Principles of the “Digital Decade” (Recommendation and Communication)Commission proposal (tbc): 01.26.22Content: As part of the “Digital Compass” presented by the Commission in March 2021, the Authority intends to define digital rights and principles. The goal is to ensure that the benefits and opportunities of digitalization are available to all EU citizens and that European values […]
New year, new EU Council presidency: France officially took over the baton from Slovenia on Saturday as planned and can thus exert a decisive influence on the European agenda for the next six months. It’s no secret that President Macron also wants to use the Council presidency to distinguish himself as a statesman who unflinchingly […]
On Tuesday, the non-profit association Digitalcourage filed a lawsuit against the storage obligation for fingerprints in the identity card, which has been in force since 01.08.2021 and took the instance route. The storage obligation is based on an EU regulation from 2019.The aim of the EU regulation is to use biometric features to verify the […]
This time it was not Poland: The ECJ had to deal with the question of whether national constitutional law could trump European law on the basis of several Romanian legal disputes – again involving judicial issues. No, that is not possible, the Luxembourg judges ruled. While the organization of the judiciary is a competence of […]
The European Union’s COVID vaccination passport is to be valid for nine months without a booster. This regulation is binding for the 27 member states as of February 1st, according to a decision by the EU Commission, as the authority announced on Tuesday. After a booster vaccination, the validity is extended indefinitely so far because […]
Ahead of the upcoming election of the President of the Parliament, the S&D group in the European Parliament is planning a hearing of EPP candidate Roberta Metsola in the second week of January. The Maltese is controversial mainly because of her strict opposition to abortion (Europe.Table reported). “We expect commitments and clarifications on some important […]
After the European Parliament settled the competence dispute on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulation at the beginning of December, the rapporteurs for the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) and the EU Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) have now also been selected. These negotiate the law in Parliament in a co-advisory capacity. As […]
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament have declared themselves against a new candidacy of the current President of the Parliament, David Sassoli, and do not want to put forward another candidate of their own for the election, which is due to take place during the plenary session in mid-January. With this, they are […]
Tomorrow is the day: The first EU summit without Angela Merkel and with Olaf Scholz is on the agenda. One thing is clear: The chancellor will be under special scrutiny in Brussels because some of the new German government’s plans have irritated neighboring states – most recently, the further development of the EU into a […]
The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in the European Parliament adopted its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA) with a large majority on Tuesday morning. All compromise proposals put forward by rapporteur Christel Schaldemose (DK, S&D) were adopted.In addition to the compromise proposal by the Greens/EFA to impose special due diligence obligations […]