Only eleven months after the Commission’s presentation, the Council has adopted its negotiating position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Digital Services Act (DSA). The Slovenian Presidency could hardly save itself from praise from Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, and the representatives of the 27 member states. The meeting of the Competitiveness Council was crowned by numerous congratulations to the Slovenian Minister for Economic Development and Technology, Zdravko Počivalšek, who celebrated his 64th birthday. Jasmin Kohl analyses the demands with which the European capitals are going into the trialogue negotiations.