Today, the European Commission and the national consumer authorities (the ‘CPC Network’) announced the end of their dialogue with TikTok, which had been running for more than a year, and the closure of their investigation into the social media platform. Despite some welcome improvements to TikTok’s policies, some worrying issues remain open or unresolved.

There are pluses and minuses for consumers in today’s European Parliament internal market committee vote on reforming the main EU product safety law.

EU Member States have just adopted their position on updated rules for consumer credit. This follows a strong European Commission proposal to modernise the bloc’s outdated Consumer Credit Directive, which covers all types of credit, including peer-to-peer lending and deferred debit cards.

The targets agreed would mean that no fossil-fuelled car can be sold as of 2035. This is a historic and crucial step to bring the climate and financial benefits of electric cars to Europeans.