The EU’s Digital Omnibus consultation is open until Oct 14, 2025, aiming to simplify data, AI, and cybersecurity compliance. But without tackling the GDPR reform, the pink elephant in the room remains. By Frederik Cyrus Roeder 🇺🇦 Read more: eutechloop.com/eu-consultatio…

Europeans are now used to major tech product launches arriving late: what debuts in the United States typically reaches the European Union 3 to 5 months later, and in some cases nearly a year: 👉eutechloop.com/europes-waitin…

Less than 60% of Europeans have basic digital skills Less than 30% have above-basic skills The EU has a plan and €24B to back it. To move the needle, follow high achievers: 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇫🇮 Finland 🇪🇪 Estonia (plus 🇨🇿 Czechia & 🇭🇺 Hungary) eutechloop.com/digital-skills/

Denmark has REMOVED chat control and client-side scanning from the EU Council agenda that was due to take place next week. For now, end-to-end encryption in Europe is safe from gov't intervention, but we must remain stalwart via EU Tech Loop eutechloop.com/chat-control-o…

My latest for euronews & EU Tech Loop on #chatcontrol and Central and Eastern Europe: euronews.com/next/2025/10/1…

What is permissible for Jupiter is not permissible for a cow? The Digital Fairness Act’s #DFA public consultation is structured in a traditionally biased way - supporters of more regulation can justify their view, while dissenters cannot. eutechloop.com/the-dfas-publi…

The upcoming #EUDI (EU Digital Identity Wallet) is touted as the fix for EU digital ID, letting citizens use their national eID to access public & private services across borders. 👉It’s a good start, but not a silver bullet. eutechloop.com/is-the-eudi-wa…

4,325 submissions on the Digital Fairness Act show a familiar split: European business groups are skeptical, while many publicly-funded NGOs back it. 🥇 EU champs, like @Wolt, Vinted , Spotify, urge to focus on the implementation of existing rules. 👉eutechloop.com/what-do-europe…

EU user experience has worsened under #DMA: innovative services launch slower than in the US, some features never arrive, and broad interoperability may weaken safety. ➡️ECIPE/EPPP suggest two paths: repeal the DMA or reform it to put consumers first. eutechloop.com/cee-consumers-…

The Danes propose a new #ChatControl draft, but 3 issues remain: 1) ignores EP’s court-order safeguard 2) bans under-16s from messaging apps (UK shows it’s easy to bypass) 3) effectively kills anonymous chatting: bad for journalists & civil society eutechloop.com/new-danish-pro…

🔎 Our recap of the EU Data Strategy consultation: ▪️Europeans submit more unique feedback but are less active in public consultations ▪️#CEE is traditionally passive in providing responses ▪️25% of respondents said the #GDPR should be reviewed eutechloop.com/between-the-li…

EU Commission’s plans for 2026: ➡️ 68 new laws + 153 pending proposals ➡️ “Buy European” public procurement ➡️ Digital Fairness Act ➡️ Pending: digital euro, digital service taxes, #chatcontrol ➡️ Coming: Digital Networks Act eutechloop.com/eu-commissions…