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The European Commission published its legislative proposal for EU Inc. on 18 March 2026. The proposal is a response to the Draghi and Letta Reports' diagnosis that legal fragmentation across 27 national corporate systems in the EU acts as an "invisible tariff" on cross-border growth. It seeks to establish a new, harmonised corporate legal regime across the European Union.
Once again, the UK has failed to find a definitive way forward on AI and copyright that meets the needs of a world-leading digital economy. The government has effectively parked the discussion on text and data mining. It is instead seeking to reset the debate by focusing on more specific issues where the government hopes there is potential to make progress in the near term.
The severity of the cyber risk facing the UK has grown significantly. Specifically, 1 in 2 UK small businesses suffered a cyber attack last year - yet research shows small businesses believe they won’t be targeted due to their size and scale.
