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While the US dominates Ireland's multinational investment scene, UK investors used to lead acquisitions in the domestic Irish economy. They are being replaced by those from the continent.

Europe is a technology-taker, not a technology-maker. So what is its role in the flammable world of space tech – and should it even have one?

“Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos,” said the perenially angry Walter character in Joel and Ethan Cohen's film. A swathe of the Spanish electorate voting this Sunday are on the same page.

European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness wants to push new rules to ease the flow of capital across the continent before elections take centre stage next year. She also discusses green finance, Russian sanctions and her own future. Read or listen.

With one year to the next European Election, the Qatargate corruption scandal is rocking Brussels like never before. The Irishwoman at the head of the EU’s influence watchdog discusses accountability gaps, revolving doors and her own future.

As EU ministers including Ireland’s adopted the proposed Nature Restoration Law last week, speakers at Alltech’s Dublin conference promoted technology instead of restrictions to achieve environmental goals in agriculture. This debate is far from over.

First, Ursula von der Leyen declared the EU’s power market was unfit for purpose, then her officials drafted a reform leaving it largely unchanged. Now MEPs want to reintroduce price caps. Who will win the battle over Europeans’ electricity bills?

Eight months on from revelations by The Currency that the technology behind a spying scandal was sold through Irish companies, the Government has not answered MEPs’ questions on the issue.

The most divisive debate at the recent Wind Energy Conference focused on an apparently technocratic point of EU law, which ended up sparking a classical clash between advocates of the free market and state intervention. The electricity bills of 450 million Europeans are at stake.

Irish agricultural technology companies are organising into an increasingly coherent industry and took their first deep dive into EU institutions last month. Thomas Hubert followed them in Brussels and witnessed a shift in official discourse on agri-food sustainability.