News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 41 (06-12.10.2025)
E-Evidence: On 8 October, the German Federal Cabinet decided that investigative authorities should in the future be able to request and secure electronic evidence – such as chat records, IP addresses or emails – more quickly and directly across national borders.
AI: With its new “Apply AI Strategy”, the EU Commission wants to specifically promote the practical use of artificial intelligence in Europe. The draft includes the development of proprietary frontier AI models, greater use of AI in industry, administration and research, as well as investments of around one billion euros in eleven key industries. The goal is for Europe to move from mere regulation to active application and value creation with AI.
Cybersecurity: The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) will take on the role of notifying and market surveillance authority for implementing the Cyber Resilience Act in Germany and will in future be able to independently test IT products for security vulnerabilities. In cases of violations, heavy fines or market bans may be imposed.
CSAM: The discussion surrounding the planned European CSA Regulation continues to face resistance. In Germany, political parties, business associations and civil society organisations are increasingly speaking out against warrantless surveillance of encrypted communications. The current proposal from the Danish Presidency, which includes technical interventions such as “client-side scanning”, is considered by many to be disproportionate and dangerous for privacy protection.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- Strategic Foresight Report 2025: Resilience 2.0
- What if the EU ran on microelectronics?
- Scam calls in times of generative AI
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Digital package – digital omnibus (until10.2025)
- Digital Fairness Act (until10.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – implementing EU funding with Member States and regions (until10.2025)
- Artificial intelligence and digitalisation for energy – a roadmap (until11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for civil protection, preparedness and response to crises (until11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for competitiveness (until11.2025)
- Energy – Heating and Cooling Strategy (until11.2025)
- EU Space Act – new rules for safe, resilient and sustainable space activities (until11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for cross-border education, training and solidarity, young people, media, culture, and creative sectors, values, and civil society (until11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for external action (until11.2025)
- Chips Act 2 (until11.2025)
- Standardisation Regulation – revision (until12.2025)
- European Research Area Act (until 05.01.2026)
Selections of the CW 42 (13-19.10.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 26.10.2025 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Justice and Home Affairs Council (Justice), 10.2025, Agenda
- Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs), 10.2025, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Wp On Civil Protection (Prociv) (Critical Entities Resilience (Cer)), 10.2025
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 10.2025, Agenda
- ANTICI GROUP, 10.2025
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 10.2025
- COREPER I, 10.2025, Agenda
- COREPER II, 10.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 10.2025, Agenda
- Antici Gr. (Simplification), 10.2025, 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 2025 is available here and the calendar of the plenary sittings for 2026 is available here.
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 13.10.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
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 13.10.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:
- Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
The current timetables of the JURI Committee can be found here.
The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 16.10.2025 can be found here.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 16.10.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is 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
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the CULT Committee is scheduled for this week.
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.
