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EU should temporarily suspend online retailers that break law, EU Parliament says

( November 26, 2025, 13:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The EU should temporarily suspend the operations of online marketplaces in cases of “repeated, serious, or systemic breaches of EU law”, such as in the recent case of Shein selling child-like sex dolls and weapons in France, European Parliament lawmakers said on Wednesday. In a statement, they called for the European Commission and EU member states to move from dialogue to enforcement of the bloc's digital services and product safety laws to tackle any online sales of illegal and unsafe products, particularly by non-EU marketplaces like Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish.Statement follows....

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