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EU Forces Meta to Reshape Ads Policy After 200 Million Euro Fine
Mace | 10th December 2025 | Brussels, Policy & Think Tanks, Uncategorised
Meta agrees to overhaul its EU ad model, offering clearer data-sharing choices for users after regulators ruled its previous system breached competition rules.
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Europe’s risk aversion affects the whole world
From digital policy to transport, the EU's overly prescriptive approach to risk is unwise and costly.
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Politicians across the bloc ought to remember the films and series they enjoyed during lockdown – and support their continental producers.
To Europeans, America is back. The US wants something in return
If it is not possible to renew transatlantic vows under Biden, chances are that it will not happen under his successor either.
Treaty change can secure post-Covid reform for the EU
The upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe must avoid becoming a mere publicity stunt, when the bloc needs drastic change.
COVID Recovery Fund challenged in European Courts
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