Policy & Law
23.06.2025

The View from Brussels #23-2025

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 25 (16-22.06.2025)

AI: The EU Commission seeks experts for a scientific panel of independent experts on artificial intelligence and its impact. The panel will advise and support both the AI Office and national authorities in the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act. Applications are open until 14 September 2025.

Digital: The EU Commission has published a report on the State of the Digital Decade.

Fibre optics: The Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF) has already brought one million fibre optic connections in underserved rural and semi-rural regions of Europe.

Electronic communications: The EU Commission has launched a consultation on the revision of the Recommendation on relevant markets. The deadline for feedback is 17 September 2025.

Infrastructure: The EU Commission has launched a consultation on guidance on the application of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act. Feedback is possible until 17 September 2025.

Roaming: The EU Commission has proposed to integrate Ukraine into the EU Roaming area as from January 2026.

Cloud computing: Politico reports on concerns that Trump could unplug Europe from the digital world.

Age verification: Euractiv reports on differing views on where the planned age verification should take place.

AI: The AI Chamber, which represents the interests of AI-focused companies in Central and Eastern Europe, has presented its AI Action Plan.

 

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

 

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the CW 26 (23-29.06.2025)

 

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 06.07.2025 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 2025 is available here (PDF).

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 23-24.06.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters, and amending certain acts in the field of judicial cooperation

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 24.06.2025 can be found here.

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

ITRE Committee (Industry)

The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 25 -26.06.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Exchange of views with the Commission on the EU-Switzerland agreement, with a focus on Switzerland’s participation in Union Programmes (Horizon Europe Association)
  • Energy affordability, sovereignty, efficiency and transparency: way forward for the EU
  • Exchange of views with Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, on the EU startup and scale up strategy

The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 17.06.2025) can be found here.

IMCO Committee (Internal Market)

The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 25 -26.06.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:

  • Working group on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) • Reporting back to committee by Andreas Schwab (PPE), Chair of the Working group
  • Working Group on the implementation and enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act • Reporting back to committee by Brando Benifei (S&D), Co-Chair of the Working group
  • A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition
  • Protection of minors online
  • Ongoing investigations against e-commerce platforms – latest developments (Shein) • Exchange of views
  • Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports
  • Digital Product Passport • Exchange of views with the Commission

The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs taking place on 26.06.2025 can be found here.

The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 21.05.2025) can be found here.

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee taking place on 24.06.2025 can be found here.

The current timetables of the CULT Committee 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.

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