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The EU’s revised Consumer Credit Directive leaves European consumers with fewer choices and more financial struggles

The EU’s revised Consumer Credit Directive leaves European consumers with fewer choices and more financial struggles

by Emil Panzaru

You have seen the option if you have ever shopped online. Instead of paying in full for a product, you can have the item delivered immediately with a smaller up-front payment and cover the rest of the bill in several interest-free installments. The term for the practice is

Digital citizenship to kick off in Hungary – Chinese or Estonian style? Data

Digital citizenship to kick off in Hungary – Chinese or Estonian style?

by Zoltán Kész

Digital citizenship in Hungary has become a pressing issue as the government pursues initiatives to centralize and digitize citizens' personal information.

How the EU's Data Protection Authorities handle GDPR application Data

How the EU's Data Protection Authorities handle GDPR application

by EU TECH LOOP

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.

Tech-related ideas in von der Leyen’s political guidelines 2024-2029 Infra Data

Tech-related ideas in von der Leyen’s political guidelines 2024-2029

by Egle Markeviciute

Nearly a month after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's re-election, Europe is eagerly awaiting the formation of the new Commission.

Breton's Elon Musk regulatory troll earns one of the most epic ratios of all time

Breton's Elon Musk regulatory troll earns one of the most epic ratios of all time

by Yaël Ossowski

In posting a letter online to Elon Musk, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton receives the most epic Twitter/X ratios of all time.

EU Tech Loop wrap-up: July 2024

EU Tech Loop wrap-up: July 2024

by EU TECH LOOP

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.

Escaping vendor lock-ins in Europe: will the EU Data Act help Europeans regain technological freedom and choice? Data

Escaping vendor lock-ins in Europe: will the EU Data Act help Europeans regain technological freedom and choice?

by Egle Markeviciute

In Europe, nobody thinks twice about being able to choose between, for example, different mobile operators, if needed. The process might get complicated with various contractual obligations, but executing this idea isn’t impossible. This is not always the case in cloud services.

Regulation Is Europe’s Key Leverage in Global Tech Industry

Regulation Is Europe’s Key Leverage in Global Tech Industry

by EU TECH LOOP

Regulation like the DMA has become the primary form of leverage Europe has in the global tech industry rather than actual companies.

The new UK Government needs to be careful with its AI regulation ambition AI

The new UK Government needs to be careful with its AI regulation ambition

by Egle Markeviciute

Last week, various media outlets reported that the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keith Starmer, will include an AI bill to the King's Speech later this week, following in the footsteps of the European Union’s AI Act. 

Free speech platforms like 'X' will never pass the EU's DSA test

Free speech platforms like 'X' will never pass the EU's DSA test

by Yaël Ossowski

Elon Musk wants X to be the premiere free speech platform. But this trajectory is completely at odds with the aims of the EU's regulatory playbook. And this battle is far from over.

Taking a bite out of MiCA, the EU's comprehensive crypto legislation challenging the nature of decentralisation

Taking a bite out of MiCA, the EU's comprehensive crypto legislation challenging the nature of decentralisation

by Yaël Ossowski

EU regulators have proudly championed their comprehensive crypto regulation, but does it provide protection while allowing innovation?

Two elephants in the room for the EU's digital transformation ambition

Two elephants in the room for the EU's digital transformation ambition

by Egle Markeviciute

Last week, the European Commission published the second report evaluating Member States' implementation of the European grand plan for digital transformation by 2030 - the Digital Decade.