Parliament’s rebellion against the EU budget is now called off, after von der Leyen suggested legal changes to her own budget proposal. As institutional tensions ease, parliament divisions re-emerge. www.euractiv.com/news/disunit...

Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin vowed to consider legal changes after a high-stakes Wednesday meeting to prevent parliament rebellion against a key part of the Commission’s €2 trillion budget proposal. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

The European Commission “is ready at the technical level” to change its €2 trillion, seven-year budget plan, and MEPs will force it to do so anyway if it outright refuses, the European Parliament’s co-lead negotiator Siegfried Muresan told me. www.euractiv.com/news/intervi...

EU countries are divided on the reforms, and today's budget debate will expose whether the Danes really have the backing they need to charge ahead with the controversial new budget structure www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...

While Parliament is mired in infighting over the proposed 2028-2034 EU budget, capitals are moving ahead with the Commission’s framework, according to a draft document obtained by Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...

The Commission is open to “improving” regional involvement in their controversial budget centralised budget proposal, Fitto said on Thursday. www.euractiv.com/news/the-com...

Leaders of the political groups will delay resolving two key disputes over the EU’s long-term €2 trillion budget due to internal disagreements, several European Parliament sources told Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

A parliament move to block the €865 billion national plans would be self-defeating, say analysts. The move is causing concern among EU diplomats, who fear budget talks will be hindered and politicised at a time when swift agreement is needed. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament is on the verge of moving to block half of the Commission's MFF proposal www.euractiv.com/news/sd-epp-...

The EU’s richest countries are rebuffing demands from the bloc’s smaller economies to "geographically balance" the proposed €234 billion competitiveness fund. www.euractiv.com/news/france-...

The proposed EU Budget lumps virtually all policy areas into only three main files, but maximum three over 20 parliament committees can lead on each of those, setting the stage for an all-or-nothing fight between the different committees. www.euractiv.com/news/meps-pr...

Exclusive: €122 billion of the Commisssion's revenue plan for the next budget may have been effectively shot down by EU countries last week. www.euractiv.com/news/for-edi...

Parliament and regions are outraged over their lack of inclusion in the Commission’s €2 trillion budget proposal for 2028 to 2034, but according to budget chief @sriso.bsky.social, it’s all just a big misunderstanding. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

Europe looms large in Norway's national election today – but only beneath the surface. Most Norwegians are blissfully unaware of the European dimension of their politics and their political parties are happy to keep it that way. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

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How will Trump respond to this? @anupriyadatta.bsky.social has this huge story here. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Don’t trust the Commission's budget spin! They proposed to slash farmer subsidies by a whopping 34% in real terms, or €155 billion in current prices, in the 2028-2034 EU budget. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

[Opinion] At this point, Meta has no credibility to criticise EU rules, and any AI rulebook Meta would voluntarily follow would be a cop-out. A good sign, then, that the company rejected the EU’s Code for general-purpose AI like ChatGPT. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

For those who doubted whether the Commission could really be serious about merging two thirds of the €1.2 trillion EU budget, I present to you: “The European Economic, Territorial, Social, Rural and Maritime Sustainable Prosperity and Security Fund.” www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Will EU countries accept a bigger budget and the Commission’s radical reform ideas? I reach out to all 27 states and decoded public and non-public position papers to map out all their positions. Buckle up for negotiations! www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

It’s here! Von der Leyen’s new industrial superfund will merge activities from up to 14 existing budget lines into one cash pot to free up private capital. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Don't absolve yourself from the responsibility of managing EU funds, @tonymurphyeca.bsky.social urged the Commission, slamming its core ideas to reform the next EU budget in an interview with me and @nkurmayer.bsky.social. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Had a chat with Stuart Russell at a critical time for the EU AI Act www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Struggling to follow the MFF debate? Here’s how the EU's current €1.2 trillion budget is spent, and how it may (radically) change for 2028-2034 www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

The US loves to criticise EU tech regulation, but is wrestling with an increasingly complex regulatory environment at home. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission used its 2024 budget review to pre-pitch its MFF proposal, praising reform-conditional RRF funding and channelling funds to strategic technologies though STEP, foreshadowing a competitiveness fund. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Germany wants cohesion funds to be conditional on national reforms, endorsing the Commission's favoured approach. They endorsed a stand-alone CAP “with rural development as an integral part,” and a “strengthened and independent” R&I programme. www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

Polish Council Presidency suggests to “stop-the-clock” on AI act implementation. The Code of Practice on General Purpose AI, initially planned for 2 May, is running over a month behind schedule. http://dlvr.it/TL90hv

Today: Von der Leyen presents a radical budget overhaul to the 26 Commissioners, locking in national plans and a mega competitiveness fund in the Commission’s proposal for the next ~€1.5 trillion budget. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Tech companies were granted privileged access to drafters of the EU's GPAI Code of Practice, leading to reduced copyright and discrimination risk requirements, @corporateeurope.bsky.social and @lobbycontrol.bsky.social alleged in an investigation published today. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission is "assessing" copyright, DMA, DSA and media law implications of Google's AI Overviews. With the overviews, Google takes more content from publishers while likely generating less traffic to their websites. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Ten months after a legal backlash forced Meta to halt its training on EU citizens’ facebook and instagram posts, the company is resuming the practice. Meta says a recent EDPB opinion “affirmed” the legality of their approach. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Failing to enact a strict open source definition "would risk undermining the implementation of the AI Act, putting citizens' rights at risk, and harming European Competitiveness," 30 MEPs wrote in a letter sent to the Commission on Thursday. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Before the EU's landmark AI Act is even halfway to fully entering into force, the Commission is eyeing revisions. "I don't see that it's harming anyone if we are cutting some reporting applications," Henna Virkkunen said. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Public money will finance up to 35% of the up to €20 billion for Europe's AI Gigafactories with "grants and guarantees." www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Norway is pushing hard for Brussels goodwill amid tariffs and sweeping EU defence and competitiveness reforms. As a non-member, "we are dependent on the EU wanting to include us to participate," Norway's Climate Minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen told Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Bruno Gencarelli maintained parliament support, but was one vote short of winning over council from Wojciech Wiewiorowski in a parallel vote intended to break the all-or-nothing deadlock over who will be the next EDPS www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

We’re approaching human-level artificial intelligence, according to a draft of the Commission’s upcoming AI Continent plan seen by Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Despite being closely integrated with the EU market, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the UK stand alone in the trade war. They now scramble to mend ties with both sides, fearing to end up outside both EU and US trade barriers. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Services will be part of the EU's tariff response, a French government spokesperson said on Thursday, name-dropping Big Tech. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Council and Parliament have been asked to accept a parallel vote on 8 April to “break the deadlock” and decide between Bruno Gencarelli and Wojciech Wiewiorowski as next European Data Protection Supervisor, according to an email seen by Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

There’s been some changes in the Commission’s omnibus plans, with GDPR being negotiated as part of the now fourth omnibus on the Commission’s new “small mid-caps” category, expected ~21 May. www.euractiv.com/section/tech... PS: For visuals, I refer you to the wonderful @chris.euractiv.com

Alan shares the Commission's official stance

Schrems III? The most direct legal threat to the EU-US data transfer agreement could be rejected on procedural grounds, even if the agreement is no longer sound. But today's hearing may indicate an unconventional third path. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

"We have good influence channels if we choose to use them. Which we are doing for e-commerce" I discussed Norway’s ability to influence the EU as a non-member with ministers Lene Vågslid and Andreas Bjelland Eriksen during their lobbying trip to Brussels this week. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

GDPR will be part of the third omnibus package, planned for 16 April. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Council and the Parliament meet today to negotiate between Wojciech Wiewiorowski and Bruno Gencarelli for EDPS. Unlike normal negotiations, this one is an all-or-nothing: whoever backs down lose both a privacy watchdog and institutional prestige. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Environment ministers from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden announced today an initiative to push for EU action against e-commerce platforms like Temu, Shein, and Wish. "We should be able to ban platforms that violate the rules," Eriksen said. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

“The AI Act should be revised, or at least further developed” -CDU/CSU "We are committed to an AI Liability Directive at the European level" -SPD www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Commission is planning a Chips act 2.0, Virkkunen said yesterday. She also outlined an AI Continent Action Plan which will foreshadow the Commission's Apply AI and AI in science strategies. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...