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Aida Ponce Del Castillo

Aida Ponce Del Castillo is a senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute.

The Digital Omnibus: Eroding Worker Protection and Rights

The European Commission’s “simplification” package is, in fact, a deregulatory intervention that weakens workers’ data rights.

AI transcription tools promise efficiency but bring legal exposure, surveillance risks, and threats to fundamental rights.

The EU’s sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.

The European Commission’s push to slash regulations in pursuit of competitiveness risks undermining the very foundations of technological progress.

DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough challenges US dominance and disrupts global competition.

The loopholes in the AI Act emerging from trilogue negotiations late on Friday could allow big corporations to slip through.

Stronger legislation than the European Commission envisages is needed to regulate AI and protect workers.

The European Parliament’s committee exploring AI needs to give the floor to civil society. Big Tech has had enough influence.

With the advent of new technologies, the healthcare sector is confronted with an unprecedented wave of change. What will the sector look like in a