Germany-based Aleph Alpha has released Kolibri-1, a 78.1B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with only 3.46B parameters active per token. It supports reasoning, tool calling and context lengths up to 1 million tokens, and is available under the Apache 2.0 licence.
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Renault plans to invest more than €10 billion in France over the next five years in electric vehicles and more affordable cars, after €13 billion invested over the previous five years. French production is expected to rise at least 25% in 2026, although CEO François Provost said the next investment phase depends on the social and political environment remaining supportive.
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The new U.S.–Denmark–Greenland agreement adds military access and permanently anchors Greenland inside NATO, but Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination remain intact. CSIS argues that the year-long dispute may have accelerated Europe’s push for greater strategic autonomy, stronger anti-coercion tools and more diversified trade relationships.
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DW profiles a new generation of German deep-tech companies moving from research into industrial production. NEURA Robotics is developing humanoid robots in Metzingen, while Black Semiconductor is building graphene-photonic chip technology in Aachen for AI, autonomous driving and high-performance computing.
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Renault’s Novo Mesto plant offers a concrete example of the EU’s emerging “Made in Europe” industrial strategy. Dacia Spring assembly has been moved from China to Slovenia, the site employs around 2,100 people and is recruiting another 300, while Renault is also producing the electric Twingo there and plans Nissan Pixo production from 2027. The proposed Industrial Accelerator Act would make some car subsidies, tax advantages and public procurement conditional on minimum European content and progressively more European battery components. The interesting caveat is that the current Twingo would not yet fully qualify because several components still come from China — meaning the policy is aimed not only at final assembly, but at pulling more of the supply chain back into Europe.
More than 120 researchers and innovators from over 20 countries are calling for reforms to Europe’s innovation-financing system. They want a smoother path from ERC research grants into EIC commercialisation funding, shorter applications, more flexible programme managers and stronger incentives for universities to support patents, spin-offs and industry collaboration.
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