Committee Bulletin: Public Affairs 3Q19
Report from the Public Affairs committee
I. Impact on ERA Members: New EU Commission – new priorities
On 16 July 2019, the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission. She has set out an ambitious agenda in her speech before the European Parliament, pointing out six key areas, one of which is dedicated to how to make “Europe fit for the digital age”:
This will presumably trigger the following legislation dossiers:
- Reviewing the E-Commerce Directive that dates back to the year 2000 and since then remains one of the...