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In early July, not only did the Czech Republic take over the EU Council presidency, Slovakia also assumed the presidency of the Visegrád Group. But the Ukraine war is undermining the cohesion of the "V4".
By Table.Briefings
The discussion about the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Germany seems to be getting complicated. The DSA stipulates rules for which a wide variety of authorities are responsible in Germany. There is no lack of ideas and implementation possibilities. Clarifying the issue could take a lot of time.
By Falk Steiner
The Irish data protection regulator has sent its draft decision on Facebook to its counterparts in the EU. Meta could be prohibited from transferring EU data to the US. Yet that's unlikely to happen in the short-term. And the social media advertising giant's temporary shore of salvation is already in sight.
By Falk Steiner
With the approval of the European Parliament, the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act passed the final hurdle in the legislative process yesterday. This marks the end of the days when the major platforms could be "too big to care," announced Commissioner for the Internal Market Breton. But for that to happen, the new rules will have to be enforced effectively. How the Commission intends to carry out its tasks becomes clearer the day after the parliamentary decision.
By Till Hoppe
In the deliberations on the AI Act, the lead committees LIBE and IMCO met in joint session and also asked the shadow rapporteurs from other committees to state their priorities. However, the timetable is sporting – and is likely to make finding a compromise more difficult.
By Falk Steiner