Policy & Law
09.06.2026

The View from Brussels #21-2026

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 22 (25-31.05.2026)

.eu: The European Commission celebrated the 20th anniversary of the .eu top-level domain during this year’s European Internet Governance Dialogue.

MSS: The European Commission has adopted a proposal for the selection of mobile satellite services (MSS) providers.

DSA: The European Commission has published draft guidelines on trusted flaggers. Feedback can be submitted as part of targeted consultation until 26 June 2026.

Digital sovereignty: Politico reports on the European Commission’s “Tech Sovereignty package”, which is due to be published on 3 June 2026.

AI: Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing, said in an interview with Politico that it is firmly expected that data centres will support the Green Deal in Europe and transition towards more clean energy, both nuclear and renewables.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the Current Week, CW 23 (01-07.06.2026)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 14.06.2026 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

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 2026 is available here (PDF).

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 01.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

 

  • Strengthening EU Civil Protection and Increasing the Resilience of European

Critical Infrastructure

  • Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) Report 2026

The agenda for the joint meeting of the LIBE Committee and the IMCO Committee taking place on 02.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • Amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the

simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence

(Digital Omnibus on AI)

The agenda for the joint meeting of the LIBE Committee and the Committee on Culture and Education taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • Establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing

Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818

The agenda for the joint hearing of the LIBE Committee and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here.

The current timetables of the LIBE Committee can be found here.

 

JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)

The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

 

  • Establishment of European Business Wallets
  • Workshop on the evaluation of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive 2004/48/EC

The current timetables of the JURI Committee can be found here.

 

ITRE Committee (Industry)

The agenda for the joint meeting of the ITRE Committee, the IMCO Committee and the Committee on International Trade taking place on 02.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Establishing a framework of measures for the acceleration of industrial capacity

and decarbonisation in strategic sectors and amending Regulations (EU)

2018/1724, (EU) 2024/1735 and (EU) 2024/3110

The agenda for the meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Laying down the rules for participation of Iceland in the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme
  • Laying down the rules for participation of the Kingdom of Norway in the GOVSATCOM component of the Union Space Programme and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme
  • Exchange of views with Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, on the Technological Sovereignty Package

The agenda for the joint meeting of the ITRE Committee and the Committee on Security and Defence taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here.

The agenda for the joint meeting of the ITRE Committee and the Committee on Transport and Tourism taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

  • Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153

The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 26.05.2026) can be found here.

 

IMCO Committee (Internal Market)

The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 02.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Exchange of views with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
  • Establishment of European Business Wallets
  • Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration
  • Exchange of views with StĂ©phane SĂ©journĂ©, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
  • Amazon faces EU scrutiny for systemic sale of unsafe and illegal products

The agenda for the joint meeting of the IMCO Committee, the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, as well as the Committee on Transport and Tourism taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here.

The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 07.05.2026) can be found here.

 

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee taking place on 03.06.2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning
  • Establishing the ‘AgoraEU’ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818

The current timetables of the CULT Committee (as of 07.05.2026) 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 delivery of the judgment in the case of Meta Platforms v Commission (T-1078/23) is scheduled for Wednesday, 03.06.2026.

 

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