Astrid Van Hecke

Public hearing on the PSI directive
22 Jan
Public hearing on the PSI directive
On January 19 2018, DG CNECT organised a public hearing regarding the review of the public sector information directive.
Single Digital Gateway
12 Oct
Single Digital Gateway
On October 10, the IMCO Working Group on the Digital Single Market held its thirteenth meeting. The topic of debate was the Single Digital Gateway.
LIBE Hearing on ePrivacy
13 Apr
LIBE Hearing on ePrivacy
On April 11, the LIBE Committee held a hearing on the Commission’s proposal for an ePrivacy regulation. 
Parliament adopts Creative Europe Report
02 Mar
Parliament adopts Creative Europe Report
On March 2, the European Parliament adopted the report on the implementation of the Creative Europe programme with 503 votes in favour, 57 votes against and 80 abstentions. Please find the detailed voting list here. 
IMCO discusses geo-blocking
27 Jan
IMCO discusses geo-blocking
On January 25, the IMCO Committee discussed the draft report by Roza Grafin van Thun und Hohenstein (EPP, PL) on geo-blocking.
CULT Committee discusses AVMSD
23 Nov
CULT Committee discusses AVMSD
On November 21, the CULT Committee discussed the draft report on the Coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities. 
EU Parliament debates the EU-US 'umbrella agreement' for personal data
17 Feb
EU Parliament debates the EU-US "umbrella agreement" for personal data
On Monday, the Civil Liberties Committee discussed the agreement for transferring and processing personal data for law enforcement purposes.
Stylianides briefs MEPs on online child sexual abuse
13 Feb
Stylianides briefs MEPs on online child sexual abuse
MEPs have accused member states of failing to implement the 2011 directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.
Commission moves to allay MEP concerns over intellectual property
10 Feb
Commission moves to allay MEP concerns over intellectual property
On February 9, the European parliament discussed the oral question on the commission’s group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in its plenary session in Strasbourg.