The immigration law is to be significantly simplified in the future: “Shredding bureaucracy” is the order of the day, announced Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hubertus Heil (SPD). Two million job vacancies are a record, says Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD). Among other things, the reformed EU Blue Card is pinned with […]
The complexity of the EU’s planned AI regulation is too high and often, above all, unclear. This is the conclusion of a study by the Initiative for Applied Artificial Intelligence (IAAI), funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Digitalization.The authors focus on the intended classifications in particular: prohibited, high-risk and low-risk systems. The AI regulation […]
What the EU Commission proposed last year with its European Media Freedom Act has already drawn some criticism. And there was also censure at the Culture and Education Committee, CULT. “We make very strong regulations for the internal market, but we don’t say a word about transnational structures. Regarding media concentration, for example, the focus […]
The European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee discussed the next steps for the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Monday afternoon. Representatives of Twitter and TikTok were also invited – but they did not attend the meeting.The Digital Services Act is currently being implemented piece by piece. One year after the agreement between the […]
The Press and Information Office of the Federal Government (BPA) filed a complaint with the Cologne Administrative Court on Thursday against a decision by the Federal Data Protection Commissioner (BfDI) Ulrich Kelber. At the end of February, Kelber had prohibited the agency from utilizing the Facebook page “Federal Government” in a kind of test case. […]
What is the best way to guarantee media freedom in Europe? In the past, different member states gave very different answers to this question. And some have explicitly little interest in freedom of the press. This is precisely what EU Vice President Věra Jourová wants to change, which is why she has launched a regulation […]
The European Parliament is getting ready for discussion: The deadline for amendment proposals in the IMCO Committee to the report of the Maltese Social Democrat Alex Agius Saliba ends tomorrow, Tuesday. The rapporteur for the Internal Market Committee presented his draft for discussion on 8 February.The report by Agius Saliba contains several proposed amendments, among […]
Admittedly, it does not have the right to veto. But if the European Data Protection Board had flatly found the US assurances of better protection for data originating in the EU inadequate, that would have been tantamount to a recommendation of rejection for the European Parliament. Moreover, its criticism would likely be the main point […]
What if? This question comes up again and again. But politically, one question is not coming up at the moment: What if the EU were to dissolve? But research is free, fortunately. And it is thus allowed to answer questions no one has asked in this form. This is why the renowned economists Gabriel Felbermayr, […]
The route for announcing the proposed legislation is unusual: a notification before the start of a pre-consultation has now gone online; last time, Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders had so far only thought aloud about such steps. The Commission proposal is to be presented in the second quarter of 2023. With the planned regulation, the Commission […]