European Commission Archives • Eyes on Europe

Interview with Jean-François Bellis on the 20 years of EU Merger Guidelines and the prospects for revision

27 March 2026 Interviews

As the European Commission prepares a new set of guidelines to modernise the EU framework to the evolving markets, Jean–François Bellis, founder of Van Bael & Bellis and leading practitioner […]

Digital Omnibus: Europe’s big regulatory clean-up, or a quiet rollback?

12 January 2026 Digitalization European Politics

Pedro Pardo Amaral Gomes 6 min

In Brussels, on 19 November 2025, the European Commission unveiled the so-called “Digital Omnibus”, a package intended to simplify the EU’s digital regulatory framework, aimed at reducing compliance burdens, harmonising rules across Member States and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness in the digital economy; however, involving EU institutions, industry, and academia, the initiative has sparked significant controversy, as critics warn that regulatory streamlining may dilute data-protection safeguards and weaken oversight of artificial intelligence, potentially favouring large technology firms, with the ultimate impact depending on how the rules are negotiated and implemented.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the State of the European Union 2023 [Alexis HAULOT/ European Parliament]

Quo Vadis Spitzenkandidaten?

26 September 2023 EU Elections 2024 European Union

Luka Krauss 5 min

Amid the echoes of this year’s State of the European Union (SOTEU) address, a pivotal question emerges: Can the Spitzenkandidaten procedure make a comeback in the upcoming EU elections? This […]

The potential of social economy for a more democratic, just and fair future

1 July 2022 European Politics

Sara Bombardieri 5 min

On the 16th of December 2021, the European Commission launched its Social Economy Action Plan, the climax of a long process that repaid the commitment and engagement of the social […]

The right to euthanasia: a thorny issue involving dignity

28 June 2022 European Politics

Caterina Mosca 5 min

On February 15 2022, the Constitutional Court of Italy declared inadmissible the amendment proposed by the association “Luca Coscioni” (a non-profit organization whose priorities are the affirmation of civil liberties […]

The EDPS, Europol, data protection and security

27 June 2022 European Politics

Nicolas Rocher 7 min

The European Union places itself as a major data protection actor worldwide, notably through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Nonetheless, Europol, its law enforcement agency, seems to run counter […]