Faced with the arrival of Donald Trump, the European Commission is sparing the goat and the cabbage: on the one hand it is bowing to JD Vance’s indictment of regulation by withdrawing its proposed « AI Liability » directive, but on the other it remains obsessed with the fight against misinformation, which greatly displeases the current White House. The European Commission has just presented its work program for 2025, which is always closely scrutinized by cabinets, lobbyists and analysts. This year, it is performing a balancing act, linked in particular to the arrival of Donald Trump. On the one hand, the Commission is showing that it is aware of the many criticisms and mockery levelled at the EU with its regulatory obsession in sectors in which it is industrially weak, such as innovation. We all remember JD Vance’s speech on this subject at the Paris AI Summit a few days ago. The Commission is therefore announcing a number of withdrawals of legislative proposals, as well as simplifications of existing rules. The most noteworthy withdrawal, which we will examine in detail, is that of the proposed « AI Liability » directive….
