CCIA Europe

Advocating for a free and open internet, and balanced tech policy in Europe. 🇪🇺 #UnlockEUinnovation

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

What does the @EU_Commission’s #TechSovereignty package deliver if it fuels market fragmentation and discrimination? 🚫

"The EU should attract investment in #DataCentres, not shut it out," says Mitchell Rutledge on #CADA.

➡️ https://t.co/KC8onAnnb4

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How can the EU boost digital #competitiveness in the next 6 months? 🇮🇪🇪🇺

As Ireland takes over the EU Presidency on 1 July, CCIA Europe sets out 1️⃣2️⃣ priorities to support #innovation, advance #simplification, and keep Europe open.

👉 https://t.co/8098q5gduu #EU2026IE

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

What happens when anti-#piracy enforcement targets internet infrastructure, not bad actors? 🏴‍☠️

"Spain’s piracy approach perfectly illustrates the dangers of blunt infrastructure-level #blocking and no judicial oversight."

👉 https://t.co/UL4C9YGe9t #LaLiga #LaLigaGate

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

Press release 📄 Discriminatory EU Cloud and AI Development Act Risks Severe Market Fragmentation

⚠️ "#CADA is a recipe for fragmented #discrimination across Europe – in public procurement and potentially private critical entities."

➡️ https://t.co/KC8onAnnb4 #TechSovereignty

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Press release 📄 Rewriting EU AI and Copyright Rules Puts €600 Billion at Risk, New Study Warns 🚨

As @EU_Commission considers reopening #CopyrightDirective, restrictive changes to #TDM rules threaten >1/3 of EU’s €1.65tn #GenAI opportunity.

👉 https://t.co/xjIttqou0p

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"Does current #DMA enforcement limit the ability of tech companies to protect users from #spam, #scams, and other deceptive content?" asks @MTStecher.

🚨 "Paradoxically, the Commission is now investigating anti-spam measures as potential violations."

➡️ https://t.co/84bKHfZwz8

[DisCo @DisCo_Project]

While the goal of combating online piracy is universally supported, Spain’s approach perfectly illustrates the dangers of blunt infrastructure-level blocking and privatised enforcement without judicial oversight.
https://t.co/DTu036bfqe

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"EU tech rules aren't built for #startups – but for old-school corporates," underlines the CEO of Cino in our latest #UnlockEUInnovation story.

🤔 Elena wants to grow in Europe, but she faces an impossible choice: stay and risk stagnation, or leave to scale.

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

"Will Europe's #TechSovereignty push mean more control, or just fewer choices?" 🇪🇺☁️

Ahead of @EU_Commission's Cloud and AI Development Act, Mitchell Rutledge warns against discriminatory #sovereignty rules that exclude non-EU #cloud and #AI.

👉 https://t.co/gB7RKNucPE

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@EU_Commission 6/6

📉 Fix the methodology. A compressed timeline and narrow sample pool cannot capture the complexity of Europe’s #DataCentre ecosystem.

⏳ Policymakers need operational data from the real market before creating rigid compliance caps.

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The @EU_Commission is rushing to set Minimum Performance Standards for #DataCentres. 💻⚡

The problem? The rating scheme meant to measure them has not even been finalised yet...

📄Joint statement: https://t.co/1W7Z2Z9NlQ

1/6 🧵

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

@EU_Commission 5/6

❌ Do not rush standards.

Launching MPS before completing at least one full #EED reporting cycle risks setting arbitrary thresholds.

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Moving from #EDPB guidance to legal certainty for #AI training: How to get the #DigitalOmnibus right.

⚖️ "The legal basis must be engraved into the #Omnibus. Today's non-binding guidance fails to provide the certainty AI developers need."

👉 https://t.co/tdDZo9rbic #GDPR

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

'EU-Nough Tech Rules? – The Realities of Scaling in Europe' 🗓️ Join us on 30 June in Amsterdam to hear first-hand from tech #founders about their struggles with EU #tech regulation.

👉 Register here: https://t.co/px0Hr1DEpy

#UnlockEUInnovation #AIOmnibus #DigitalOmnibus

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

"Is the Spanish football league's fight against #piracy breaking the #OpenInternet for everyone else?" ⚽🇪🇸

🛑 "#Blocking has little to no effect on piracy: it neither reduces demand nor removes illegal content."

👉 https://t.co/UL4C9YGe9t #LaLiga #LaLigaGate

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Solving #CookieFatigue through targeted exemptions: How to get the #DigitalOmnibus right.

🍪 "Instead of a browser-level ‘master switch,’ a practical way to address consent fatigue would be to expand exemptions for low-risk activities."

➡️ https://t.co/tdDZo9rbic

[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

4/4

Only then can the rating scheme support investment in Europe’s #AI infrastructure instead of creating new barriers.

📄 Discover our eight recommendations: https://t.co/B91ws2mgGC

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How can the EU #DataCentre rating scheme serve as a meaningful #sustainability tool if it ignores local #climate realities and water vs energy trade-off? 🌍

Data centres in the Nordics and Southern Europe operate under fundamentally different conditions. ❄️☀️

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[CCIA Europe @CCIAeurope]

3/4

✅ Reduce paperwork and regulatory complexity by replacing manual forms with automated, API-driven reporting.

✅ Ensure performance standards are evidence-based and support Europe’s #competitiveness.