The Center for European Policy (CEP) sees consumer rights strengthened in the Commission’s proposal on liability for defective products but warns of legal uncertainty and vagueness in the details. “Particularly with regard to software, the Commission’s proposal strengthens legal certainty, as software is now to be regarded as a product throughout the EU,” says CEP […]
The Greens in the European Parliament expressed fears that the Data Act could prevent rather than promote the shared use of data. This risk exists if the law follows the approach in Chapter II of the current Council draft, says MEP Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA). Given the “extensive carte blanche from data sharing obligations” granted to […]
Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton on Thursday unveiled the EU’s Gigabit Infrastructure Initiative. “Today, we are ensuring that everyone everywhere in the EU has access to fast and secure connectivity,” Breton announced. High investments are needed for the corresponding high-speed networks, he said.“This is why we are not only promoting network expansion in the short […]
The Swedish Presidency presented a fifth compromise on the Data Act on Tuesday evening. This paper, which is available to Contexte, will be discussed by delegations at the Telecommunications Working Group meeting on Feb. 28. It could already be the last compromise before the Council reaches a General Approach.The German government is examining the proposal, […]
The “Zeitenwende” proclaimed by German Chancellor Scholz on 27 February last year raised many expectations throughout NATO’s eastern flank, says Rolf Nikel. Especially in Poland, says Germany’s former ambassador to Poland. “Now it is a matter of restoring trust through action. Germany has an even greater obligation than before,” says Nikel, who is now vice […]
The EU is keen to get to the bottom of it. By February 17, online platforms and online search engines that offer their services in the EU were required to disclose their user numbers. But not all of them wanted to go into detail. While Google specified its user figures down to the 100,000 mark, […]
Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) President Joachim Nagel does not think it would be a good idea for Europe to engage in a subsidy race with the United States on green technologies. “Europe can also become more attractive as a location through a deepened internal market,” Nagel said at his Europe Lecture at the German Institute […]
Negotiations on the AI Regulation (AI Act) will take longer than foreseen by co-rapporteurs Dragoş Tudorache (Renew/LIBE) and Brando Benifei (S&D/IMCO) after all. During the five-hour meeting of shadow rapporteurs on Wednesday afternoon, MEPs did not agree on any compromises, Table.Media learned from the Renew group as well as from the EPP and the Greens/EFA. […]
In Parliament, negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) are reaching the hot phase. In the past week alone, three meetings lasting several hours were held at the technical level. For this Wednesday, rapporteurs Brando Benifei (S&D, IMCO) and Dragoș Tudorache (Renew, LIBE) have invited the shadow rapporteurs to a five-hour meeting in Strasbourg. […]
The MEPs in the Industry Committee (ITRE) adopted the compromise proposals on the European digital identity (eID) and the Data Act on Thursday with a clear majority. The eID is intended to give EU citizens secure access to public and private digital services – even across national borders. And they are to be able to […]