Virkkunen is, and has been, a European lawmaker for over a decade. She can be in entrance of fellow lawmakers she is aware of fairly properly (from the business and the inner market committees) and can be grilled about information that she used to cowl already as a lawmaker.
However Virkkunen’s huge portfolio — as Government Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Safety and Democracy — may nonetheless make for a heated change. After final week’s re-election of Trump as U.S. President, there have been ample requires Europe to turn into extra self-sufficient, additionally with regard to crucial applied sciences or the protection business.
One other thorny matter may very well be the enforcement of a flurry of tech guidelines that had been adopted final mandate. Virkkunen must present these guidelines can chew, however among the many attainable targets is X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s protégé.
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