#EU under pressure from #Trump and #BigTech: “The real danger of this moment is that if Europe does not act now, it will never act again. The longer it waits, the (…) more it will accept that its laws are not binding, its institutions not sovereign, its democracy not self-determined. When that happens, the path to authoritarianism becomes inevitable, through algorithmic manipulation on social media and the normalisation of lies.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/the-eu-has-a-secret-weapon-to-counter-trumps-economic-bullying-its-time-to-use-it