Highlights

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will go over the report on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the European Union, on 17 June. As the current roaming regulation will expire on 30 June 2022, the Commission adopted a new proposal with the main aim of prolonging the current rules by 10 years and amending them where necessary. The Committee will also look into its opinion on the Digital Services Act.

The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold a meeting with Nobuo Kishi, Minister of Defence of Japan, on 17 June. The aim is to go over the progress in the implementation of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement in the area of security and defence. The debate will also look into translating commitments taken at the last EU-Japan Summit into joint actions to tackle global and regional challenges amidst rapidly intensifying geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific.

A workshop aiming to examine the gap faced by women in the digital sector and as entrepreneurs will be held for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on 17 June. The workshop will focus on how gender stereotypes hinder women’s participation in STEM careers and on issues related to digital female entrepreneurship. It will also go over the means of overcoming gender bias in artificial intelligence and look into solutions for increasing the presence of women in AI research and industry.

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