Due diligence obligations for porn platforms“Great win for women and girls today,” tweeted Alexandra Geese, IMCO shadow rapporteur for the Greens/EFA group, yesterday evening following the vote on the compromise proposals. Her proposal to impose special due diligence requirements on platforms with predominantly user-generated pornographic content had been adopted. Geese herself had spoken of a […]
On Thursday, it’s that time again: #EUCO time! Every EU correspondent in Brussels knows that if you want background information, you have to be there. You can tune into the press conferences from your desk, but on site, you can get background information from the diplomats. In COVID-19 times, however, access to the Council building […]
“You’ll never walk alone” should become the guiding principle of Germany’s upcoming G7 presidency, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said yesterday at the end of the G7 foreign ministers’ consultations in Liverpool. The Liverpool FC fan song expresses “a strong sense of unity”, which Baerbock obviously also wishes for the group of seven leading industrialized nations. […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly viewed positively by the German population. Currently, almost three-quarters (72 percent) of German citizens say that they see artificial intelligence exclusively (27 percent) or rather (45 percent) as an opportunity. A year ago, the proportion was still 68 percent. 13 percent currently see AI rather as a danger, 12 percent […]
Couriers who work for the food delivery service Deliveroo are not employees but self-employed workers, the Brussels Labour Court ruled on Wednesday. The case, which involved only 30 couriers, is emblematic of the problem posed by the emerging platform economy: Is a platform an employer and, accordingly, are its workers employees? European regulation has so […]
After 28 years in the European Parliament, MEP Evelyne Gebhardt (SPD, S&D) will hand over her mandate on February 1st. A native of Schwäbisch-Hall and France, she is a member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) and Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Parliamentary Relations with the People’s Republic of China.As S&D shadow […]
The EU finally wants to effectively stand up to punitive tariffs from China and the US: Today, it is presenting its Anti-Coercion Instrument. The package of measures against unfair trade practices contains some potential for international conflict, according to Amelie Richter’s analysis. A cycle of retaliatory measures could begin. But criticism of the instrument can […]
After several meetings at the technical level of the staff last week (Europe.Table reported), the negotiators concluded the last round of political negotiations last night. Rapporteur Christel Schaldemose (DK, S&D) sent the final compromise proposals to the shadow rapporteurs of the other groups and committees late yesterday evening. According to negotiators, they have to give […]
According to parliamentary sources, the vote in the Internal Market Committee (IMCO) on the Digital Services Act (DSA) will not take place on December 9th as planned (Europe.Table reported) but will be postponed to the plenary week on December 14th. On Monday, IMCO rapporteur Christel Schaldemose (S&D) had presented new compromise proposals, as “Contexte” had […]
What goes around comes around? In the dispute over which committee in the European Parliament is involved in the negotiations on the artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and how, there was an agreement yesterday evening, after seven months of competence dispute. The Conference of Group Chairs decided to split the lead on the legislation between the […]