EU digital services law is in the midst of a dispute between Parliament and France, the presidency of the EU Council, according to documents read by four officials and POLITICO after swift negotiations.
The majority of parliamentary parties (Renew Europe, Greens, EPP, Left, ECR, etc.) oppose changes by the Presidency of the French Council on Friday in a move that could upset the swift final decision on content regulation legislation. Did. According to the internal communication seen by POLITICO, in the rulebook.
“The plenary session’s vote is at stake,” Congressional officials call the situation a “hostage situation.”
Congress tentatively planned to vote on the bill at the Internal Markets Committee on June 16 and the plenary session in July.
DSA aims to crack down on illegal content and make the Internet more secure for people and consumers. EU negotiators reached a political agreement on April 23, but part of the law calling for crackdown on illegal content is in technical discussions between lawmakers and French diplomats. Will be finalized at.
The President of France has added new words to the preamble to a previously unconsensual law.
According to the group, businesses may be forced to prevent recurrence after illegal content has been removed. This is a controversial measure known as a “stay” obligation and was previously rejected by Congress. Gambling and betting websites and posts are also better protected from being blocked or deleted.
After the MEP is submitted According to emails and texts obtained by POLITICO, due to their opposition about a month ago, France refused to remove the reference to gambling on Friday, making limited changes to the preamble and from lawmakers. I urged anger.
“Now it’s a battle between Congress and the Council,” said a Parliamentary official.
France has not been discussing a working group to propose new additions to the DSA since the political agreement in April, according to two EU officials.
The French president did not respond to a request for comment in time for the announcement.
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