Press releases

The European Commission today revealed its plans to revise the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to bring much needed clarity about what can be considered a sustainable investment.

The Commission's digital omnibus proposal raises serious concerns regarding consumers’ online privacy and protection. Rather than provide simplification for Europeans, the text presents a watering down of the EU’s privacy rules and a substantial delay and undermining of AI rules that will benefit mainly non-European Big Tech companies. We are disappointed to see this proposal has not considered the recent concerns expressed by legislators, stakeholders and civil society.

BEUC welcomes today’s General Court's ruling upholding the designation of Amazon as a ‘Very Large Online Platform’ (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). BEUC had intervened in the case alongside the European Commission to defend the European consumer views.

Following a complaint by BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, 21 major airlines have committed to stop using claims that mislead consumers about the real impact of flying on the environment. This was announced by the European Commission today, concluding a 1.5-year investigation by national consumer authorities.
BEUC launched the action in June 2023 with 23 of its member organisations and kept monitoring the market since then. An evaluation two years on, in June 2025, showed that airlines’ greenwashing was still rife despite some improvements