Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

European proposals on ‘simplification’ of the digital rulebook

On 19 November the European Commission published the press release on digital simplification. The proposals are listed on the page An agile Digital Rulebook for the EU. Related: Speech by a Commission member. Factsheet digital package New consultation Digital fitness … Lees verder

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Finance For Society Forum 2025

Finance Watch on 4 December 2025 organises the Finance For Society Forum 2025, announcement. The program includes keynotes with Geoff Mann and Ann Pettifor, a session on changing finance with Alberto Alemanno and sessions on AI and the digital euro: … Lees verder

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EPRS study on the European Democracy Shield

EPRS published the study ‘Strengthening resilience – Towards the European Democracy Shield‘, written by Edoardo Bressanelli and Samuele Bernardii. The announcement introduces the topic as follows: This study reviews the current framework to protect democracy in the EU in view … Lees verder

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European promises regarding civic space

The European Commission in a communication to the Parliament and the Council promised to improve the position of civil society. On pages 29 and 30 the Commission reports: Civil society organisations and human rights defenders are crucial for upholding EU … Lees verder

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Statewatch data protection handbook

Statewatch published a handbook that explains how data protection law can be used to seek remedies and redress for people in the EU’s immigration and asylum systems, read their article.

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EBA published report on the functioning of AML/CFT Colleges

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published the press release The AML/CFT colleges framework is maturing, the EBA finds and the report.

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Has the UK sold its soul to the American tech devil? Or is the US-UK pact a ‘historic tech partnership’?

The British government announced the agreement between the UK and the US on digital issues with the familiar reassuring words. Of course, citizens will benefit from digital cooperation, particularly in the medical field, which is mentioned many times in the … Lees verder

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EDPB: The Digital Euro and its token-based offline modality

EDPB published the expert opinion ‘The Digital Euro and its token-based offline modality‘, read the announcement and the opinion (pdf). From the announcement: Taking into consideration the joint opinion by the EDPB and the EDPS, the EDPB requested an expert … Lees verder

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Report: despite major enterprise investment into GenAI, the surprising result is that 95% of organizations are getting zero return

The summary of the report (pdf) ‘The GenAI Divide. State of AI in business 2025‘ starts with: Despite $30–40 billion in enterprise investment into GenAI, this report uncovers a surprising result in that 95% of organizations are getting zero return. … Lees verder

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Statewatch: EU prepares to give US direct access to police and immigration databases

Statewatch published an article on European plans to give power to American agencies to search European databases, to identify people posing “a threat to US security”. Statewatch refers to a proposal by the Commission. There is already massive data-sharing taking … Lees verder

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