The Digital Omnibus proposes Article 9(2)(k), letting AI systems process special category data on grounds of technical necessity. This piece tests that claim, finding its gateway

too broad and its accidental/intentional distinction unverifiable and self-policed by controllers. [...]

      Professor Kees Groenendijk, Radboud University, Emeritus and Professor Elspeth Guild, University of Liverpool Professor Kees Groenendijk , Radboud University, Emeritus

and Professor Elspeth Guild, University of Liverpool [...]

In the post, it is pointed out that the protection granted to asylum seekers’personal data under EU law is marked by the tendency, currently identifiable in the legal provisions

covering both asylum and migration, to criminalise incoming migratory flows. [...]

In March 2026, the Portuguese Parliament started a rollback of the protection of trans and intersex persons in the country, by repealing Law no. 38/2018 of the 7th of August,[1]

and introducing several bills that – if approved – will mean a major regression on LGBTIQA+[2] people’s rights.[3] As we come out of Pride Month, we must ask [...]

Can the EU harmonise a consent-based definition of rape under Article 83 TFEU? This post revisits the constitutional debate behind the 2024 Directive and argues that the competence

objection is less convincing than commonly assumed. [...]

Talks aimed at creating a digital euro are entering their final stage in the EU’s institutions. Paul Schmidt and Miguel Otero-Iglesias write the digital euro could significantly

reduce dependence on … Continued [...]

In T‑1078/23, the General Court upheld almost all of Meta's gatekeeper designation but annulled one clause for inadequate reasoning. The ruling shifts the pressure in DMA

designation from the numbers, which held, to the reasons, which must now keep pace with the facts. [...]

Dr. Izabella Majcher, Independent Consultant Dr. Izabella Majcher , Independent Consultant Independent Consultant Photo credit: Shutterstock Photo credit : Shutterstock

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Did Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine change people’s views about the EU? Using survey data collected in the immediate aftermath of the invasion, Julia Schulte-Cloos

and Lenka Dražanová document a … Continued [...]

Should the EU ban young people from accessing social media? Elisabeth Staksrud, Giovanna Mascheroni, Brian O’Neill and Sonia Livingstone argue that rather than restricting

children’s access to digital life, the … Continued [...]