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/meps-li...

@ec.europa.eu confirms delay to EU satellite imagery over Iran war Council considered possible threats to European interests, says EU's executive @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

INTERVIEW: Cloud law rapporteur to focus on capacity building Europe must build enough data centres to serve its future economy, Spanish MEP and Cloud and AI Development Act co-rapporteur Diego Solier told @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...

Still no sign of EU data centre sustainability rating plan key to CAIDA Scheme for measuring energy efficiency and more was initially expected on 3 June - @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/still-n...

EU readies €140 million push to spin up sovereign AI servers Calls for AI chips for data centres come as EU's dependence on foreign suppliers is close to 100% - @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/eu-read...