Europa Surgit https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/ Europe is rising. Keep up. en Fund the open ecosystem, not the closed copy https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/fund-the-open-ecosystem-not-the-closed-copy/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/fund-the-open-ecosystem-not-the-closed-copy/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:09:46 GMT Imec's Leuven cleanrooms already run High-NA lithography, and Brussels holds the Chips Act 2.0 tools to scale them. Washington is building a copy of Leuven with American interests first. Denmark had the luck. Europe needs the plan. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/denmark-had-the-luck-europe-needs-the-plan/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/denmark-had-the-luck-europe-needs-the-plan/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:21:18 GMT Gefion is approaching full capacity and gained a new owner as demand is expected to rise at least sixfold within five years. One Danish supercomputer is luck; a European network of them, owned across borders, would be a plan. Europe funds the satellite but SpaceX flies it. Stop that. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-funds-the-satellite-but-spacex-flies-it-stop/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-funds-the-satellite-but-spacex-flies-it-stop/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:19:02 GMT A Bremen satellite with paying customers is set to launch on an American rocket, while the €22.1 billion pledged in Bremen sits next to European launch firms that need orders. Buy the rockets and the satellite chain becomes fully European. Give Australia the whole seat at Europe's research table https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/give-australia-the-whole-seat-at-europe-s-research/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/give-australia-the-whole-seat-at-europe-s-research/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 17:33:02 GMT Canberra paid its way into Horizon Europe and its scientists will work on equal terms with ours from 2027. The 2028 framework should make full association, European Research Council grants included, the standard offer to every country that meets the rules. ESA's Hera begins close-up study of asteroid Dimorphos https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/esa-s-hera-begins-close-up-study-of-asteroid/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/esa-s-hera-begins-close-up-study-of-asteroid/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:16:00 GMT The spacecraft has entered its early characterisation phase around Didymos, four years after NASA's Dart impact altered the asteroid's orbit. First detailed images will be presented in Berlin on 25 November. 71% want an EU army. Kallas has said no. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/71-want-an-eu-army-kallas-has-said-no/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/71-want-an-eu-army-kallas-has-said-no/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 14:31:47 GMT Seventy-one per cent of the public backs it and billions in joint defence money are already moving, so the doubters are behind the facts. The next summit should put a European command on the agenda and tie the cash to it. An oil blockade that reaches our ships deserves Europe's answer https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/an-oil-blockade-that-reaches-our-ships-deserves-europe/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/an-oil-blockade-that-reaches-our-ships-deserves-europe/ Sat, 14 Nov 2026 01:05:37 GMT Washington's tariff threat names every ship that might carry fuel to Cuba, wherever it trades, and that includes ours. One common position and protection for the firms it penalises is Europe's to decide. One seat, or Europe's security is sold separately https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/one-seat-or-europe-s-security-is-sold-separately/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/one-seat-or-europe-s-security-is-sold-separately/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:52:15 GMT Moscow wants each NATO country signing its own pact, Finland already said no. A single mandate, carried by Kallas, turns Europe's seat at the next talks into the answer. Microsoft 365 outage hit Teams and Exchange as UK police reliance exposed https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/microsoft-365-outage-hit-teams-and-exchange-as-uk/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/microsoft-365-outage-hit-teams-and-exchange-as-uk/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:30:18 GMT Microsoft reversed a network change and worked to restore capacity while 46 of 48 UK police forces were found to route email through the cloud service. The Federal Office for Information Security said there were no indications of a cyberattack. Ukraine strikes Volgograd oil refinery https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/ukraine-strikes-volgograd-oil-refinery/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/ukraine-strikes-volgograd-oil-refinery/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:30:18 GMT Ukraine's latest refinery strike, on Lukoil's Volgograd plant, left four workers dead, and the campaign since late October has hit plants with over a third of Russia's refining capacity. Poland took Russia's seat at the UN. Make that Europe's habit. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/poland-took-russia-s-seat-at-the-un-make/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/poland-took-russia-s-seat-at-the-un-make/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:30:17 GMT One European campaign beat a sixty-year Russian hold on a UN post, by a single vote. EU governments should agree a common candidate before every future contest, so one flag fields it and all of them fight for it. The design door is open. Now legislate the factory floor. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/the-design-door-is-open-now-legislate-the-factory/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/the-design-door-is-open-now-legislate-the-factory/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:29:47 GMT From early 2027 imec's pilot line hands European designers the tools to model leading-edge chips. Parliament and the Council must keep their own mid-2027 date and pass Chips Act 2.0, so those designs are made in Europe. Siemens Energy is fixed. Now let the wind set the pace of the payout https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/siemens-energy-is-fixed-now-let-the-wind-set/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/siemens-energy-is-fixed-now-let-the-wind-set/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:52:04 GMT Gamesa has only just cleared break-even, with a 0 to 2 percent margin expected for 2027. Full-speed buybacks through 2030 would hand investors the reward while the wind ramp, and the €164 billion backlog, still wait for the cash. No settlement signed without Europe in the chair https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/no-settlement-signed-without-europe-in-the-chair/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/no-settlement-signed-without-europe-in-the-chair/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:40:10 GMT Moscow refused to widen the talks, so our defence must not be settled in a phone call. Back the one seat we have already chosen: ceasefire first, then a settlement Europe endorses only because it was in the room. Independence Day march fills Warsaw as crowd size stays disputed https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/independence-day-march-fills-warsaw-as-crowd-size-stays/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/independence-day-march-fills-warsaw-as-crowd-size-stays/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:32:40 GMT Warsaw city hall put the turnout at about 250,000, organisers at up to one million, as flares and firecrackers defied a city ban. Police secured more than 450 pyrotechnic items across the route. Nuclear power should set its own price, not carry the price of gas https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/nuclear-power-should-set-its-own-price-not-carry/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/nuclear-power-should-set-its-own-price-not-carry/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:28:41 GMT Slovakia and France want European electricity pricing reformed, and they are right. When your reactors are cheaper than everyone's gas, your bill should show it. The Nordics wrote Europe's defence blueprint. Copy it, all of it https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/the-nordics-wrote-europe-s-defence-blueprint-copy-it/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/the-nordics-wrote-europe-s-defence-blueprint-copy-it/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:27:25 GMT Sweden's record spending still leaves NATO's capability targets unmet, and money alone will not close the gap. Only a binding legal framework for joint procurement and shared planning can, so the EU should build one modelled on the Nordic agreement. Fake bomb threats hit schools across Italy, Scotland and Ireland https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/fake-bomb-threats-hit-schools-across-italy-scotland-and/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/fake-bomb-threats-hit-schools-across-italy-scotland-and/ Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:02:28 GMT Police in each country judged the emailed warnings not credible, and investigators are tracing the messages to a hacked university account in Taiwan. Europe's own battlefield AI exists. Our ministries should buy it now. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-s-own-battlefield-ai-exists-our-ministries-should/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-s-own-battlefield-ai-exists-our-ministries-should/ Thu, 12 Nov 2026 01:05:17 GMT Helsing's Clarity does what NATO once bought from America, with the decision kept in human hands. Waiting past the Bundeswehr's own 2027 deadline is not prudence, so fund the finalists and let performance pick the winner. One attack hit eight countries. Europe needs one shield, not twenty-seven. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/one-attack-hit-eight-countries-europe-needs-one-shield/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/one-attack-hit-eight-countries-europe-needs-one-shield/ Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:18:47 GMT Hackers shut down supermarket refrigeration from Palermo to Helsinki, and each capital answered alone. Italy's Sala Cyber blocked 630,000 malicious events, and the EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday can extend the Tallinn Mechanism so it shields every member state. US soldier arrested in England on suspicion of spying for Russia https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/us-soldier-arrested-in-england-on-suspicion-of-spying/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/us-soldier-arrested-in-england-on-suspicion-of-spying/ Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:32:52 GMT Counter Terrorism Policing detained the 41-year-old near Gloucester on 10 November under the National Security Act 2023, with police and the FBI working together on the case. EIB and investors pledge €10bn for European scale-ups https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/eib-and-investors-pledge-10bn-for-european-scale-ups/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/eib-and-investors-pledge-10bn-for-european-scale-ups/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:47:00 GMT Seven member states and the EIB Group agreed the first closing of the Tech Champions fund-of-funds, aiming to mobilise up to €80 billion in venture capital. AfD split over ICE criticism as Chrupalla clashes with Weidel https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/afd-split-over-ice-criticism-as-chrupalla-clashes-with/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/afd-split-over-ice-criticism-as-chrupalla-clashes-with/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:24:10 GMT Chrupalla calls for broader support on migration policy, while Tritschler pushes to copy US deportations. The dispute could shape whether Remigration stays a campaign theme. Europe has one seat at the table. It must speak with one voice. https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-has-one-seat-at-the-table-it-must/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/europe-has-one-seat-at-the-table-it-must/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 21:19:09 GMT Russia, Ukraine and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi over Ukraine's post-war order. Our leverage, from sanctions to reconstruction, sits in Brussels, so EU leaders in Dublin must agree on one negotiator with a written mandate. At least 20 dead in two migrant boats off Crete, two arrested https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/two-arrested-after-eight-die-on-migrant-boat-off/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/two-arrested-after-eight-die-on-migrant-boat-off/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:55:37 GMT The Greek coastguard and Frontex pulled survivors from four boats south of the island between Saturday and Monday, including a toddler taken to hospital. Frontex named the eastern Mediterranean the EU's busiest route in October. Ten northern European nations sign pact to swap parts, ammunition and crews https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/ten-northern-european-nations-sign-pact-to-swap-parts/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/ten-northern-european-nations-sign-pact-to-swap-parts/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:42:52 GMT The Joint Expeditionary Force agreement aims to deter future threats from Russia, after El País reported in July that the US would cut forces pledged to NATO. Command runs from the UK's Northwood headquarters. EU and Canada launch Alliance for the Future with defence deal https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/eu-and-canada-launch-alliance-for-the-future-with/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/eu-and-canada-launch-alliance-for-the-future-with/ Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:17:40 GMT Canada becomes the first non-European participant in the EU's Safe defence procurement scheme, and the EU says the model could extend to Japan, South Korea and Australia. Hoarded homes are a European failure, not a Spanish one https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/hoarded-homes-are-a-european-failure-not-a-spanish/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/hoarded-homes-are-a-european-failure-not-a-spanish/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 11:20:51 GMT Thirteen funds own 100,000 homes in Spain, and a country is reaching for expropriation because the market outgrew it. Europe should finance affordable rental supply before every capital improvises its own drastic law. Parliament to vote in December on proposed pesticide Omnibus https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/parliament-to-vote-in-december-on-proposed-pesticide-omnibus/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/parliament-to-vote-in-december-on-proposed-pesticide-omnibus/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:16:26 GMT The Council wants unlimited approvals limited to low-risk substances, while 550 scientists urge suspension and EFSA says about 50 more experts would cut reassessment delays. Commission proposes secret 2027 solidarity pool as EU relocations fall short https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/commission-proposes-secret-2027-solidarity-pool-as-eu-relocations/ https://news-officina.github.io/europa-surgit/2026/11/commission-proposes-secret-2027-solidarity-pool-as-eu-relocations/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 23:07:22 GMT EU governments relocated fewer than 9,000 asylum seekers in 2026 against an agreed figure of 21,000, and the Council must now set each country's share by the end of next year.