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Supporting the European AI ecosystem and promoting its development in the field of responsible and innovation-balanced AI policy and regulation, building of AI capabilities and infrastructure.

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Response to Digital Fairness Act

24 Oct 2025

The European AI Forum welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the Digital Fairness Act and appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback. Our contribution highlights the need for a coherent, innovation-friendly framework for AI in consumer markets and cautions against premature regulation of AI agents. The full statement is available attached.
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Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

The European AI Forum welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commissions Digital Omnibus initiative. Our submission outlines concrete simplification measures to improve coherence between the AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy, Data Act and Data Governance Act, CRA and NIS-2, ensuring proportionality, legal clarity and stronger competitiveness of European AI companies. Please find our detailed position attached.
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Response to European Innovation Act

2 Oct 2025

The European AI Forum welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the consultation "European Innovation Act". Please find our detailed position attached.
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Response to 28th regime – a single harmonized set of rules for innovative companies throughout the EU

30 Sept 2025

The European AI Forum welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the consultation 28th Regime: A Single Harmonized Set of Rules for Innovative Companies Throughout the EU. Please find our detailed position attached.
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Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

3 Jul 2025

The European AI Forum welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the new Cloud and AI Development Act. Please refer to the attached document for the full feedback.
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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 Bundesverband der Unternehmen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Deutschland e.V.

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

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Bundesverband der Unternehmen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in Deutschland e.V.

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

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

20 Mar 2025 · DG CONNECT E2 Unit policy initiatives in AI and Cloud

Response to EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy

17 Mar 2025

As the European AI Forum, we emphasise the urgent need for a strong and competitive startup and scale-up ecosystem in Europe. Starting and scaling AI startups must remain attractive and feasible to ensure Europe's leadership in AI and innovation. However, significant hurdles remain, in particular access to finance, regulatory complexity, market entry, talent retention and infrastructure availability. We need to ensure that Europe remains an attractive hub for AI startups and scale-ups, but multiple barriers continue to hinder growth and innovation. Key challenges include access to funding, regulatory complexity, market entry, talent retention and infrastructure availability. Closing the funding gap: European AI startups receive significantly less venture capital than their US or Chinese counterparts, especially at later stages of growth. In addition, fragmented regulatory frameworks make cross-border investment difficult. We need to improve funding mechanisms, support venture capital funds and encourage institutional investors to back AI innovation. Reduce regulatory complexity: Since 2019, the number of AI-related regulations in the EU has tripled. Startups struggle with high compliance costs, while different national implementations fragment the single market. We call for greater harmonisation and full digitalisation of administrative processes to reduce these barriers. Facilitating market access: Europe's digital markets remain fragmented, and the adoption of AI in businesses lags behind other regions. Public procurement processes often favour non-European suppliers. We need to ensure that European AI companies have fair access to public contracts and business opportunities. Retaining talent: A significant proportion of Europe's AI graduates leave for the US, UK or Switzerland. To counter this brain drain, we need targeted funding programmes, tax incentives and faster visa procedures for AI professionals. Expanding infrastructure: European supercomputers are largely reserved for academic projects, while fragmented data policies limit access to high-quality datasets. We need to give start-ups better access to computing power and drive forward a European cloud and data strategy. Targeted action needed: To strengthen Europe's AI ecosystem, we need to channel more capital into AI startups, reduce bureaucratic barriers and enable seamless cross-border business operations. We call for harmonised regulations, active promotion of AI adoption in businesses, and public procurement processes that are aligned with the interests of European industry. We also need to introduce tax incentives for AI talent, speed up visa procedures and improve access to computing infrastructure. Europe's AI industry needs decisive action to compete globally. At the European AI Forum, we are committed to driving these changes and ensuring that European AI companies can thrive on a global scale.
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