Brussels, 27 April 2018 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, is keen to engage in the debate on the European Data Package and the Platform-to-Business (P2B) Regulation, presented this week in Brussels by the European Commission. Such debate will shape an important part of the digital value chain.
Brussels, 26 April 2018 – European Aluminium welcomes the European Commission’s decision to implement prior surveillance of imports of certain aluminium products originating in third countries.
Following the presentation of the European Commission’s Data Package 2018 [on 25 April], CEEP General Secretary Valeria Ronzitti commented on the proposal for a review of the Directive on the Reuse of Public Sector Information:
S&D MEPs have welcomed that the European Commission finally came forward with proposals to tackle the dissemination of fake news on online platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. The aim of supporting media literacy, encourage independent fact checking and supporting quality journalism are all measures strongly supported by the S&D Group. However, concerns remain over how the proposed system of self-regulation of online platforms would be enforced and what the consequences would be for companies that fail to take meaningful action.
Socialists and Democrats set up a six-month lab to contribute to an alternative model of development for the EU.
The European Union was built on solidarity, cohesion and the prospect of a better life. However, over the last decades we are seeing the opposite: growing inequality, fragmented societies and the weakening of Europe’s jewel, its social model.
The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament welcome today the Commission’s ‘platforms to business proposal’, which seeks to regulate for the first time the relationship between large tech groups, like Amazon, Booking or the Apple store, and small companies or vendors. The draft law will set transparency standards concerning the algorithms used, force platforms to improve the way they deal with complaints, and give small businesses the possibility of collective redress.