Bundesverband der Unternehmen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Deutschland e.V.

The German AI Association (Bundesverband der Unternehmen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Deutschland e.V.)

Lobbying Activity

Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

The German AI Association welcomes the European Commissions Digital Omnibus initiative as a long-overdue opportunity to make the EUs digital rulebook workable for innovation. For German and European AI startups and SMEs, todays patchwork of rules, across European digital regulatory frameworks, creates overlapping transparency obligations, restrictive and inconsistent data-use provisions, duplicated documentation and assessments, and uneven enforcement across Member States. These complexities drive up costs, slow time-to-market, and ultimately weaken the global competitiveness of Germany and the EU. We therefore welcome the opportunity to provide recommendations for simplification measures across EU digital and AI regulations in order to increase the innovative strength and competitiveness of German and European AI companies. Please find our detailed position attached.
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Response to Apply AI Strategy

4 Jun 2025

The German AI Association and the European AI Forum welcome the European Commission's efforts to strengthen the European Union as an AI continent, thereby improving the deployment of AI within the Union. Currently, the EU is facing critical challenges in maintaining its competitiveness in AI development and deployment. In order to strengthen Europe's position in the global AI landscape, we recommend integrating a set of key, targeted policy measures into the Apply AI Strategy. Please see the attached file for detailed feedback and policy recommendations.
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Meeting with Ioan-Dragos Tudorache (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and European AI Forum

20 Mar 2025 · European AI policy and Europe's digital sovereignty

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and European AI Forum

20 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the AI Act and related policies