EU governments' talks on digital simplification rules fail to reach consensus
By Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman ( June 8, 2026, 16:38 GMT | Insight) -- EU governments have failed to agree on proposed changes to cookie-consent rules and are seeking more time for negotiations after ambassadors fell short of a consensus on the Digital Omnibus package at a meeting on Monday, MLex has learned. A majority wanted a proposal for centralized cookie consent in users’ browsers to be deleted, and they asked for an economic impact assessment for the cookie proposal.EU governments have failed to agree on proposed changes to cookie-consent rules and are seeking more time for negotiations after ambassadors fell short of a consensus on the Digital Omnibus package at a meeting on Monday, MLex has learned....
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