Yesterday, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) in the Council adopted the trilogue compromise on the Digital Services Act. Under the French Council Presidency, the representatives of the member states had to contend with a number of obstacles: The DSA had to be unified in the trilogue before the presidential election in France. As a […]
The confusion was great, as was the anger of some of those involved. But after the latest confusion, the Digital Services Act (DSA) is now on the agenda for Thursday’s vote in IMCO, the committee responsible for the single market.The irritations that had recently arisen before the weekend were cleared up with a version of […]
The Digital Services Act (DSA) had actually been fully negotiated. However, before the Council and Parliament can give it their final blessing, the political agreement reached shortly before the presidential elections in France still has to be given the final legal form. Here, however, trouble has been brewing for weeks: Some of the wording proposed […]
In March, Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyen signaled top priority and transatlantic unity by pledging political agreement. However, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF) is not yet in place – many questions still need to be clarified at the working level. Time is running out for the companies concerned.Recently, however, positive signals have […]
The European Commission has proposed a deal to EU member states with Egypt and Israel to boost imports of natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean, according to a draft document seen by Reuters dated June 7. The draft memorandum of understanding, which is still subject to changes and needs approval from the governments involved, is part of […]
With its publication in the Official Journal, the Data Governance Act has now completed its final formal step. The DGA, the text of which was agreed by the Council and Parliament in the trilogue shortly before the end of 2021, primarily defines the framework conditions for the stronger data exchange envisaged by the EU. The […]
The fact that the European Union can introduce and establish global standards can be considered proven. The best example of this is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Anyone who wants to process personal data in EU countries is subject to it anyway. Anyone who wants to do this from outside and process data in […]
The proposal by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson to combat depictions of sexual abuse has met with a contradictory response from the coalition government in Berlin.“The minister expressly welcomes this draft,” said a spokeswoman for the federal interior ministry led by Nancy Faeser (SPD). “Protecting children from sexualized violence and preventing the spread […]
The proposal presented on Wednesday to combat child abuse depictions on the Internet by EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson (Europe.Table reported) is drawing massive criticism. The Federal Data Protection Commissioner, Ulrich Kelber, announced that, after initial examination, he would advocate “that the regulation does not come in this form”. Kelber sees the Commission’s […]
The war in Ukraine has a signal effect for both sides: the EU and the USA actually need to cooperate more closely. And the ten topics negotiated in the TTC in particular could mean significant progress for closer cooperation. But in many areas, even before the second meeting of the forum between the Commission and […]