News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 18 (28.04.2025-04.05.2025)
Microchips: The European Court of Auditors has published a special report on the EU’s strategy in the field of microchips.
Deep tech: The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has published a report on deep tech strategies in Europe.
Reporting: The EU Commission supports pan-European reporting – online reporting is also to receive 3 million Euro in funding to improve access to reliable online information.
Combatting disinformation: The EU Commission has launched two calls for proposals. The first call for proposals is for projects that focus on detecting malicious information manipulation campaigns, as well as analysing the impact of online disinformation on citizens, while developing concrete responses to increase societal resilience. The second call is for projects that increase the reach and impact of content produced by independent fact-checking organisations in the EU through creative strategies and media formats, such as cooperation with media outlets, influencers or podcasters.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- 2025 World Press Freedom Day
- Transforming animal farming through artificial intelligence
- Human exposome research: Potential, limitations and public policy implications
- Communication policy
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Joint Communication on the EU strategic approach to the Black Sea (until 05.05.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for competitiveness (until 06.05.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for cross-border education, training and solidarity, young people, media, culture, and creative sectors, values, and civil society (until 06.05.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for the single market, and cooperation between national authorities (until 06.05.2025)
- ICT statistics for 2026 (delegated regulation) (until 06.05.2025)
- Information and communication technologies (ICT) usage and e-commerce for 2026 – specifications (until 07.05.2025)
- Information and communication technologies (ICT) usage statistics for 2026 – specifications (until 07.05.2025)
- EU-India relations – new comprehensive strategic approach (until 08.05.2025)
- European Digital Identity Wallets – annual reports by supervisory bodies (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – qualified certificates (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – certified creation devices (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – qualified trust service applications (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – reference standard & validation procedures (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – qualified electronic registered delivery services (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – recognition of qualified validation services (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – peer review of electronic identification schemes (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – remote qualified creation devices (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – qualified electronic time stamps (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – identity of recipients of qualified certificates (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Electronic signatures and seals – qualified preservation services (implementing act) (until 13.05.2025)
- Vehicle emissions – methods, tests and requirements for Euro 7 emissions type approval of cars and vans (until 13.05.2025)
- Vehicle emissions – methods and tests for Euro 7 on-board monitoring systems (cars and vans emissions type approval) (until 13.05.2025)
- A Culture Compass for Europe (until 13.05.2025)
- European strategy on research and technology infrastructures (until 22.05.2025)
- Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation – evaluation (until 23.05.2025)
- European Democracy Shield (until 26.05.2025)
- Cities – new policy agenda (until 26.05.2025)
- Activation of EU rules on radio equipment for reconfigurable radio systems (until 27.05.2025)
- European Critical Communication System (until 28.05.2025)
- Format, template and technical specifications of the labels and transparency notices of political advertisements (until 28.05.2025)
- Combating online piracy of sports and other live events – assessment of the May 2023 Commission Recommendation (until 28.05.2025)
- Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027 – interim evaluation (until 28.05.2025)
- Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020 –evaluation (until 28.05.2025)
- Apply AI Strategy – strengthening the AI continent (until 04.06.2025)
- AI Continent – new cloud and AI development act (until 04.06.2025)
- A European Strategy for AI in science – paving the way for a European AI research council (until 05.06.2025)
- The EU Cybersecurity Act (until 20.06.2025)
- Digital product process – rules for service providers (until 01.07.2025)
- Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act – speeding up decarbonization (until 09.07.2025)
Selections of the CW 19 (05.05.2025-11.05.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 18.05.2025 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers- Gymnich, 07-08.05.2025, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 05.2025, Agenda
- Visa Working Party, 05.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 05.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), 05.2025, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 05.2025
- Trade Policy Committee (TPC) – Experts (Services and Investment), 05.2025, Agenda
- COREPER I, 05.2025, Agenda
- COREPER II, 05.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Maritime Issues (EU Maritime Security Strategy – EUMSS), 05.2025, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 05.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Intellectual Property – Copyright, 05.2025, Agenda
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda of the current Commission meeting was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (STRA)
The agenda for the current plenary sittings week can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023
- Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023
- 9th Report on economic and social cohesion
- A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures, and European global trade opportunities
- A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world
- 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Data Protection Supervisor
- Topical debate (Rule 169) – Winning the global tech race: boosting innovation and closing funding gaps
- Competition policy – annual report 2024
- Banking Union – annual report 2024
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2025 is available here (PDF).
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the LIBE Committee can be found here.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the JURI Committee can be found here.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 29.04.2025) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 08.04.2025) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs taking place on 05.05.2025 can be found here.
The current timetables of the CULT Committee can be found here.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here. The provisional agenda for the upcoming plenary sittings can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the CJEU here.
