EU policymakers fall short of agreeing on AI Act amendments
By Luca Bertuzzi ( April 29, 2026, 07:40 GMT | Insight) -- EU institutions failed to reach agreement on AI Act amendments after 12 hours of talks, with disputes over how the law interacts with sectoral rules blocking progress. Negotiations were paused, with a new meeting expected in around two weeks, raising concerns about delays to time-sensitive provisions on high-risk AI systems.The representatives of the main EU institutions failed to settle their differences to finalize legislative amendments to the flagship law, as the legislators could not agree on reforming how the regulation would interact with sectoral regimes....
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