European Union: European Parliament adopted resolution on enforcement of Digital Markets Act

On 30 April 2026, the European Parliament adopted resolution on the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (2026/2596(RSP)), tabled on 22 April 2026. The resolution called on the European Commission to make full use of all enforcement instruments under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 (Digital Markets Act), including regulatory dialogue, market investigations, non-compliance proceedings, inspections, interim measures, fines and periodic penalty payments, and to conclude non-compliance proceedings without undue delay. It expressed concern that fines against Meta and Apple were modest relative to the scale of infringements and stressed that obligations apply to all designated gatekeepers regardless of place of establishment. The resolution identified compliance concerns relating to Alphabet over self-preferencing in search, shopping, travel and video services, Apple over anti-steering obligations and alternative app marketplace conditions, ByteDance over consent screen design on TikTok, Microsoft over default settings in Windows and Bing integration, and Booking.com over practices equivalent to prohibited parity clauses. It called for closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools, including Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Apple Siri, Meta WhatsApp AI, Amazon Rufus and Microsoft Copilot, and for assessment of whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure meet the criteria for gatekeeper designation under the Digital Markets Act. It also urged the Commission to ensure complementarity between the Digital Markets Act, the Data Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act.