Striking the right balance on Artificial Intelligence

The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) recently voted in favour of Eva Maydell MEP's (BG, EPP) opinion on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The opinion received a strong endorsement from the committee with 61 votes in favour and only two against. Seven parliamentary committees are examining the proposal and Member States are still aligning their positions; but as the French pass the EU Presidency baton to the Czechs, EU40 - the platform of young pro-European MEPs - organised a multi-stakeholder discussion with leading actors and experts in the Microsoft Centre to take stock of where we are and to assess whether the EU is striking the right balance. The European Commission unveiled its proposal in April 2021 with the aim of turning Europe into a global hub for trustworthy AI. The proposal is the first of a kind.