Policy & Law
30.06.2025

The View from Brussels #24-2025

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 26 (23-29.06.2025)

Post-quantum cryptography: The EU Member States have presented a roadmap for the implementation of post-quantum cryptography. According to this roadmap, all Member States should start transitioning to post-quantum cryptography by the end of 2026; critical infrastructures should be transitioned as soon as possible, but no later than the end of 2030.

European Media Freedom Act: The EU Commission has launched a consultation on upcoming guidelines to protect media service providers from the unjustified removal of their content from very large online platforms (with over 45 million users per month).

AI: The EU Commission has unveiled new features for AI researchers and industry on the AI-on-Demand platform (aiodp.eu).

Submarine cables: A group of experts from EU Member States and the EU Commission has agreed on EU-wide mapping and coordinated risk assessment of submarine cable infrastructures. The results are due to be published in autumn 2025.

Media Pluralism: The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom has presented its Media Pluralism Monitor 2025.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Selections of the CW 27 (30.06.-06.07.2025)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 13.07.2025 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 30.06.2025 can be found here.

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.

ITRE Committee (Industry)

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

The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 24.06.2025) 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 26.06.2025) 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 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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