On Thursday 7 September, the draftsman of the opinion, Axel Voss (EPP, Germany), criticised the Commission's proposed regulation on online privacy, going as far as to describe it as a “disaster”, during the examination of the amendments to his report at the legal affairs committee (JURI) of the European Parliament.
Whilst the S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups have all got behind the Commission's proposal, as they feel that it is on the right lines, albeit needing a few changes,...