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Originally published on 19 April 2025
DSA
- EU plans major staff boost for digital rules – digwatch
DATA PROTECTION
- EDPB adopts guidelines on processing personal data through blockchains and is ready to cooperate with AI office on guidelines on AI Act and EU data protection law
- Latest opinions by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
- Opinion 3/2025 on the draft decision of the French Supervisory Authority (FR SA) regarding the “Lexing GDPR certification criteria”
- Guidelines 02/2025 on processing of personal data through blockchain technologies
- Upcoming Plenary Meetings of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
- 105th Plenary meeting – 06 May 2025
- 106th Plenary meeting – 03 – 04 June 2025
- 107th Plenary meeting – 08 July 2025
- Europe’s GDPR Fines Against US Firms Are Unfair and Disproportionate – Center for Data Innovation
ONLINE PIRACY
- Piracy Shield: A Flawed Approach in the Fight Against Online Piracy – EuroISPA
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- The 2024-2025 Activity Report of the European Broadband Competence Offices Network
- Supporting the European Broadband Competence Offices Network in 2025-2026
- EU Launches €104 million call to boost Europe’s leadership in 6G
- ETSI publishes first Report on ISAC Use Cases for 6G
DIGITAL EUROPE
- EU Commission calls: €140 million to deploy key digital technologies
CYBERSECURITY
- Encrypted app intelligence exposes sprawling criminal networks across Europe – Europol
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- EU Commission launches a call for tender as part of the efforts to establish the AI Act Service Desk
DIGITAL SKILLS
- New EU digital skills academies to boost tech sovereignty and competitiveness
APPRENTICESHIPS
- Apprenticeships opening pathways to innovation and inclusion across Europe – Cedefop
GENDER EQUALITY
- Historic meeting of EU Ministers for Equality in Warsaw
DIGITAL RESILIENCE
- Data Matters Privacy Blog: Financial Entities in the EU: Time to Register Your ICT Third-Party Service Providers under DORA
EBU
- EBU Q&A with Anne Lagercrantz: “Accountability is so valuable because it will become a rare commodity”ut in the archives?
CULTURE & CREATIVITY
- EU Council: Europe is full of creativity!
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- CM 2337 2025 INIT – Working Party on Intellectual Property
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
MEP Questions and EU Commission Answers
- Answer to a written question – EU-US data transfers following Trump’s election – E-000520/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – E-commerce platforms as ‘deemed importers’ – P-002943/2024(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Commission spending on advertising, photographers and make-up artists – E-000411/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Germany’s legal demands for user data and the Digital Services Act – E-000850/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Freedom of speech and the Commission’s actions against the X platform – E-000900/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Debunking pre-bunking – E-000875/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Children’s series like CoComelon and PAW Patrol are harmful for children’s development – E-000563/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Illegal use of spyware in Serbia – P-000686/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Public procurement and EU international agreements following CJEU case C-652/22 – P-000725/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Priorities of the European Council – E-002861/2024(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Directive 94/33/EC of 22 June 1994 on the protection of young people at work, and in particular Article 8(1)(b) thereof. – P-001145/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Ensuring the introduction of the Entry/Exit System (EES) is practicable – E-000210/2025(ASW)
EP Think Tank papers
- EU capabilities in space: Scenarios for space security by 2050
- Understanding crime statistics
- EU budget 2026
- What to make of the 2025 US tariff policy?
- What is the EU doing to help people access healthcare in another EU country?
EP Opinions
- OPINION on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report – PE768.114v02-00
- OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive – PE767.919v02-00
- OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’) – PE767.866v02-00
EP Amendments
- AMENDMENTS 17 – 141 – Draft opinion Public procurement – PE772.121v01-00
- AMENDMENTS 46 – 357 – Draft opinion Public procurement – PE772.163v01-00
- AMENDMENTS 10 – 13 – Draft report Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the Agreement establishing the Ethics Body – PE772.133v01-00
- AMENDMENTS 38 – 140 – Draft opinion Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports – PE772.177v01-00
EP IMCO Committee
- Highlights – Safety of eCommerce products – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Highlights – Public Procurement – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys – PE766.983v02-00
EP EMPL Committee
- Latest news – What’s new? – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Highlights – NEW TIMING: ICM “Affordable Housing for All” – Wednesday 9 April 2025, 15:00-18:00 – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- AMENDMENTS 46 – 357 – Draft opinion Public procurement – PE772.163v01-00
EP INTA Committee
- AMENDMENTS 17 – 141 – Draft opinion Public procurement – PE772.121v01-00
- AMENDMENTS 38 – 140 – Draft opinion Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports – PE772.177v01-00
EP JURI Committee
- Latest news – Meetings schedule – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Highlights – Exchange of views with EVP Stéphane Séjourné and exchange of views on CSRD – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Highlights – EoVs with Polish Presidency, EVP Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission and WIPO – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Highlights – Exchange of views with EVP Stéphane Séjourné and on CSRD – Committee on Legal Affairs
EP LIBE Committee
Draft agenda – Wednesday, 23 April 2025 – PE772.217v01-00 – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Latest news – Next meeting: 23 April 2025 (Brussels) – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
EP CULT Committee
- Latest news – Extraordinary joint meeting of EMPL-CULT on Monday, 5 May 2025 in Strasbourg – Committee on Culture and Education
- Subject files – Engaged4YOUth – Committee on Culture and Education
- Highlights – Letter to President Von der Leyen – Committee on Culture and Education
EP AFET Committee
- Latest news – AFET committee meetings – Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Draft agenda – Wednesday, 23 April 2025 – Thursday, 24 April 2025 – PE772.215v01-00 – Committee on Foreign Affairs
- OPINION on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report – PE768.114v02-00
- DRAFT REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – PE768.086v01-00
UNITED STATES
- NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Guidelines
COMPANIES: ALPHABET
- Google Cloud Blog: AI and BI converge: A deep dive into Gemini in Looker
COMPANIES: META
- Meta Newsroom: The FTC’s Weak Case Against Meta Ignores Reality
- Meta Newsroom: Making AI Work Harder for Europeans
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