The candidates vying to be Germany's next chancellor, Europe's Super League football flop and battles over people's personal data all feature in this week's episode.
A resurgent Green party in Germany chose Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. POLITICO's Matthew Karnitschnig has everything you need to know about her, and the conservative coalition's decision to finally pick CDU leader Armin Laschet as its standard-bearer, after more than a week of bitter public feuding.
On the not-so-Super League, POLITICO's Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz, Ali Walker and Simon Van Dorpe discuss the fierce popular and political backlash against the project, which soon fell apart. They look at some of the big questions about sports, power and politics raised by the controversy.
And finally, recent data leaks from social media platforms Facebook, LinkedIn and Clubhouse collectively revealed the information of around a billion users. But the platforms have played down the revelations. Here's Facebook's response, insisting its systems were not hacked. Data regulators around Europe, however, are not so sure everything is shipshape and have launched investigations.
What does the controversy say about Europe's efforts to protect its citizens' personal information and the EU's flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? POLITICO's Vincent Manancourt explains.
Ending an epidemic: innovations to eradicate HIV
NATO summit wrap-up and the EU's battle over biodiversity
A cure for HIV: When will Europe get there?
From Madrid: How Spain's election could impact its EU presidency
The last bastion of stigma: Criminalizing HIV transmission
EU leaders meet in the shadow of failed Wagner mutiny in Russia
From cell to cell: Eliminating HIV in prisons
Europe’s new Marshall Plan: making a bet on Ukraine
Artificial intelligence and the EU's attempt to regulate it — Commissioner Thierry Breton
Polish protests — Hungary's EU role — Sleeper train journey
From Moldova: The European Political Community is back
EU's 'Defence of Democracy' debate on combatting foreign influence
EU commissioner resigns — Bulgaria's breaking point — European elections 2024
The end of Erdoğan? — Turkey's EU accession ambitions — Europe Day
POLITICO reviews ‘The Diplomat’ — Meloni surprises Brussels — The key to Ukraine's victory
Timothy Garton Ash on the future of Europe — Eva Kaili back in the spotlight
Ukraine grain strain — Von der Leyen 2.0 — EU diplomacy in review
Finland joins NATO — Ukraine foreign minister in Brussels — EU's China visit
France & Germany on strike – Commission Legal Chief, Daniel Calleja Crespo
Economic jitters, French upheaval, arms for Ukraine — what’s occupying EU leaders
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