News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 17 (20-26.04.2026)
AI: As part of the “Digital Europe” programme, the European Commission is making a total of €63.2 million available across seven calls for proposals to support AI innovation in the areas of health, digital health, digital skills, online safety, as well as the deployment and use of transformative digital technologies. The calls for proposals close on 1 October 2026.
AI: Politico reports on attempts to define the term “intimate parts” in the context of the ban on artificial intelligence that generates nude images.
AI: A group of 10 European countries is opposing a proposal to shift products such as machinery and medical devices partly out of the scope of the bloc’s flagship AI law.
Technological sovereignty: Politico reports on European efforts to reduce dependence on US technologies, as well as the difficulties encountered in doing so.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- Monthly Highlights: Research digest for committees – April 2026
- European Commission’s interim evaluation of the 2021-2030 European education area strategic framework
- Australia: Current landscape and engagement with the EU
- Management and control structures for ERDF programmes in Member States that have acceded to the Union since 2004
- The Impact of Google AI Summaries and Google AI Overviews on Publishers’ Revenue and Media Freedom
- Negotiating the Enhanced Border Security Partnership: Balancing US security demands and EU privacy protection
- European energy grids package
- 2028-2034 EU budget: Parliament’s position
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- European Disability Card and European Parking Card – digital features for the physical versions (until 30.04.2026)
- Audiovisual media services – evaluation and update of EU rules (until 01.05.2026)
- European Business Wallet: digital identity, secure data exchange and legal notifications for simple, digital business (until 06.05.2026)
- European Health Data Space – requirements for cross-border exchange of personal health data (MyHealth@EU) (until 07.05.2026)
- European Health Data Space – identity management (until 07.05.2026)
- The EU Cybersecurity Act (until 12.05.2026)
- Information and communication technologies (ICT) usage and e-commerce for 2026 – specifications (until 12.05.2026)
- EU statistics on the use of ICT – technical formats for the 2027 exercise (until 12.05.2026)
- EU statistics on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) – variables for the 2027 exercise (until 12.05.2026)
- European Health Data Space – dataset descriptions (until 12.05.2026)
- Criminal justice cross-check mechanism (until05.2026)
- EU aviation strategy (until 21.05.2026)
- Electronic invoicing – revision of EU rules (until 10.06.2026)
- Energy efficiency – legal framework after 2030 (until 12.06.2026)
- Digital Networks Act (until 15.06.2026)
- Biotech Act (until 19.06.2026)
- European Ocean Act (until07.2026)
Selections of the Current Week, CW 18 (27.04-03.05.2026)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 10.05.2026 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Informal meeting of telecommunications ministers, 29-30.04.2026, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Working Party on Company Law, 04.2026, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 04.2026, Agenda
- Antici Gr. (Simplification), 04.2026, Agenda
- COREPER II, 04.2026, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 04.2026
- JHA COUNSELLORS, 04.2026, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 04.2026
- COREPER II, 04.2026, Agenda
- COREPER I, 04.2026, Agenda
- Law Enforcement Working Party (Police), 04.2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Space, 04.2026, Agenda
- Asia-Oceania Working Party (COASI), 04.2026, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 04.2026
- Ad Hoc WP on prep. Council concl. on enhanc. prepared., resp. capability & resilience future crisis, 04.2026
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:
- Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024
- Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024
- Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union
- The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture
- Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
- Guidelines for the 2027 Budget – Section III
- Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement
- Enhancing connectivity, preserving cultural heritage and driving local excellence in European tourism – destination management and regional tourism growth
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Parliament
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Council and Council
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Court of Justice of the European Union
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Court of Auditors
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European External Action Service
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Economic and Social Committee
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Committee of the Regions
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Ombudsman
- Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Data Protection Supervisor
- Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutors Office
- Discharge 2024: Agencies
- Discharge 2024: Joint Undertakings
- Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act
- Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
- The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report
- Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025
- Protection of EU companies, jobs and products against unfair competition from third countries
- Need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment
- Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions
- Banking Union – annual report 2025
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 30.04.2026 was not available at the time of going to press. You may be able to find it at short notice on the LIBE Committee’s website.
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 21.04.2026) 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 15.04.2026) 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 (as of 23.04.2026) can be found here.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the CJEU here.
For Thursday, 30 April 2026, the pronouncements of judgment are scheduled in the following cases:
