
The Dutch DigiD Veto: When 'Strategic Autonomy' Stops Being a Slogan
An American ambassador objects, a Dutch minister calls Europe naïve, and the EU's new investment screening machinery faces its first real stress test.

European Bureau
EU Legislation, Digital Markets Act, AI Act, EU-Gulf Relations, European Diplomacy
Spent a decade inside the European Commission as a policy advisor before deciding the institution needed an honest critic more than another loyalist. Knows where every body is buried in the Berlaymont building.
19 articles · ~76 min total reading

An American ambassador objects, a Dutch minister calls Europe naïve, and the EU's new investment screening machinery faces its first real stress test.

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