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Originally published on 12 April 2025
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
- EU Parliament discusses new screening rules for foreign investment in the EU
PAYMENT SYSTEMS
- EuroCommerce: Legal tender status of euro cash: merchants call for reasonable exemptions from mandatory acceptance
CYBERSECURITY
- EU Cybersecurity Act and ENISA: EU Commission opens consultation on revision
- The EU Cybersecurity Act
- ECCC Governing Board and the Network of National Coordination Centres met in Warsaw, Poland
DATA PROTECTION
- Europol: Leading the way in preventing the abuse of biometric recognition technology
- Latest opinions by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
- Opinion 4/2025 on the draft decision of the Finnish Supervisory Authority regarding the Controller Binding Corporate Rules of the Nokia Group
- Opinion 5/2025 on the draft decision of the Finnish Supervisory Authority regarding the Processor Binding Corporate Rules of the Nokia Group
- 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
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- EDPB: AI Privacy Risks & Mitigations Large Language Models (LLMs)
- EU-Japan: Shaping the future of AI and quantum technologies – EP Think Tank
- EU Parliament Briefing: Defence and artificial intelligence
PROTECTING CHILDREN ONLINE
- Protecting children online: Selected EU, national and regional laws and initiatives – EP – Research Service
DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT
- Digital Product Passport: EU Commission launches consultation
INTERNET GOVERNANCE
- End-to-end encryption based on the IETF-developed Messaging Layer Security set be used on 100s of millions of mobile devices
- New IRTF Chair Dirk Kutscher: Advancing Global Collaboration and Innovation in Internet Research
EBU
- Q&A with Kasper Lindskow: “Generative AI can give journalists superpowers”
- EBU launches Spotlight fact-checking network to combat misinformation and support trusted news
CULTURE & CREATIVITY
- Have your say: shape the future of EU support for culture and creativity
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
- COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AI Continent Action Plan
- COMMISSION DECISION approving the Letter of Intent on strengthening cooperation in the area of quantum science and technology between the European Commission on behalf of the European Union and the Cabinet Office of Japan
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- ST 7870 2025 INIT – Stocktaking on the implementation of the Council conclusions on reinforcing intercultural exchanges through the mobility of artists and cultural and creative professionals, and through multilingualism in the digital era (2022/C 160/07) – Final Presidency note
- ST 7991 2025 INIT – COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of 9.4.2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing threshold levels and classes of performance for permanent anchor devices and safety hooks
- ST 7991 2025 ADD 1 – ANNEX to the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/… supplementing Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing threshold levels and classes of performance for permanent anchor devices and safety hooks
- ST 6235 2025 INIT – Directive (EU) 2022/2380 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Directive 2014/53/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment
- ST 7955 2025 INIT – COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AI Continent Action Plan
- ST 7955 2025 ADD 1 – ANNEX to the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS AI Continent Action Plan
- CM 2300 2025 INIT – Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
- CM 2300 2025 COR 1 – Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
- CM 2327 2025 INIT – Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
- CM 2327 2025 COR 1 – Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
- CM 2212 2025 COR 1 – Working Party on Intellectual Property
EU PARLIAMENT REGISTER
MEP Questions and EU Commission Answers
- Answer to a written question – Status of the review of free-to-air sporting events of national interest – E-000758/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – The first General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Code of Practice: Appointment of Chairs and Vice-Chairs – E-002787/2024(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Use of Paragon Solutions spyware against journalists and civil society representatives – E-000600/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – European fire safety strategy – E-000779/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Incompatibility of amendments to the Polish Electronic Services Act with the Digital Services Act (DSA) – E-000257/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Cost of censorship on social media – E-000567/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – What has the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s 9th Knowledge and Innovation Community achieved? – E-000347/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Judicial reforms in Spain – E-000103/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Improving drinking water quality and checking the safety of plastic packaging – E-000648/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Violation of the principle of media freedom and pluralism by the government of Donald Tusk in Poland in relation to Telewizja Republika – E-001643/2024(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Problems with the security company responsible for EUPOL COPPS – E-000270/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – The online promotion of crypto-assets by Elon Musk in relation to the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) – E-000057/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – US AI chip export restrictions: a challenge to EU unity and technological sovereignty – E-000483/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Threats to democracy, threats to Europe? – E-000058/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Intimidation of journalists and media freedom in Hungary – E-000230/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority – lack of transparency in reports – E-000322/2025(ASW)
- Answer to a written question – Absence of a new EU heating and cooling strategy – E-000748/2025(ASW)
EP Think Tank Papers
- Briefing – Understanding crime statistics – 11-04-2025
- Briefing – Legal bases in Article 122 TFEU: Tackling emergencies through executive acts – 11-04-2025
- Briefing – EU legislation and policies to address racial and ethnic discrimination – 11-04-2025
- Study – Academic Freedom Monitor 2024 : Analysis of de facto state of academic freedom in the EU – Country overview – 11-04-2025
- Briefing – Demographic changes and labour migration within the EU – 11-04-2025
- Briefing – Clean trade and investment partnerships: A new instrument in the EU’s trade policy toolbox – 10-04-2025
- At a Glance – What to make of the 2025 US tariff policy? – 08-04-2025
- Study – Academic Freedom Monitor 2024: Overview of de jure academic freedom protection – 07-04-2025
EP IMCO Committee
- Hearings – Protection of minors online – 07-04-2025 – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
- Oral question – Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market – O-000012/2025
- DRAFT REPORT on a new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition – PE771.897v01-00
- Other events – Visit to Bologna Italy – 14-04-2025 – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
EP EMPL Committee
- Opinion on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers – EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool – Belgium – PE772.050v01-00
- DRAFT OPINION on public procurement – PE770.193v01-00
- Draft agenda – Monday, 5 May 2025 – PE772.201v01-00 – Committee on Culture and Education , Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Minutes – Monday, 31 March 2025 – PE772.052v01-00 – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
EP JURI Committee
- Latest news – Meetings schedule – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Draft agenda – Wednesday, 23 April 2025 – Thursday, 24 April 2025 – PE772.200v01-00 – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Highlights – Constructive dialogue with the CJEU and EoVs with ECA and EPPO – Committee on Legal Affairs
- Highlights – EoVs with Polish Presidency, EVP Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission and WIPO – Committee on Legal Affairs
EP CULT Committee
- Highlights – Vote on the Traineeship Directive – Committee on Culture and Education
- Highlights – Public hearing on “Enhancing media literacy in the digital age” – Committee on Culture and Education
- Highlights – Exchange of Views with DG EAC – Committee on Culture and Education
- Draft agenda – Monday, 5 May 2025 – PE772.201v01-00 – Committee on Culture and Education , Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Latest news – Next CULT Committee meeting: 19-20 May 2025 – Committee on Culture and Education
- Minutes – Wednesday, 19 March 2025 – PE771.867v01-00 – Committee on Culture and Education
UNITED STATES
- Three Steps Trump Should Take to Advance Government AI Adoption – Center for Data Innovation
COMPANIES: META
- CCIA: FTC to Begin Competition Case Monday Seeking to Roll Back Decades-Old Social Media Mergers
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