Published: April 24th, 2022,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025
The marathon negotiations were followed by superlatives: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement reached on Saturday night on the Digital Services Act „historic“, while the European Parliament’s rapporteur, Christel Schaldemose (S&D), spoke of a new „global gold standard“. German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann praised that „the way is now clear for uniform requirements for social networks and other online platforms in Europe“.