Fiona Alexander

2 months ago | cepa.org | Francis Harris |Fiona Alexander |Adam Kovacevich

2025 will be a year of dramatic political change in Central Europe. Poland will elect a new president and the pro-European Civic Platform has a chance to control both the presidency and the Sejm; parliamentary elections in Germany in February may produce a grand (but unhappy) coalition of Christian and Social Democrats; Austria may well appoint a prime minister from the extremist FPÖ; and the pro-Kremlin Slovak government may be forced into early parliamentary elections.

Jan 22, 2025 | cepa.org | Fiona Alexander |Adam Kovacevich |Oona Lagercrantz |Ronan Murphy

When the infant Internet took its first steps, the Clinton administration articulated a clear set of policies promoting a light touch role for government and a clear path for private sector leadership and innovation. The 1996 Telecommunications Act included the crucial “Section 230” providing liability protection. What was a nascent industry only a few decades earlier grew by 2021 to account for more than 10% of the US GDP. Today, no clear US tech policy exists.