Negotiations are currently underway on the size of the budget for the EU's “Horizon Europe” research framework programme. The many announcements and assurances at European level on strengthening digital performance and sovereignty now need to be followed up with concrete funding policy initiatives; only by doing so can Europe be made internationally fit for the future as a digital location.

Patrick Koetter, Leader of the eco Competence Groups Email and Anti-Abuse, explains in interview the burning topic for him at M3AAWG in San Francisco.

With protectionist sentiments threatening a digital trade war between the EU and US, the Transatlantic Dialogue roundtable series has brought together important government and industry representatives today in Brussels to productively discuss common interests and the existing EU-US Privacy Shield framework.

A proposal by the Romanian Council Presidency is currently circulating which sets forth the result of the agreement between France and Germany on the sticking points of the Copyright Directive. The proposal reveals a weakened German position in the negotiations on a European ancillary copyright law, including that of an upload filter. The smallest, small and medium-sized companies will essentially be those who take the hit – as will the Internet itself.