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EuroCommerce – the association representing retailers and wholesalers in Brussels – supports yesterday’s political agreement on the Digital Omnibus on Artificial Intelligence, as long as it brings much-needed simplification and clarity to the implementation of the AI Act.

“SMEs remain cautious and concerned about the impact the introduction of a new company category “small midcaps” will have on SMEs and SME policy in Europe” SMEunited President Salminen stated as a first feedback to the publication of the Omnibus and the Single Market Package.

SMEunited calls on the European Commission to “think small first and act accordingly” ahead of the adoption of the “Small Midcap Omnibus” tomorrow.

The European Commission has taken strong action against Finland, deducting over 3,000 salmon from its 2025 fishing quota. The decision follows unauthorised salmon fishing in the Baltic Sea last year,…