ces are often opaque, with little data available on the payment behaviour of EU businesses. The inclusion of payment practices in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is expected to bring more transparency to payment performance, potentially improving payment culture in Europe and delivering benefits for both suppliers and reporting companies.
The 2026 Work Programme, titled “Europe’s Moment of Independence”, strengthens the Commission’s core priorities by boosting competitiveness, promoting clean and digital innovation, consolidating the European social model, and ensuring collective security.
The ability to collect, process, score and distribute data is central to our business model - but so is the responsibility to manage legal, reputational and regulatory risks tied to that data.
The European Parliament has announced a provisional agreement with the Council of the EU to improve the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in cross-border cases.
Late payments were also seen as a major obstacle to investment and growth, leading to delayed projects, lost opportunities, and reduced competitiveness.
Recent assessments have highlighted shortcomings in the enforcement of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These include lengthy procedures, divergent practices, and functional flaws.
With 17 votes for, 6 against and 2 abstentions, the Legal Affairs Committee approved its position on a series of changes to sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies.
Artificial intelligence could boost the value of cross-border flows of goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040 thanks to productivity gains and lower trade costs, a report by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has found.