EU Commission and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on May 7 to simplify AI Act implementation, delaying high-risk system rules by up to 16 months while expanding SME exemptions and strengthening protections against non-consensual intimate content and child abuse material.
EU Parliament and Council provisionally agreed to reform the AI Act, postponing compliance deadlines to December 2027 and August 2028, exempting machinery from direct applicability, and banning nudifier apps to address overlapping regulations and reduce industry compliance burdens.
EU-Turkey relations deteriorated after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen compared Turkey to Russia and China, prompting diplomatic backlash from European leaders and requiring NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte's damage control mission to Ankara ahead of Cyprus summit.