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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2596(RSP))

On the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act

B-10-2026-0190

on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection · Rapporteur: Anna Cavazzini

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Parliament's resolution on enforcing the Digital Markets Act reaffirms the need for effective, timely and consistent enforcement and calls on the Commission to use all available tools, address specific gatekeeper practices, and ensure the DMA keeps pace with AI and cloud developments.

Key points

  1. Reaffirms that effective, timely and consistent enforcement of the DMA is essential for the single market and benefits for consumers, business users and innovators.
  2. Expresses concern over political pressure from third countries to weaken the DMA and stresses that obligations apply equally to all gatekeepers regardless of origin.
  3. Calls on the Commission to use all enforcement instruments, including market investigations, non-compliance proceedings, inspections, interim measures, fines and penalty payments.
  4. Stresses the need for close cooperation with national competition authorities and other public bodies, which play a supporting role in investigations and monitoring.
  5. Calls on the Commission to conclude non-compliance proceedings without undue delay, respect deadlines, and keep Parliament informed of enforcement progress.
  6. Calls for assessing compliance based on practical effects and addressing information asymmetries by strengthening reporting channels and user awareness.
  7. Urges prioritising enforcement of interoperability, data access, portability, anti-steering and anti-self-preferencing obligations, including in AI and cloud contexts.
  8. Expresses concern about specific practices by Google, Apple, TikTok, Microsoft, Booking.com and Meta, urging the Commission to investigate and sanction non-compliance.
  9. Calls for monitoring connected TVs and other access points to prevent gatekeeper control, and for ensuring neutral user interfaces and consent mechanisms.
  10. Calls for consistent application of the DMA to AI and cloud services, including assessing designation of cloud providers as gatekeepers.
  11. Calls for sufficient human and financial resources for DMA enforcement and a significant reinforcement of staffing.
  12. Expects the DMA review to be transparent, evidence-based, and focused on strengthening effectiveness without reopening core objectives unless justified.

Who is affected

  • Gatekeepers designated under the DMA, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, face calls for stricter enforcement and scrutiny of their practices.
  • Business users and end users are to benefit from improved enforcement, reporting channels and protection against retaliation.
  • Cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure may face designation as gatekeepers following market investigations.
  • National competition authorities and other public bodies are to support the Commission in DMA enforcement.

Figures and deadlines

  • Commission decisions of 6 September 2023, 29 April 2024, 13 May 2024 and 23 April 2025 designated or withdrew designation of gatekeepers.
  • An investigation was opened in November 2025 to assess Amazon and Microsoft as gatekeepers for cloud services.
  • Meta's new 'pay or consent' option was launched in July 2025 following a fine in April 2025.