MEPs adopted, on Wednesday 14 June, the report by Dragoş Tudorache (Renew Europe, Romanian) and Brando Benifei (S&D, Italian) on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) (499 votes in favour, 28 against and 93 abstentions) (see EUROPE B13200A1). The European Parliament’s negotiating mandate was also approved by MEPs and the first interinstitutional negotiations (trilogues) began the evening after Parliament’s vote.
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