Clear vote: In the vote on the AI Act in the European Parliament on Wednesday, 523 MEPs voted in favor of the compromise text. Only 46 MEPs voted against the AI Act, with 49 abstentions. “Thanks to the Parliament, unacceptable AI practices will be banned in Europe and the rights of workers and citizens will […]
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Axel Voss, the EPP shadow rapporteur for the AI Act, has drawn up a ten-point roadmap to make it a little easier for EPP MEPs to approve the AI Act. In it, he sets out how the Commission can address the weak points of the AI Act in its work. The final vote in the […]
Anyone who wanted to sell their paid music streaming service via the App Store and thus reach users of iPhones and iPads had to pay a commission to Apple. In addition, they were not allowed to point out that the same service (without commission) could possibly be obtained more cheaply in another way. In the […]
A future Digital Networks Act (DNA) will significantly change the telecommunications market. “If the Commission implements its plans in this way, it will largely abolish ex-ante regulation as we know it and pursue industrial policy,” said Cara Schwarz-Schilling, Director of the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services (WIK), to Table.Media. Next week, the Commission […]
The Commission wants to harmonize the telecommunications market in Europe more strongly, improve investment conditions, make the infrastructure more resilient – and possibly involve large technology companies in the costs of network expansion. This is according to the White Paper that Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager intends to present on Feb. 21, and also according to […]
The Commission has concluded four market investigations that it initiated in September 2023 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It has now found that neither Apple for iMessage nor Microsoft for the search engine Bing, the web browser Edge and the advertising service Microsoft Advertising are considered gatekeepers.In July 2023, Apple and Microsoft reported their […]
The AI Act has cleared another important hurdle: MEPs in the two lead committees for the internal market (IMCO) and justice (LIBE) have approved the compromise on the AI Act by a large majority. At 9:43 a.m., the result was set: of 86 votes cast, 71 were in favor, with eight against and seven abstentions.This […]
Today, the AI Act takes its penultimate hurdle. After the member states voted unanimously in favor of the political compromise from December through their Permanent Representatives, it is now Parliament’s turn. Today, the lead committees IMCO and LIBE must first confirm the result, before the plenary is expected to take a final vote in March […]
Due to allegedly unfair elections in Serbia, the European Parliament is calling for an international investigation. The recent Serbian parliamentary and municipal elections did not meet the standards expected of an EU accession country due to ongoing and systematic abuse of institutions and media, the European Parliament announced on Thursday. 461 MEPs voted for the […]