AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoEU Tech Sovereignty: The EU rolled out its “tech liberation day” push, aiming to curb U.S. Big Tech access to sensitive cloud tenders and speed up data-centre buildout with at least some European tech, with German industry group Bitkom urging faster follow-through on chips and AI investment. Defence Industrial Shift: Rheinmetall agreed to sell its auto division for about €350m to focus on defence, as rearmament demand boosts its armaments business. Banking & Markets Watch: Germany’s bid for a UN Security Council seat failed, losing to Portugal and Austria in the Western European and Others group—an outcome Foreign Minister Wadephul called a “bitter defeat.” Cybersecurity & AI: Anthropic expanded Project Glasswing to around 150 new organisations across 15+ countries, including Germany, giving access to Claude Mythos Preview for pre-attack vulnerability scanning. Energy & Finance: Innio raised $2.43bn in its U.S. IPO, backed by Advent and ADIA, as investors chase AI-infrastructure-linked power and electrification supply chains. Retail Competition: Lidl claims rivals are exploiting Ireland’s planning system with spurious objections, warning it could delay its €600m store and distribution investment.
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