Person

Kristina Irion

Associate professor in information law, University of Amsterdam

2 articles · 18 October 2025 to 17 April 2026

What we have reported

Argued the sweeping presumption of confidentiality incorrectly benefits corporate interests over public access to environmental data.
Warned the Commission is rushing towards digital simplification when effective implementation and scalable enforcement are the bigger challenges.

Coverage

2 of 2 in the archive

Technology

US tech firms wrote EU confidentiality clause shielding datacentre emissions from public view

Microsoft and industry groups secured a near-verbatim secrecy provision in EU rules that blocks access to individual datacentre environmental data, prompting legal warnings of Aarhus convention violations.

Ana Belić17 April 20268 min read

Technology

EU prepares digital omnibus to cut red tape amid privacy and sovereignty fears

The European Commission will unveil a sweeping simplification package on 19 November targeting cookies, cybersecurity reporting and the AI Act, but civil society and MEPs warn the move risks deregulation by stealth.

Ana Belić18 October 20258 min read

Others in the news

Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
Friedrich Merz
Chancellor of Germany
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Emmanuel Macron
President of France
Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank
Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister of Hungary
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine
Kaja Kallas
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Mark Rutte
Secretary General of NATO
Péter Magyar
Prime Minister of Hungary
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The newsletter

Delivered to your inbox on the days we publish. No daily digest, no push notifications, no advertising.

What we have reported

Coverage

Others in the news

One important European story. Explained properly.