On Tuesday 24 October, communications ministers endorsed the conclusions of the European summit establishing a precise timetable for completing the digital single market. The United Kingdom, Malta and Croatia, however, rejected speeding up work on the protection of privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy), as called for by Commission Vice-President Andrus Ansip at the start of the meeting.
This Council meeting, called exceptionally at the request of a number of heads of state and/or...