Legal disputes with Poland, energy prices, migration and – not to be forgotten – the departure of Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and German Chancellor Angela Merkel: even in the run-up to last week’s EU summit, it was clear that the discussion on the digital agenda, which the heads of state and government wanted to […]
In the latest compromise proposal of the Slovenian Council Presidency on the “Digital Services Act” (DSA), the member states are taking more decisive action against so-called dark patterns. This was first reported by the expert medium Contexte. The use of dark patterns, which can force users to make unwanted decisions, is to be banned on […]
Barely three weeks after the inaugural meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Pittsburgh, the European Commission has launched an online consultation platform. On “Futurium,” stakeholders such as companies, think tanks or trade unions can contribute their views and suggestions to the body where the EU and the US want to discuss […]
The shadow rapporteur of the Greens/EFA group in the Internal Market Committee (IMCO), Kim Van Sparrentak, stresses that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the forefront of the negotiations on the AI Regulation. But whether the Parliament will decide to do so is not yet foreseeable, she said. “This calls for tough decisions, […]
It is no secret that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have a close relationship. So it doesn’t seem surprising that von der Leyen sometimes goes to the Chancellor’s Office for a direct exchange of views – as was the case today. The woman from Lower Saxony is coming to […]
The SPD and the Greens already agreed to the exploratory paper, and the FDP is expected to follow today. Party leader Christian Lindner expects a “large consensus.” This would mean that nothing stands in the way of the start of traffic light coalition negotiations. We analyzed the substantive points on Europe, the Green Deal and […]
The EU ministers responsible for telecommunications and digital affairs held their first in-depth discussion of the Commission’s proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence at an informal Council video conference yesterday. The debate focused on the regulatory design of the regulation and the challenges to its effective implementation.Germany was represented by Claudia Dörr-Voß, State Secretary […]
While the 27 telecoms ministers are discussing the Commission’s proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence from April in depth at their video conference today, there is new turmoil in the European Parliament in the competence dispute over the legislative project. With the Italian Brando Benifei (S&D), the rapporteur in the lead Internal Market Committee […]
On Tuesday, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted its opinion on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It aims to regulate the dominance of the major online platforms, establish fair competition and lower barriers to market entry. Ondřej Kovařík (CZ, Renew), rapporteur for the LIBE Committee and thus draftsman of the […]
According to the Centre for European Policy (CEP), the Commission’s proposal on the Digital Services Act (DSA) violates EU law and has several ambiguities. This is the conclusion reached by the think-tank in three analyses published today (Part I, Part II, Part III).The researchers criticize that the relationship of the DSA to national law is […]