Policy & Law
09.06.2026

The View from Brussels #22-2026

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News for CW 23 (01/06/2026 – 07/06/2026)

AI: The European Commission has established two bodies to support the Commission’s AI Office and national public authorities in enforcing the AI Act. The Scientific Panel, comprising 60 experts, will focus on general-purpose AI models and systems, systemic risks, model classification, assessment methods and cross-border market surveillance. The Advisory Forum has 174 members and will address, among other things, standardisation and challenges in implementing the AI Act.

AI: The European Commission has appointed Jim Hagemann Snabe as Special Representative for Industrial Artificial Intelligence. Until 31/03/2027, he will advise Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen, on a pro bono basis. Critics have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest because Hagemann Snabe serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Siemens.

Technological sovereignty: The European Commission has presented its package on Europe’s technological sovereignty. It comprises the Chips Act 2.0, the Cloud and AI Development Act, an open-source strategy and a strategic roadmap for digitalisation and AI in the energy sector. Politico reports on criticism from various quarters.

Chips: Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, has called for a new diversification instrument designed to ensure that industry is not dependent on single sources of supply in sensitive sectors such as chips and rare earths.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank

Ongoing relevant European Commission Consultations

 

Selections of the Current Week, CW 24 (08/06/2026 – 14/06/2026)

Council:

You can find the latest outlook on the Council’s work for the coming days up to 21/06/2026 here.

Summit and Ministerial Meetings:

Preparatory Bodies:

 

An overview of the Council’s various meetings can be found here.

Commission:

The agenda for the current Commission meeting was not available at the time of publication. You may be able to find it at short notice on the Commission’s website.

Parliament:

Plenary Sittings

There are no plenary sittings of the European Parliament taking place this week.

Here, you’ll find the current schedule for this week in European Parliament. The calendar of sessions for 2026 is available here.

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

The agenda for the joint committee meeting of the LIBE Committee and the Committee on International Trade on 08/06/2026 can be found here.

The agenda for the LIBE Committee meeting on 08/06/2026 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • The 2025 Annual Report of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
  • Joint Working Group on the implementation and enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act
  • Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 with a view to simplifying the implementation of harmonised rules on AI (Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI)

The LIBE Committee’s timetable can be found here.

 

JURI Committee (Law)

The JURI Committee has no meeting scheduled for this week.

The JURI Committee’s timetables can be found here.

 

ITRE Committee (Industry)

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

The current timetables (as of 02/06/2026) for the ITRE Committee can be found here.

 

IMCO Committee (Single Market)

There are no meetings of the IMCO Committee scheduled for this week.

The current timetables (as of 07/05/2026) for the IMCO Committee can be found here.

 

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

There is no meeting of the CULT Committee scheduled for this week.

The current timetables (as of 07/05/2026) for the CULT Committee can be found here.

 

Outlook:

You can find an overview of the upcoming session weeks here. You’ll find the provisional agenda for the upcoming plenary sittings here.

European Court of Justice

You can find the judicial calendar of the CJEU here.

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