On Tuesday 13 June, on the eve of the European Parliament vote, MEPs debated the legislation on artificial intelligence (‘AI Act’). While the European Parliament overall welcomed a “historic” text, the discussions confirmed the divisions between the EPP and the S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and The Left groups on the issue of remote biometric identification.
“Seeing several political groups on the left and even in the centre refusing to use artificial intelligence to protect...