Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-002815/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Petra Steger (PfE), Mary Khan (ESN)
According to an exclusive report in the Wall Street Journal on 20 June 2025, the United States and the European Union are apparently on the verge of an agreement on several points of discord[1]. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) are likely to soften the very EU digital laws that the Commission recently praised as the cornerstones of the digital decade[2]. The German Handelsblatt also reports that a joint committee has been set up to give US tech companies a say in the application of market rules in future[3]. In particular, the abolition or at least substantial mitigation of the DSA, which is misused as an ideologically motivated censorship tool to suppress unwelcome opinions in the digital space under the guise of the fight against disinformation, is long overdue. If US President Trump were to succeed in rolling back this attack on freedom of expression which the DSA represents, he would also be successfully defending free speech in Europe, which is the Achilles’ heel of any genuine democracy.
- 1.Has the Commission negotiated with the US Government to abolish or water down the DMA or DSA?
- 2.Is the Commission planning to set up a joint committee to give US tech companies a say in the application of market rules?
- 3.What specific DSA provisions are up for discussion and what reductions in staff numbers does the Commission anticipate as a result of a possible reduction in regulatory intervention?
Submitted: 10.7.2025
- [1] https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/u-s-eu-near-deal-on-non-tariff-trade-irritants-455c42f1
- [2] https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000275377/eu-kommission-will-trump-besaenftigen-und-setzt-die-digitalregeln-aus
- [3] https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/handelsstreit-eu-will-es-us-tech-konzernen-ploetzlich-leichter-machen/100137164.html