Birgit Sippel News Today

We've listed the most influential incoming and outgoing members of the EU Parliament on digital issues.

Quote of the week by S&D Group president Iratxe García, on the new Migration and Asylum Package:“Finally,

Despite a nerve-racking buildup leading up to the vote and the final agreement to no one’s liking, the EU’s asylum and migration pact passed with a thin majority on certain parts of the package.

Ireland will make major changes to its migration procedures to comply with a new EU regime that includes either taking migrants from over-burdened frontline Mediterranean states or paying a support levy.

The European Union's make-or-break attempt to reform its migration and asylum policy faces a tight vote in the Parliament, as party divisions deepen.

On Wednesday Parliament backed prolonging an exemption to EU privacy rules facilitating the detection of child sexual abuse material online until 3 April 2026.

Quote of the week by Birgit Sippel:“Child sexual abuse is a horrible crime and we need to prevent the spread o

The European Parliament and the Belgian Presidency today reached an agreement that extends a temporary derogation to EU ePrivacy rules by 20 months to all

Today, the Socialists and Democrats voted in favour of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum in the civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee (LIBE) in

MEPs have adopted a draft position to extend the exemption to EU e-Privacy rules until May 2025 to allow the detection of Child Sexual Abuse Material online.