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In a nutshell: The European Commission publish an International Digital Strategy, a non-paper on WSIS+20 review process, and opened a call for evidence Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 and European Business Wallet. The European Parliament adopted a report on European tech sovereignty, and published its findings and recommendations on the European Democracy Shield. The Council of the EU published it’s latest version of the insolvency proposal. Polish Presidency at the Council of the EU published conclusions on strengthening EU democratic resilience. ENISA published a handbook for cyber stress tests.

In a nutshell: European Commission started the review of the EU Cybersecurity Act, held a conference on the governance of Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds, opened consultations on the International Digital Strategy, AI initiatives and EUID specifications. European Parliament’s committees presented draft reports on insolvency, product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce, and on public procurement. ENISA launched the EU Vulnerability Database. Polish presidency published a note on disinformation and threats in cyberspace to young people.

In a nutshell: European Parliament discussed tech sovereignty. European Commission presented European Preparedness Union Strategy, ProtectEU Security Strategy, and opened consultations on geographical indications, European Democracy Shield, Cyber Resilience Act. European Council presented conclusions on competitiveness, defence and security. European institutions outlined the EU legislative priorities 2025-2029. ENISA published a cybersecurity maturity and criticality assessment, and presented its vision for the future. EU ministers adopted a Warsaw call on cybersecurity.

In a nutshell: European Commission published its work programme for 2025, opened a call for evidence for European Internal Security Strategy and the Geoblocking Regulation, presented a new cybersecurity blueprint and an action plan on submarine cable security. ITRE published a draft own-initiative report on European tech sovereignty. ECON published a draft opinion on the insolvency directive. ENISA published a report on the threat landscape in the finance sector. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on data subjects’ requests.

In a nutshell: Polish presidency has assumed presidency of the Council of the EU and unveiled its 18-month programme together with Denmark and Cyprus. European Commission presented Competitiveness Compass and established Commissioner’s Project Groups. Council of the EU presented conclusions on strengthening the role of ENISA and on the white paper on Mastering Europe’s digital infrastructure needs. European Parliament announced a new European Democracy Shield special committee. Europol and Eurojust published a report on common challenges in cybercrime.

In a nutshell: The new European Commission College of Commissioners was voted in. The European Commission took action against the lack of transposition of cybersecurity legislation, adopted rules on the DSA transparency reports, and published EU Digital Identity Wallet draft implementing acts. EUIPO reaffirmed GI cooperation with the European Commission. ENISA published its NIS 2 implementing act guidelines, and the first report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union. The European Council published a Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal. Hungarian Council of the EU presidency reached a partial general agreement on the insolvency proposal. European Parliament ECON committee approves Framework for Financial Data Access for trilogues. INTERPOL operation took down IP addresses.

In a nutshell: Designated Commissioners outlined their priorities. Sauli Niinistö published the report on strengthening Europe’s security. The EDPB published opinion on the controller-processor obligations, guidelines on legitimate interest basis for processing data, and its Work Programme for 2024-2025. The Council of the EU adopted the Cyber Resilience Act. The European Commission adopted NIS 2 implementing act and concluded a Fitness Check of EU consumer law on digital fairness. Europol published a report on Intellectual Property crime with EUIPO, and a report on the use of encryption with Eurojust.

In a nutshell: The portfolios of the upcoming European Commissioners were unveiled. The European Commission published its second GDPR report. The NIS Cooperation Group published recommendations for implementing NIS 2 Article 28. ENISA published its annual cybersecurity overview in the EU, and it will support the EU Digital Identity Wallet certification. The Hungarian presidency shared an update on the proposal for the Insolvency Directive. The European Parliament Research Service published a study on the AI Liability Directive. The UN General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact. Mario Draghi outlined how to make the EU more competitive.

In a nutshell: The European Commission filed an action against the EDPS, published a report on the State of the Digital Decade, a study on geoblocking, a risk assessment report on cyber resilience on EU’s telecommunications and electricity sectors, and opened consultations on Digital Identity Wallets, EU-US Data Privacy Framework and guidelines on the protection of minors under the DSA. European Commission’s president-elect von der Leyen published Political guidelines for the upcoming Commission mandate, CPC Network started an action against Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ model. Europol published the IOCTA report. United Nations’ Ad Hoc Committee finalised the Convention against Cybercrime.

In a nutshell: The Hungarian Presidency set its priorities for the Council of the EU, ahead of its term starting from 1 July. The Belgian Presidency published a progress report on the FiDA and insolvency directives reform. The Council of the EU reached an agreement on a common position regarding GDPR enforcement reform. FRA issued a report about the experiences of data protection authorities. The European Commission published a draft implementing act on the NIS 2 Directive. G7 leaders adopted the Apulia communiqué, including its political priorities for cybersecurity. The High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement published recommendations. European citizens elected their representatives in the European Parliament for 2024-2029.