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The two bills were approved with the support of the majority of MEPs — with EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton dubbing the 'landslide' vote as 'historic' (Photo: mw238)

MEPs adopt new digital 'rule book', amid surveillance doubts

The European Parliament on Tuesday (5 July) gave the final green light to two flagship policies aimed at enacting consumer rights and transparency of online platforms — following a compromise reached with the European Council earlier this year.

"No other jurisdiction in the world has taken the courage and the action to go for a combination of laws about fairness in markets, online services and products, and responsibility of online platforms," German MEP Andreas Schwab, lead lawmaker o...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The two bills were approved with the support of the majority of MEPs — with EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton dubbing the 'landslide' vote as 'historic' (Photo: mw238)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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