E-governance Featured The EU Commission should respect Member States’ opinions on Europe’s digital infrastructure needs In December, EU ministers at the TTE Council largely opposed easing telecom mergers, extending telecom rules to digital services, and introducing new IP rules, citing risks to net neutrality and consumers. Will the Commission respect their opinion?
News Featured EU Tech Loop wrap-up: November 2024 In this month’s EU Tech Loop wrap-up we dive into the EU's digital future: the EU Commission’s tech agenda, Digital Networks Act, Ukraine’s e-gov lessons, AI sandbox progress, BRICS digital sovereignty, EU red tape cuts, and EU-US tech ties.
Innovation Featured New survey reveals: CEE startups want more urgent action from national regulators Today, the Consumer Choice Center Europe (CCCE) released survey results examining how EU data strategy regulations impact operations and innovation potential among startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Featured Europe’s AI regulatory sandboxes need improvement After introducing the AI Act, regulatory sandboxes have become an EU’s poster child measure aimed at both helping European innovators with compliance questions, as well as provide a safe space to test and innovate, in accordance with rules and procedures.
News Featured Letter to Henna Virkkunen in anticipation of Parliament hearings next week [This is a repost of CCC Europe's letter to VP & Commissioner-designate for Technological sovereignty, security, and democracy Henna Virkkunen in anticipation of European Parliament hearings next week.]
News Featured EU Tech Loop wrap-up: October 2024 With Commissioners-designate soon heading into European Parliament committee hearings and the entire College of Commissioners expected to be approved by early December, the EU tech industry—and consumers—are eagerly awaiting to see what comes next.
News Featured EU Tech Loop wrap-up: September 2024 EU's September was rich in tech and telco debates: the proposed Commissioners were revealed, Draghi published his competitiveness proposals, the Commission's consultation results on digital infrastructure needs were released.
News Featured EU Tech Loop wrap-up: August 2024 August was quiet for the EU tech policy bubble, but soon it'll be back to action with the Hungarian Presidency, a new European Commission, and controversial ideas revisited. Last month, we covered key discussions—from Musk vs. Breton to von der Leyen's future plans. Enjoy the read!
Data Featured How the EU's Data Protection Authorities handle GDPR application Last month, the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice and Consumers released a second report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in effect since 2018.
EU Tech Loop wrap-up: July 2024 Welcome to the second newsletter of the EU Tech Loop! We hope your OOOs are going well - let's look at what happened to the EU's tech policy in July.
Featured Regulation Is Europe’s Key Leverage in Global Tech Industry Regulation like the DMA has become the primary form of leverage Europe has in the global tech industry rather than actual companies.
Featured EU and global AI race: an evaluation The race for dominance in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is heating up, with the European Union (EU) struggling to keep pace with the US and China.
AI Four global families of AI regulation: strict, soft, purpose-driven and the undecided The world continues to search for a wise balance between maximizing the open window of opportunity to foster AI innovation and ensuring sufficient guardrails for the use of AI technology.
