News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 21 (18-24.05.2026)
AI: The European Commission has published draft guidelines for the classification of high-risk AI systems. Feedback can be submitted as part of a consultation process until 23 June 2026.
Reduction of bureaucracy: Politico reports on difficulties in simplifying EU rules.
Technological sovereignty: The presentation of the “Tech Sovereignty package” has been postponed to 3 June 2026. This is evident from the updated agenda of the European Commission.
Digital embassies: Politico reports on digital embassies in Luxembourg.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- Paving the way to EU Enlargement: Assessing economic trends and future prospects
- AI image generation and the spread of online child sexual abuse material
- The spread of AI companions and the challenges they generate
- Research for the AGRI Committee – The Bioeconomy in the Agriculture of the Future: Its role in Promoting Farms’ Economic Sustainability
- At a glance note for the Research for the AGRI Committee – The Bioeconomy in the Agriculture of the Future: Its role in Promoting Farms’ Economic Sustainability
- Comparing EU institutions’ positions on a new legal framework for innovative companies
- Multimodal digital mobility services
- Social security cover in other EU Member States
- European Social Fund Plus
- Road transport: harmonising legislation
- Common security and defence policy
- Financing the Trans-European Networks
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Digital Product Passport Registry (until 27.05.2026)
- 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)
- 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU (until06.2026)
- Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation (until06.2026)
- Biotech Act II (until 10.06.2026)
- Citizens Omnibus Initiative – reducing administrative burdens (until 19.06.2026)
- European Ocean Act (until 16.07.2026)
- Biotech Act (until 17.07.2026)
- EU Critical Raw Materials Centre (until 29.07.2026)
- Crypto asset markets – evaluation of the EU legal framework (until08.2026)
Selections of the Current Week, CW 22 (25-31.05.2026)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 07.06.2026 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Competitiveness Council (Internal market and Industry), 05.2026, Agenda
- Competitiveness Council (Research and Space), 05.2026, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Education Committee, 05.2026, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 05.2026
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 05.2026, Agenda
- COREPER II, 05.2026, Agenda
- COREPER I, 05.2026, Agenda
- JHA INFORMATION EXCHANGE, 05.2026, Agenda
- Law Enforcement Working Party (Police), 05.2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN), 05.2026, Agenda
- Antici Gr. (Simplification), 05.2026, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 05.2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 05.2026, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 05.2026, Agenda
- COREPER II, 05.2026, Agenda
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)
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 20.05.2026) 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 07.05.2026) 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 07.05.2026) 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.
