Sci & Tech

After you’ve become your country’s youngest-ever leader, what do you do for an encore? If you’re Sebastian Kurz, the now-former Austrian chancellor — at...

Don’t let her soft diplomacy and chilled demeanor fool you — Germany’s Anna Cavazzini is a rising star in the Brussels bubble with a...

Fabio Panetta’s résumé in banking is impressive and, at first glance, straightforward. A veteran Italian economist, Panetta has been on the Executive Board of...

For a soft-spoken academic-turned-policy-wonk, Ben Scott knows how to pack a punch. The former Hillary Clinton aide — whose memories of how Russia influenced...

It’s not often someone goes from directing a “Bridget Jones” movie to quarterbacking arguably some of the most far-reaching privacy changes anywhere in the...

Since taking charge of Access Now in 2016, Fanny Hidvegi has honed the NGO into one of the most effective digital rights outfits in...

The EU struck a big win for itself this year when it adopted two pieces of landmark legislation set to have a formative impact...

At the dawn of the 20th century, Italian Futurists had denounced their country as being overrun with museums and cemeteries, lacking in a spirit...

Ciaran Martin, former head of the U.K.’s cybersecurity agency, has rid himself of the secrecy that comes with being a British security official and...

Alexandra van Huffelen didn’t know much about tech policy when she was appointed as the Netherlands’ first secretary of state for digital affairs in...

When asked for his motivation to fight for people’s right to repair their old devices instead of buying new gear, Ugo Vallauri refers to...

Delphine Ernotte-Cunci’s assessment of where Europe is headed is dismal. The president of the European Broadcasting Union, a global alliance of public service media,...

For those following Google’s antitrust battles with Brussels, 2022 has all the makings of a bumper — and potentially expensive — year, and one...

Europe’s most influential tech players — ranked CLASS OF 2022 Introducing POLITICO’s Tech 28 list of the people steering and shaping policy in Europe. Illustration by...