Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times.
Past lives in Moscow, Warsaw, London, Delhi and Mumbai.
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Henry Foy
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Nice of Lithuania to confirm our scoop!
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A Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Romania’s southeastern city of Galaţi, which injured two people, is the most serious military spillover in a Nato and EU member state resulting from Moscow’s years-long war against Ukraine. via @henryjfoy.ft.com
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Nato among 150 new organisations around the world granted access to Anthropic's Mythos artificial intelligence model, in rollout that vastly expands access to its powerful cyber security software beyond the US and UK.
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Huge
Draft law gives Brussels emergency powers to intervene in semiconductor supply chains during crises, including forcing chipmakers to override existing contracts and bulk-buying of chips, in major expansion of powers to curb Chinese leverage
as.ft.com/r/cabc493c-3... @bmoens.bsky.social
We’re not saying we change from one horse to the other, but [if] one horse is not fast enough . . . let’s try [to] find a second horse”
Switzerland weighs Franco-Italian air defence system in response to 5-year delay on US Patriot deliveries
@mjruehl.bsky.social
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"As we’ve learned the hard way, history did not end. And now it is asking a new generation to take the lead."
Good speech by Dutch PM @minister-president.bsky.social @robjetten.bsky.social ...featuring this humblebrag intro for a prime minister to make in 2026
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Draft law would enable Brussels to force chipmakers to override existing contracts
When Brussels bubble bickering has a real-world impact:
Divisions between Ursula von der Leyen & her competition chief Teresa Ribera have muddled the spin on new M&A guidelines & left EU dealmakers confused & irritated, rpt @bmoens.bsky.social & @kieranjsmith.bsky.social
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💥 EU drafts plan to push ‘tech sovereignty’ and cut reliance on US -
Brussels document seen by FT includes incentives to accelerate the construction of European data centres and favour homegrown cloud and AI technologies
Another big scoop from @bmoens.bsky.social
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Mixed messages from top EU officials cloud promised overhaul of competition rules
💥 The US is discussing whether to deploy nuclear weapons in additional European Nato states, in a move intended to reassure allies that reduced conventional military support won’t weaken security guarantees, people familiar with the talks tell @a-mackinnon.bsky.social & I
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How Europe learned to stop worrying and love… state aid
@bmoens.bsky.social & @alicemhancock.bsky.social on the dangerous weapon with the power to break the EU single market
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