After 4 years of procrastination, interinstitutional negotiations on the draft regulation on the confidentiality of online communications will finally be able to start. On Wednesday 10 February, the ambassadors of the Member States to the EU (Coreper) adopted the Council’s position on this text (known as e-Privacy) without the support of Germany and Austria, who abstained.
The draft mandate unveiled by EUROPE a few days ago was adopted with some adjustments. According to information...