News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 34 (17/08/2026-23/08/2026)
Cybersecurity: Politico reports about the “wobbly rollout” of the NIS2 Directive and lists a few surprising examples for “critical infrastructure” like ice cream makers, chewing gum wholesalers, Christmas lights manufacturers, large schools with solar panel installations, or landlords with many apartments which pass a cable or internet connection on to their tenants through service charges.
AI: At a World Economic Forum event in Geneva, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde stressed that Europe couldn’t afford to miss out on the artificial intelligence revolution, and that European companies needed to scale up their operations.
Media: According to an updated draft of the revised General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) obtained by Politico, EU countries will be able to provide funding to small- and medium-sized local independent media outlets without formal vetting by the EU. The digitalization of press publications/transitioning to digital content is one of the possible cultural objectives, the SMEs could fulfil.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
Evaluation of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive Proceedings
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
Digital Networks Act (until 07/09/2026)
EU Teachers Agenda – enhancing the attractiveness of the education and training profession (until 08/09/2026)
Quality education for all: a 2040 roadmap (until 08/09/2026)
Chips Act 2 (until 10/09/2026)
Artificial intelligence strategy for the cultural and creative sectors (until 11/09/2026)
World Radiocommunication Conference 2027 – EU position (until 11/09/2026)
Revision of the EIT Regulation and of the Strategic Innovation Agenda (until 23/09/2026)
Revision of the EIT Regulation and of the Strategic Innovation Agenda (until 23/09/2026)
Crypto asset markets – evaluation of the EU legal framework (until 30/09/2026)
Dual-use export controls – evaluation of the Dual-Use Regulation (until 15/10/2026)
Energy-efficient product legislation – Omnibus simplification (until 15/10/2026)
AI Continent – new cloud and AI development act (until 16/10/2026)
Horizon Europe – European Partnerships to be implemented as joint undertakings (until 16/10/2026)
Selections of the Current Week CW 35 (24/08/2026-30/08/2026)
Council:
The current outlook for the Council’s work in the coming days was not available at the time of writing. You may be able to find it shortly on the Council’s website.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
No Council meetings are taking place this week.
Preparatory Bodies:
There are no Council meetings relevant to the Internet industry taking place this week.
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda for the current Commission meeting was not available at the time of going to press. You may be able to find it at short notice on the Commission’s website.
Parliament:
Plenary
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.
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 11/08/2026) 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 15/07/2026) 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 16/07/2026) 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 ECJ here.
