( September 1, 2026, 10:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The EU should centralize enforcement of its digital laws in a single agency to speed up fines for technology firms and avoid fragmentation and political pressures, Kai Zenner, head of office of European Parliament lawmaker Axel Voss, and technology analyst Maria Koomen have said in a report. Enforcement is fragmented across various regulatory bodies, under-resourced, and vulnerable to political interference when independence matters most, meaning the gap between the laws and compliance is widening, they said. The new agency could be built on the European Data Protection Supervisor and modeled after the UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, they said. Report attached....
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