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EU lawmakers, countries butt heads on AI Act’s sectoral interplay

By Luca Bertuzzi ( April 16, 2026, 16:06 GMT | Insight) -- EU lawmakers and member states are clashing over how the AI Act should interact with sectoral laws, after the European Parliament rejected the latest proposal on the issue. Center-right lawmakers want to integrate AI rules into sectoral regimes, but some countries warn this could weaken protections and fragment compliance and have called for targeted fixes and clearer guidance.The EU's legislators are clashing over how to reform the way the bloc's landmark AI law interacts with sectoral regimes, after European Parliament lawmakers rejected the latest proposal on the issue, MLex has learned....

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