Nicolas Barré

2 days ago | politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Nicholas Vinocur |Nicolas Barré

PARIS  —  The European Union’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is accusing his former boss Ursula von der Leyen of overseeing an “authoritarian drift” during her tenure leading the European Commission.

1 month ago | opg.optica.org | Nicolas Barré |Marc Brunel |Université de Rennes

Freeform optics provides precise control of light for beam shaping and mode conversion, but designing volumetric micro-optical elements requires efficient, low-runtime simulation methods. The wave propagation method (WPM) offers a fast alternative to full-wave solvers for high-index-contrast and non-paraxial systems but lacks differentiability, preventing its use with gradient descent methods for inverse design.

Jan 28, 2025 | politico.eu | Jordyn Dahl |Nicolas Barré

The EU should impose “minimum local content” rules to protect the industry from foreign competition, according to a demand from a coalition of some of Europe’s biggest automotive suppliers. It’s a response to the growing troubles of the car industry, which has seen demand for electric vehicles slump while worries rise about a possible flood of Chinese cars into the EU and whether U.S. President Donald Trump will unleash a global tariff war.

Jan 8, 2025 | politico.eu | Clea Caulcutt |Sarah Paillou |Nicolas Barré

It’s unclear to what part of the inauguration Zemmour and Knafo were invited or who exactly reached out to them. POLITICO has contacted the Trump transition team for comment.

Nov 12, 2023 | worldcrunch.com | Nicolas Barré |Federico Taddia

BEIRUT — “Go to Place de l’Etoile, you'll find me there.” At the appointed time that morning, the square where the Lebanese Parliament is located is deserted. The silence of an abandoned city reigns, like in a Hitchcock scene, broken only by the raspy meows of two furious cats. Since the explosion at the port of Beirut on August 8, 2020, the surroundings of the building have been the image of a ghostly power. Vacant.