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18 hours ago | politico.eu | Eliza Gkritsi

The European Union on Wednesday threw the first stone in a long fight — fining Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros for breaking digital antitrust rules. That prompted an immediate question: What about X? The platform formerly known as Twitter has been in the EU’s sights under a parallel tech regulation, the Digital Services Act, since its content moderation and staffing policies were overhauled when the world’s richest man Elon Musk bought it in 2022.

1 day ago | politico.eu | Seb Starcevic

A Swedish reporter detained in Turkey could be jailed for 12 years if convicted of insulting the country’s president and on terrorism charges, his employer said Wednesday. Joakim Medin, a journalist for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was arrested upon arriving in Turkey last month to cover nationwide protests that erupted after the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a popular opposition leader and primary challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

1 day ago | politico.eu | Noah Keate

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: The government’s stance on sex and gender. After a landmark verdict from Britain’s highest court, Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch probed Prime Minister Keir Starmer on his true views — and whether he’d changed his mind.

2 days ago | politico.eu | Carlo Martuscelli

The International Monetary Fund sharply downgraded its U.S. growth forecast, while also lowering its outlook for the eurozone and China on the back of President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz. The U.S. is now seen as growing by 1.8 percent this year, a 0.9 percentage point reduction from its January estimate, according to the IMF’s new World Economic Outlook, which is published twice a year.

2 days ago | politico.eu | Aitor Hernández-Morales

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday promised to meet NATO's target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense by the end of the year in a revolution of the country's current diffident approach to military budgets. Citing the "rapidly evolving geopolitical and economic context," Sánchez said the country would spend an additional €10.4 billion on defense, raising its total military expenditures to around €34 billion.