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- French PM François Bayrou survived the five-hour grilling over the child abuse scandal without any major slip-ups. But he did not appear to present strong enough evidence to put the matter to rest.
- The EU wants countries to speed up visa procedures to attract US researchers. Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva told us at our #POLITICOAITech summit that the EU's executive branch plans to make some proposals to improve coordination among countries.
- Germany will take more responsibility for Europe's defense by building the biggest army in the EU, conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a wide-ranging speech in the Bundestag today.
- Donald Trump has "significantly weakened" the Western alliance and undermined Ukraine's ability to hold off Russia, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told POLITICO in an interview. Read the full story: ow.ly/w61V50VSozE
- German police have arrested three people accused of working for Russian intelligence to plan bomb attacks inside Germany.
- There’s “a lack of understanding of what is really happening with AI — how transformative it’s going to be, how beneficial but also dangerous intelligence … could be if we don’t manage the risk at the same time of deploying the benefit, @yoshuabengio.bsky.social says. #POLITICOAITech
- 🚨 BREAKING: The “Pfizergate” verdict: The EU Commission was wrong to refuse the release of Ursula von der Leyen’s secret texts. Read the developing story: ow.ly/b6aL50VSi3H
- US President Donald Trump has "significantly weakened" the Western alliance and undermined Ukraine's ability to hold off Russia, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told us.
- The European Commission is preparing to reintroduce pre-war tariff quotas for some Ukrainian farm products sold into the EU market as of June 6, after the bloc’s wartime tariff waivers expire.
- With France’s next presidential election less than two years away, Les Républicains are dreaming of a return to power behind a candidate who fuses economic liberalism with an anti-immigration policy.
