Virkkunen is, and has been, a European lawmaker for over a decade. She might be in entrance of fellow lawmakers she is aware of fairly nicely (from the business and the inner market committees) and might be grilled about information that she used to cowl already as a lawmaker.
However Virkkunen’s large portfolio — as Government Vice President for Tech Sovereignty, Safety and Democracy — may nonetheless make for a heated trade. After final week’s re-election of Trump as U.S. President, there have been ample requires Europe to develop into extra self-sufficient, additionally with regard to vital applied sciences or the protection business.
One other thorny matter could possibly 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 doable targets is X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s protégé.
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