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Poland just became the sixth-largest EU economy, leapfrogging Switzerland and Belgium. The old story—EU handouts and cheap Ukrainian labor—misses the real shift: Poland converted external inputs into durable domestic capacity. Now it’s a direct competitor to Western Europe’s core. The center of gravity is moving east, and the old guard hasn’t prepared.
The shutdown of Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant due to record-low Danube water levels exposes a brutal truth: the climate crisis is crippling the very technology meant to solve it. As rivers dry up, nuclear power – the supposed ‘stable baseload’ savior – becomes the first casualty of extreme weather. This isn’t a one-off; it’s a systemic warning for Europe’s energy future.
The US is using its security umbrella to influence European elections, mirroring the very interference it condemns in Russia. Europe’s real threat isn’t Moscow—it’s the structural contradiction of relying on America for protection while expecting full democratic sovereignty. The price of that protection is your vote.
The EU General Court upheld Apple’s designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, rejecting Apple’s argument that small market share in individual subcategories exempts it. The ruling establishes that ecosystem control itself constitutes gatekeeping power — a precedent that extends far beyond Apple to any platform with critical mass and a closed loop, from gaming consoles to cloud services to future AR/VR worlds.