This page provides continuous monitoring of the proposed Digital Omnibus initiative. It maps legislative developments, institutional negotiations and systemic implications within the broader EU digital regulatory framework.

Last updated: 24/02/2026

1. Legislative status

Proposal stage:

  1. Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus)
  2. Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
  3. Draft report on the Omnibus on AI, by the rapporteurs Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara (Commitee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Commitee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

2. Key regulatory scope

Proposal Objects
Prosal Digital Omnibus, COM(2025) 837 The purpose is to simplify, consolidate and modernise the EU’s data, privacy, cybersecurity and platform rules.
Proposal Digital Omnibus on AI, COM(2025) 836 The focus here is exclusively on the practical implementation of the AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689), which has revealed structural challenges even before its core provisions become applicable.

3. Key developments

4. Our analysis

  • Comment on the EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026, Luigi Muraca for Medialaws
  • Comment on the EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026, Omayma Brahmi for Medialaws

5. Other useful documents

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