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In recent months, various European countries have started reducing their dependence on US tech. In this video, we’re taking a look at how this has affected the European tech sector and how its quietly booming.

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Europe’s growing tech sector
https://www.cer.eu/insights/europe-has-produced-tech-champions-here-what-they-can-teach-us
https://www.economist.com/business/2026/03/01/at-last-reasons-to-be-cheerful-about-european-tech
https://www.reveliolabs.com/news/tech/from-silicon-valley-to-the-seine-europe-is-gaining-tech-workers/
https://www.investeurope.eu/news/newsroom/state-of-european-tech-2025-a-roadmap-to-unlock-further-tech-growth/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/28/small-but-mighty-the-tiny-tech-hubs-driving-europe-up-global-tech-rankings

European VC funding and R&D spending
https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/07/can-europe-catch-up-why-the-eu-is-still-behind-in-the-global-ai-race/
https://sifted.eu/articles/european-vc-irr-2024
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/eu-budget/eu-rd-spending-increases-still-falls-short-3-target

2024 Draghi report on European competitiveness
https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/97e481fd-2dc3-412d-be4c-f152a8232961_en?filename=The%20future%20of%20European%20competitiveness%20_%20A%20competitiveness%20strategy%20for%20Europe.pdf

00:00 – Introduction
01:27 – Context
04:03 – Why Europe’s Tech Sector is Booming
07:10 – Too Long

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Current French polling suggests that the far right National Rally’s Jordan Bardella is on course to win the next presidential election in 2027. So in this video, we’ll take a look at the candidates and ask whether anyone can actually beat Bardella.

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Who’s running in the 2027 French presidential election?
https://www.ft.com/content/3bf9f755-0f8f-4f62-9f9e-73556e655c8f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-poll-sees-far-right-jordan-bardella-winning-far-left-jean-luc-melenchon-surging-in-2027-election/

Édouard Philippe
https://www.politico.eu/article/edouard-philippe-can-he-become-frances-next-president/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0410gnv5o 

French political chaos
https://youtu.be/0vtHl1GaXUA?si=DawyrpcD3vArexbj 
https://youtu.be/loV5nkC1X_I?si=Djb2_rtf71kC73Mk

French opinion polling
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-poll-sees-far-right-jordan-bardella-winning-far-left-jean-luc-melenchon-surging-in-2027-election/
https://x.com/IfopOpinion/status/2056996962625290440?s=20

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The EU has proposed new legislation aimed at re-industrialising their economy and increase its share of overall GDP. So in this video, we’ll explore their alleged decline, how this legislation aims to reverse it, and whether it will actually work.

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Signing off on IAA
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3355208/well-be-museum-eu-heavyweights-back-industrial-accelerator-china-shock-fears-grow 

Europe deindustrialisation data
https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/manufacturing-value-added-percent-of-gdp-wb-data.html https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-share-of-total-employment?tab=line&country=JPN~USA~GBR~UN_EUR https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-share-of-total-employment?tab=line&country=UN_EUR~POL~FRA~ESP https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?tab=line&time=1990..latest&country=Sub-Saharan+Africa~South+Asia~East+Asia+and+Pacific~Latin+America+and+Caribbean~Europe+and+Central+Asia~European+Union~Middle+East+and+North+Africa~OWID_EU27~POL~FRA~ESP https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?tab=line&time=1990..latest&country=Sub-Saharan+Africa~South+Asia~East+Asia+and+Pacific~Latin+America+and+Caribbean~Europe+and+Central+Asia~European+Union~Middle+East+and+North+Africa~OWID_EU27~GBR~USA~JPNhttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-share-of-total-employment?tab=line&country=UN_EUR~GBR~USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?tab=line&time=1990..latest&country=Sub-Saharan+Africa~South+Asia~East+Asia+and+Pacific~Latin+America+and+Caribbean~Europe+and+Central+Asia~European+Union~Middle+East+and+North+Africa~OWID_EU27~DEU The IAA (current draft)
https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/9bc8eb85-4d43-4025-be7b-c86b9f3648ec_en?filename=Proposal%20establishing%20measures%20for%20industrial%20capacity%20and%20decarbonisation%20in%20strategic%20sectors%20.pdf 

Analysis of the IAA
https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/flaws-european-unions-proposed-industrial-accelerator-act-and-how-fix-them

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Looking at the polls, things are looking pretty good for Sinn Féin. But – being squeezed from both sides, some left-wing parties are questioning Sinn Féin’s left-wing credentials and recent by-elections in Dublin Central (where the Social Democrats’ Daniel Ennis emerged victorious) and Galway West highlight the party’s struggles. In this video, we’re taking a look at the recent byelection results and why Sinn Féin might be struggling.

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Irish polling:
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/ireland/

Dublin Central & Galway West by-election results:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Dublin_Central_by-election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Galway_West_by-election

McDonald (and other parties’) responses to Dublin Central:
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/26/leader-of-the-left-or-left-behind-sinn-fein-scepticism-grows-among-progressive-parties/
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/opposition-parties-question-mixed-message-from-sinn-fein-after-by-elections/a/153029775.html

Sinn Féin’s pivot/equivocation on social/cultural issues:
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2026/05/13/free-vote-matter-of-conscience-for-government-tds-on-abortion-reform-bill/
https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-crossroads-holly-cairns-mary-lou-mcdonald-7050133-May2026/

Tensions with other left parties over rightward pivot:
https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-crossroads-holly-cairns-mary-lou-mcdonald-7050133-May2026/
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/26/tensions-between-left-wing-parties-and-sinn-fein-over-policy-direction/
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/opposition-parties-question-mixed-message-from-sinn-fein-after-by-elections/a/153029775.html

More on Sinn Féin’s isolation and squeeze from both sides:
https://www.businesspost.ie/politics/left-or-right-sinn-fein-must-decide-what-it-stands-for-if-its-to-have-any-hope-of-government/
https://sluggerotoole.com/2026/05/26/left-coalition-tensions-sinn-fein-isolated/

00:00 – Intro
01:28 – Dublin Central by-election
03:16 – Sinn Féin’s pivot right?
04:51 – Intra-left tensions
06:17 – Conclusion
07:20 – Too Long

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With Chinese exports to Europe surging, while it’s imports are flatlining, the trade tensions between China and the EU appear to be rising. In this video, we’re taking a look at the current relationship and why another trade war looks inevitable.

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00:00 – Why the EU is Starting a Trade War with China
07:46 – Too Long

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