With several member states aiming to water it down, the revised data protection law will not be adopted before European Parliament elections in May, EUObserver reports. On Wednesday, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and the lead negotiators on the package agreed to set the deadline for before the end of the year. German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht said the timetable established seeks a mandate for negotiations in June, adding, “If it will be possible to stick to this timetable, this would be good news and important.” The member states aiming to soften the regulation—UK, Denmark, Hungary and Slovenia—would prefer to see it turned into a directive instead.
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