News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 32 (04-10.08.2025)
Media freedom: Most of the provisions of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) entered into force on 8 August 2025. In this context, Politico reports on the situation in the Member States, while Euractiv highlights ongoing uncertainties due to a lack of guidelines.
Age verification: Euractiv reports on methods of age verification available in Europe, as well as the associated data protection concerns.
Transatlantic relations: Donald Trump has announced plans to impose tariffs of around 100% on imported chips and semiconductors. Under the trade agreement between the EU and the US, it had been agreed that only a 15% tariff would be levied on semiconductors. The US are continuing to dial up attack on the EU’s digital regulations.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- There are currently no publications.
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Burden reduction and simplification for competitiveness of small mid-cap enterprises – Omnibus Directive (until 25.08.2025)
- Burden reduction and simplification for competitiveness of small mid-cap enterprises – Omnibus Regulation (until 25.08.2025)
- EU cybersecurity certification – amendment to the scheme on common criteria (until 29.08.2025)
- Cybersecurity – peer review of National Cybersecurity Certification Authorities (until 29.08.2025)
- Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 and action plan on consumers in the Single Market (until 31.08.2025)
- Omnibus Regulation Aligning product legislation with the digital age (until 03.09.2025)
- Omnibus Directive Aligning product legislation with the digital age (until 03.09.2025)
- Merger guidelines – review (until 03.09.2025)
- European Research Area Act (until 10.09.2025)
- Data retention by service providers for criminal proceedings – impact assessment (until 12.09.2025)
- Action plan against cyberbullying (until 29.09.2025)
- European Innovation Act (until 03.10.2025)
- EU Space Act – new rules for safe, resilient and sustainable space activities (until 03.10.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for competitiveness (until 03.10.2025)
- 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 03.10.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for civil protection, preparedness and response to crises (until 03.10.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for external action (until 03.10.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – implementing EU funding with Member States and regions (until 03.10.2025)
- Digital Fairness Act (until 24.10.2025)
- Artificial intelligence and digitalisation for energy – a roadmap (until 05.11.2025)
Selections of the CW 33 (11-17.08.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
Preparatory Bodies:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
An overview of the various Council meetings 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
There are no plenary sittings of the European Parliament taking place this week.
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 29.07.2025) 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 15.07.2025) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the CULT Committee is scheduled for this week.
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.
