News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 44 (27.10-02.11.2025)
DSA: The EU Data Access Act entered into force on 29 October 2025. To research systemic risks, researchers may now request access to data from providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines.
Scaleup Europe Fund: The EU Commission and several private investors will set up a Scaleup Europe Fund worth several billion euros. The fund will focus on growth capital and late-stage investments in a broad range of European strategic technology companies, including artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, semiconductor technologies, robotics and autonomous systems.
Sovereign digital infrastructure: France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands will establish a consortium for a European digital infrastructure (Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium, EDIC) in The Hague on 11 December 2025. The consortium will develop open-source alternatives in key areas like AI, cloud, cybersecurity and social networks.
Chat controls: The Danish Justice Minister has announced that the Danish Council Presidency will not pursue the controversial mandatory chat controls. Instead, a voluntary system for detecting Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) will be proposed.
Digital: The EU and India exchanged views on progress in various digital working areas within the framework of Working Group 1 of the Trade and Technology Council. The discussions covered semiconductors, digital public infrastructure, digital skills, AI, high performance and quantum computing, IT and telecoms standardisation.
Rare earths: Chinese export restrictions on rare earths will be suspended for one year in favour of the US and the EU.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- Interplay between the AI Act and the EU digital legislative framework (Study)
- Interplay between the AI Act and the EU digital legislative framework (At a Glance)
- AI and monitoring the application of EU law
- Economic Dialogue with the Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union – 5 November 2025
- The impact of geopolitical shocks on banks’ financial soundness in the Banking Union
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- European framework for science diplomacy (until 03.11.2025)
- Artificial intelligence and digitalisation for energy – a roadmap (until 05.11.2025)
- EU Space Act – new rules for safe, resilient and sustainable space activities (until 07.11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for civil protection, preparedness and response to crises (until 07.11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for competitiveness (until 12.11.2025)
- Cybersecurity – terms & conditions for delaying the notification of incidents (delegated act) (until 13.11.2025)
- Energy – Heating and Cooling Strategy (until 20.11.2025)
- 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 (until 25.11.2025)
- Cross-border judicial cooperation – revision of Eurojust Regulation (impact assessment) (until 25.11.2025)
- EU Quantum Act (until 26.11.2025)
- 2021-24 evaluation of the EU’s 6 executive agencies (until 26.11.2025)
- EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for external action (until 28.11.2025)
- Chips Act 2 (until 28.11.2025)
- Standardisation Regulation – revision (until 17.12.2025)
- Geoblocking Regulation – evaluation (until 29.12.2025)
- Law enforcement cooperation – new Europol regulation (proposal) (until 15.01.2026)
- European Research Area Act (until 23.01.2026)
Selections of the CW 45 (03-09.11.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 16.11.2025 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- Informal meeting of culture ministers, 03-04.11.2025, Agenda
- EU-CELAC summit, 09-10.11.2025
Preparatory Bodies:
- COREPER II, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Shipping, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Research, 11.2025, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Tax Questions (High Level), 11.2025, Agenda
- WP on Hybrid Threats, 11.2025
- WORKING PARTY ON THE UNITED KINGDOM, 11.2025, Agenda
- Ad Hoc Working Party On The Multiannual Financial Framework (European Competitiveness Fund), 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Space, 11.2025, Agenda
- Ad Hoc WP on Defense Industry, 11.2025
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on European Free Trade Association (EFTA), 11.2025, Agenda
- COREPER II, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Frontiers, 11.2025, Agenda
- Ad Hoc Working Party On The Multiannual Financial Framework (European Competitiveness Fund), 11.2025, Agenda
- COREPER I, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Competitiveness and Growth – Internal Market, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Research, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Transatlantic Relations (COTRA), 11.2025
- Working Party on Energy, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 11.2025, Agenda
- Wp Foreign Relations Counsellors (Horizontal Files Field Of Ext. Relations (Horizontal Questions)), 11.2025, Agenda
- COREPER I, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Own Resources, 11.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on Space, 11.2025, Agenda
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 11.2025, 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 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 05.11.2025 can be found here.
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 04.11.2025 can be found here.
The current timetables of the JURI Committee can be found here.
The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 05.11.2025 can be found here.
The agenda for the joint committee procedure of the ITRE Committee and the Committee on Transport and Tourism on 05.11.2025 can also be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:
- Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending
Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 28.10.2025) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 04.11.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:
- Joint IMCO-PETI Public Hearing on “Protecting children and adolescents in digital environments: challenges and policy solutions”
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 21.10.2025) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee taking place on 05.11.2025 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
- Report on activities of the working group, as well as the current state of play on the AI Act implementation and enforcement
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.
