From Paris to Munich, JD Vance devoted his first trip overseas to ripping apart Europe's tech regulatory playbook — page by page.

Vance’s week of waging war on EU tech law

The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.

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Vance visiting Dachau and then meeting w the AfD and urging German politicians to welcome them into government is a "gotta hear both sides" for the ages.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · last yr.

meanwhile, in the foreign affairs department (www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...)

Incredible "Washington sent a questionnaire to European governments to scope out the continent’s willingness to protect Kyiv after the war, and gauge the price Europe is willing to pay in exchange for a seat at the negotiating table with Moscow." www.ft.com/content/25c3...

Europe is stuck with its tech rules - DSA, DMA, AI Act, GDPR Vance et al are specifically targeting them The author of one admitted they had become a major irritant What to do? Withdrawing would be 'suicide', they said. At the same time, enforcement looks unlikely They might be 'lettre morte'..

Mujtaba Rahman@mijrahman.bsky.social · last yr.

JD Vance's speech at MSC likely signals that Trump will bring EU regulation on digital/US tech into play, as in: you want a seat at the table in Ukraine negotiations, US security protection & no tariff war, then relax your regulations on our social media & tech platforms

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell has this advice for the bloc as he wraps up a five-year term: Get united and start taking decisions faster, or you won’t be taken seriously as a geopolitical player.

Europe still hasn’t understood language of power, says outgoing top EU diplomat

“Be more united, take decisions quicker. Events don’t wait for you,” Josep Borrell says.

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"Really strange strategy" - EU foreign ministers aren't impressed with Olaf Scholz speaking with Putin on the phone. Even Josep Borrell distanced himself. Asked if he would speak to Putin, the HRVP said: "I don't think so." www.politico.eu/article/seni...

‘Really strange strategy’: Senior European officials facepalm over Scholz’s Putin call

“It is very difficult for me to understand this,” says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.

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