News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News for CW 27 (29/06/2026 – 05/07/2026)
DSA: The European Board for Digital Services, in cooperation with the European Commission, has published its second report on the most significant and recurring systemic risks.
Cybersecurity: The European Commission, together with the participating Member States, has launched the Cybersecurity Skills Coalition European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (CSC-EDIC). The founding members are Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia; the Czech Republic and Poland have joined as observers. CSC-EDIC aims to promote the implementation of the Cybersecurity Skills Academy, among other things, through bespoke training programmes.
EU Council of Ministers: Ireland took over the Council Presidency on 01/07/2026. Among the key issues that the Irish Presidency will address are, for example, the expansion of the domestic technology sector, restrictions on the use of social media, the establishment of companies at EU level, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
Chat monitoring: This week, the European Parliament could once again vote on an exemption from the e-Privacy Directive allowing for voluntary chat monitoring. As the European Parliament had voted against extending the transitional arrangement at the end of March, it expired at the beginning of April.
Transatlantic relations: Relations between the EU and the US remain strained despite talks about a potential future dialogue. US President Donald Trump had threatened to impose new tariffs on EU countries that levy taxes on digital services provided by American technology companies. A spokesperson for the European Commission announced that the EU would respond swiftly and decisively should this happen.
Data protection: The US Supreme Court has ruled that US President Donald Trump is permitted to dismiss members of independent public authorities. This raises doubts about the independent oversight required for the Data Privacy Framework.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank
- The feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to promote the EU’s competitiveness
- On the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia
- Legal expertise on modernised rules for patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare – The untapped potential of Directive 2011/24
- European Biotech Act I – Scope, Regulatory Framework, Market Landscape and Competitiveness Context
- European cultural heritage
- Mental health of young people in the digital age: “Cost of non-Europe” report
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Priority dossiers under the Irish EU Council Presidency
- EU response to hybrid threats
- General principles of EU industrial policy
- Consumer protection policy
- Vocational training
- Affordable communication options for companies and consumers
- Innovation policy
- Competition policy
- Transatlantic relations: the United States and Canada
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topical Digest – SDGs: The EU and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Combating the Premature Digital Obsolescence of Consumer Goods and Consumer Rights
- Monthly Highlights: Research digest for committees – July 2026
- Research for the JURI Committee on the Legal Assessment of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Digital EU driving licences – standards and regulations (until 14/07/2026)
- Horizon Europe – European partnerships to be implemented as joint companies (until 14/07/2026)
- European Interoperability Framework – Review (until 15/07/2026)
- EU Centre for Critical Raw Materials (until 29/07/2026)
- Cybercrime – Negotiation of procedural rules and the draft protocol to the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime (until 29/07/2026)
- Schengen Information System – Amendment to the list of items that may be the subject of an alert (Delegated Regulation) (until 29/07/2026)
- EU rules on multimodal digital mobility services and standardised digital booking and ticketing services (until 31/07/2026)
- Biotech Act (until 05/08/2026)
- Police cooperation – EU rules on the automated retrieval and exchange of biometric data with non-EU countries (until 07/08/2026)
- Digital Internet Act (until 30/08/2026)
- AI Continent – new legislation on cloud and AI development (until 30/08/2026)
- Chip Act 2 (until 30/08/2026)
- Markets for crypto-assets: Evaluation of the EU legal framework (until 30/09/2026)
Highlights from the Current CW, CW 28 (06/07/2026 – 12/07/2026)
Council:
You can find the latest outlook on the Council’s work for the coming days up to 19/07/2026 here.
Summits and Ministerial Meetings:
- Eurogroup, 09/07/2026, Agenda, Agenda
- Informal Ministerial Meeting on “Competitiveness” (Single Market and Industry), 09/07/2026 – 10/07/2026, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 06/07/2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX), 06/07/2026, Agenda
- Ad Hoc Working Party on the preparation of Council conclusions on enhancing preparedness, response capability and resilience to future crises, 06/07/2026
- “Research” Group, 06/07/2026, Agenda
- “Information” Group, 06/07/2026, Agenda
- “Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society”, 07/07/2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Hybrid Threats, 07/07/2026
- COREPER II, 08/07/2026, Agenda
- COREPER I, 08/07/2026, Agenda
- “Working Party on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters” (COPEN), 08/07/2026, Agenda
- Group on “Company Law”, 08/07/2026, Agenda
- Working Party on e-Justice, 08/07/2026, Agenda
- Group on “Competitiveness and Growth” (Industry), 08/07/2026, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 09/07/2026, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 09/07/2026
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 09/07/2026
- “Space” Group, 10/07/2026, Agenda
- “Space” Group, 10/07/2026, Agenda
- COREPER II, 10/07/2026, Agenda
You can find an overview of the various Council meetings 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 (STRA)
You’ll find the agenda for the current session week here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Competition policy – 2025 Annual Report
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to boost the EU’s competitiveness
- A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning
You can find the current schedule for this week’s sessions in the European Parliament here. The session calendar for 2026 is available here.
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The LIBE Committee has no meeting scheduled for this week.
You can find the LIBE Committee’s timetables here.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
The JURI Committee’s timetable can be found here.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables (as of 30/06/2026) for the ITRE Committee can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Single Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables (as of 29/06/2026) for the IMCO Committee can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the CULT Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables (as of 08/06/2026) for the CULT Committee can be found here.
Outlook:
You can find an overview of the forthcoming session weeks here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the CJEU here.
The Court will deliver judgments in the following cases on Wednesday 08/07/2026:
- Apple and Apple Distribution International v Commission (T-214/24)
- Apple v Commission (T-1079/23)
- Apple v Commission (T-1080/23)
The Court will deliver judgments on Thursday 09/07/2026 in the following cases:
