You can familiarize yourself with any subject by reading. Werner Stengg is convinced of that – and has proven it. “Some people laughed and asked why someone from a landlocked country like Austria was suddenly dealing with maritime transport,” Stengg recalls of his first job at the Council in Brussels. On his missions to London, […]
Axel Voss, legal policy spokesman for the EPP group, is expected to become rapporteur for the AI Liability Directive. However, the Parliament has not yet officially assigned the lead for the report to the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI). There is still uncertainty about the final split with the Internal Market and Consumer Committee (IMCO), Europe.Table […]
Shadow rapporteur Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA) presented his amendments to the Data Act in the lead ITRE Committee. His focus has been on the exchange of data between companies (B2B). This is not about personal data, whose exchange is already regulated in the GDPR, but much more about the multi-billion market of machine-generated data. The amendments […]
EU parliamentarians are bracing themselves for tough arguments with the Council over artificial intelligence legislation (AI Act). A central point of contention is biometric mass surveillance. While the Council wants to allow such surveillance systems for law enforcement purposes, a group of parliamentarians across political groups is fighting for a complete ban on these technologies.“I […]
As expected, the EU Commission presented a regulatory framework for short-term accommodation rentals on Monday (Europe.Table reported). The new EU-wide rules are intended to make short-term rentals more transparent, effective and sustainable. The Commission sees the regulation as a sector-specific plug-in for the Digital Services Act (DSA).Until now, online booking platforms have had different rules […]
The short-term rental of apartments to tourists is booming – and causing major problems in Europe’s metropolises. In recent years, many cities from Barcelona to Vienna to Athens have taken rental platforms such as Airbnb, Booking or FeWo-direkt (Expedia) to court. Often unsuccessfully. The Commission is expected to present its legislative proposal on short-term rental […]
Today, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) comes into force. The new regulation is intended to put an end to unfair practices by companies acting as gatekeepers in the online platform economy. The Commission had proposed the regulation in December 2020. In March 2022, the European Parliament and the Council adopted it.There are three main criteria […]
Work on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) has made good progress. But it is still a long way to the trilogue. While those involved, particularly in Parliament, would prefer to deliberate a little longer and more thoroughly, the Czech Council Presidency is pushing the pace. It has presented the fourth version of its compromise […]
EU Commissioner Didier Reynders wants to broaden the debate on the rule of law in Europe. He is determined to take it to national capitals and parliaments and to involve civil society more. This is clear from the text of Reynders’ Humboldt speech on Europe, excerpts of which are available to Europe.Table. Both are important, […]
In the digital age, it is hard to understand why euro transfers from one EU account to another take hours or even days. It is true that banks in Germany also offer real-time transfers, but they often charge an extra fee for it, which is why customers rarely use real-time transfers. In Europe as a […]