What's on Teresa Ribera's mind?
sized by share of brain — tap one to pop it open · "everything else" is the back of her mind, up close
Antitrust chief open to AI firms teaming up on safety
Politico: Ribera would consider a request from AI companies to coordinate on safety, an unusual door for a cartel cop to leave ajar.
EU antitrust chief would consider request from AI firms to coordinate on safety
politico.eu · 2026-09-16she’d rather bless the huddle than be blamed for blocking it — saying ‘we’d consider it’ keeps the safety talk inside competition law, where she holds the pen.
how sure? very sure · see the 1 source
EU antitrust chief would consider request from AI firms to coordinate on safety
politico.eu · 2026-09-16Ribera: AI risks need a multilateral answer
MLex has Ribera calling for a multilateral approach to AI risks, a day after floating antitrust room for safety cooperation.
EU’s Ribera calls for multilateral approach to AI risks
MLex · 2026-09-17brussels can’t police frontier ai alone and she knows it — going multilateral spreads both the rulebook and the blame.
how sure? pretty sure · see the 2 sources
EU’s Ribera calls for multilateral approach to AI risks
MLex · 2026-09-17EU’s Ribera calls for multilateral approach to AI risks
MLex · 2026-09-17Ribera: Brussels and Washington fight the ‘same battles’
Global Competition Review has Ribera saying the EU and US are fighting the ‘same battles’ — a truce offer, in antitrust dialect.
Ribera: EU and US fighting “same battles”
Global Competition Review · 2026-09-17if washington is going to bristle at brussels’ tech rules, she’d rather frame it as one fight with two referees than a feud.
how sure? pretty sure · see the 1 source
Ribera: EU and US fighting “same battles”
Global Competition Review · 2026-09-17Ribera’s climate pitch swaps ‘emergency’ for ‘resilience’
Demócrata’s ‘State of the Union of Ribera’ tracks her pitch moving from climate emergency to European resilience.
The State of the Union of Ribera: from climate emergency to European resilience
Demócrata · 2026-09-16same decarbonisation agenda, new packaging — ‘resilience’ sells to a room worried about security and jobs in a way ‘emergency’ no longer does.
how sure? honestly, a hunch · see the 1 source
The State of the Union of Ribera: from climate emergency to European resilience
Demócrata · 2026-09-16Antitrust chief open to AI firms teaming up on safety
Politico: Ribera would consider a request from AI companies to coordinate on safety, an unusual door for a cartel cop to leave ajar.
EU antitrust chief would consider request from AI firms to coordinate on safety
politico.eu · 2026-09-16she’d rather bless the huddle than be blamed for blocking it — saying ‘we’d consider it’ keeps the safety talk inside competition law, where she holds the pen.
EU antitrust chief would consider request from AI firms to coordinate on safety
news.google.com · 2026-09-18every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
Clear a stack of state-aid decisions before the weekend
every line on the pad traces to something public — tap to see it
the other 31% — quieter, but still in there31%
The post-2030 climate target
the 2040 number still needs landing, and the resilience rebrand is how she plans to sell it.
Data centers, bring your own power
every ai debate ends at the plug socket, and she still wants the servers running on clean power.
Big Tech enforcement
the ‘same battles’ line only works if brussels keeps fighting them — platform cases don’t close themselves.
Ribera: EU and US fighting “same battles”
Global Competition Review · 2026-09-17State aid for affordable housing
loosening state-aid rules for housing is the rare competition file voters actually feel.
The Clean Industrial Deal
a resilience pitch needs factories to point at, and this is the deal meant to deliver them.
Rewriting the merger guidelines
the rewrite decides whether europe gets bigger champions or just bigger bills.
The ETS overhaul
carbon pricing is still the engine under her climate agenda, and industry keeps asking for a softer ride.
Carbon leakage and the border levy
a border levy is how she keeps climate rules from shipping jobs abroad — trading partners keep noticing.