This package contains the events of 2020. For latest events, see related links.

On 29 January 2020, the European Commission's Work Programme 2020 was published. Under the second priority - 'A Europe fit for the digital age'- the Commission announced its intention to put forward a new Digital Services Act in order to reinforce the single market for digital services, and help provide smaller businesses with the legal clarity and level playing field they need.

While the E-Commerce Directive has been the cornerstone of the Internal Market for the last twenty years, Members of the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee noted that the Digital Single Market is affected by increasing fragmentation in tackling illegal content online, difficulties to promote market entry and consumer welfare, and ineffectiveness of enforcement and cooperation between Member States.

Digital Services Act (2020)

Webinar Digital Services Act - The European Parliament’s priorities

EPRS - STOA Annual Lecture 2020: Digital human rights and the future of democracy

Artificial intelligence: extracts from the final vote and statements by the rapporteurs

EP plenary session - Joint debate - Digital services and Artificial intelligence

Joint debate - Digital services and Artificial intelligence: Opening statement by Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age

Digital services and artificial intelligence: extracts from the joint debate

Joint debate - Digital services and Artificial intelligence: MEPs debate (part 1), statements by EP Committees representatives and first round of political group speakers

Joint debate - Digital services and Artificial intelligence: Opening statements by the rapporteurs and EP Committees representatives

Illegal offline? It should be illegal online too

Final vote on Digital Services Act (adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online): view of the meeting room and statement by Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D,DE), Rapporteur

Webminar Digital Services Act - The European Parliament’s priorities

Press conference by Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D, MT), rapporteur, on the Digital Services Act. Outcome of the vote in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee

Press conference by Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D, DE), rapporteur, on Digital Services Act - presentation of the compromise package ahead of the vote in JURI

Infoclip: Customs Union - E-Customs

Infoclip: Digital Single Market - Artificial Intelligence, E-health

Infoclip: e-commerce

Infoclip: Consumer protection

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