As EU leaders meet in Dublin to debate AI development and competitiveness, 16 member states have missed deadlines to establish national supervisory authorities for the AI Act.
The administrative bottleneck has already forced delays in an EU data center investment program.
A more significant obstacle is the failure to meet the deadlines for implementing the European law on artificial intelligence. A total of 16 member states have not completed their obligations to designate a national competent authority to oversee compliance with the safety rules. Of these, six countries – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Hungary – have not taken any formal action, while ten others only have provisional decisions that need final approval. This situation is causing strong reactions, with German MEP Sergei Lagodinsky calling on the European Commission to initiate formal proceedings against countries that violate their legal obligations, stressing that national governments cannot blame the European Union when they themselves fail to coordinate.
In addition to the oversight issues, delays are also being recorded in the infrastructure sector, which makes it difficult to reduce Europe's dependence on the United States and China. Plans to support seven large computing power centers and data centers, with a total budget of 30 billion euros, have been extended again. The competent agency has again postponed the deadline for submitting interest, as several governments need more time to complete national budgetary procedures and secure the necessary financial commitments.
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