Policy & Law
09.03.2026

The View from Brussels #10-2026

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 10 (02-08.03.2026)

DSA: The current transparency reports from very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) can be viewed here. The Digital Services Act requires online services to publish data on content moderation at regular intervals (once a year, or twice a year for VLOPs and VLOSEs).

Digital sovereignty: The European Commission presented the €75 million EURO-3C project at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The aim is to create Europe’s first “large-scale federated Telco-Edge-Cloud” infrastructure. Telco-Edge-Cloud combines telecommunications networks, edge computing and cloud infrastructure into a single, integrated platform, bringing high speed, secure computing power closer to end-users.

Social media: On Thursday, the first meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online took place. The expert panel advises the European Commission on, among other things, the introduction of a uniform EU-wide age limit for access to social media.

DSA: The European Commission is examining whether the gaming platform Roblox could be classified as a VLOP.

Start-ups: Euractiv reports on the pros and cons of five different ways to implement “EU Inc” or the “28th regime.” The plan is to create an EU-wide company entity meant to help startups.

AI: The expert group appointed by the European Commission has published the second draft of the code of practice for transparency of AI-generated content.

Chat control: The LIBE Committee failed to reach an agreement. Now, the Parliament will decide this week on the extension of the transitional regulation, which is set to expire at the beginning of April.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

 

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the Current Week, CW 11 (09-15.03.2026)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 22.03.2026 can be found here.

Summit and Ministerial Meetings:

Preparatory Bodies:

 

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:

Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2026 is available here (PDF).

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 09.03.2026 can be found here.

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.

ITRE Committee (Industry)

No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.

The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 03.03.2026) 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 26.02.2026) 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.

The judgment in the Magyar Telekom case (C-514/24) is scheduled to be delivered on Thursday, 12 March 12 2026.

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