Giovanna Faggionato

6 days ago | politico.eu | Gregorio Sorgi |Giovanna Faggionato |Giovanna Coi

BRUSSELS — Donald Trump called the European Union pathetic, so the EU set its sights on Silicon Valley to prove him wrong. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has come out swinging with a threat to tax the advertising revenues of digital services if trade talks with the United States president collapse. Few diplomats will dare say openly that von der Leyen’s move to target Big Tech is a bad idea.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Giovanna Faggionato

An EU diplomat from a small eastern country told POLITICO that even if countries at the border with Russia upped their defense spending by 20 percent, it wouldn’t be enough to secure Europe due to the smaller size of their respective economies. “We need everyone [to increase defense spending],” said the diplomat, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. Dombrovskis agreed that countries bordering Russia and Belarus were facing major risks and likely needed further support.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Giovanna Faggionato |Gregorio Sorgi

Officials signaled that these back-up options will dominate corridor chats in Warsaw. “What we are going to move towards is the global trade war, which reduces global growth, reduces the ability of countries to keep inflation under control,” Fabian Zuleeg, the chief executive of the European Policy Center think tank, said before Trump reversed course.

2 weeks ago | defenddemocracy.press | Gregorio Sorgi |Giovanna Faggionato

A supranational bank would sidestep the European Commission, involve the British, and allow defense-spending off the balance sheet. By Gregorio Sorgi and Giovanna Faggionato Apr 3. 2025British officials met select European allies at a discreet dinner in Brussels last week to hatch plans for a new defense fund designed to sidestep the European Commission, keep a lid on public debt and rearm faster.

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Ben Munster |Elena Giordano |Giovanna Faggionato

Jako liderka trzeciej co do wielkości gospodarki UE, Meloni, zdeklarowana transatlantystka, wyraźnie nie podziela coraz bardziej zdecydowanej retoryki Francji i Niemiec, że nadszedł czas, aby Europa zbudowała własne siły zbrojne i zastąpiła Amerykę jako głównego gwaranta bezpieczeństwa Ukrainy.