41 organisations and experts are calling on the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council to reject the AI Omnibus, and honour their responsibility in upholding and safeguarding the integrity of the AI Act and its implementation without delay.
By EDRi · April 15, 2026
AI Omnibus deeply flawed, should be rejected
With AI Omnibus trilogue negotiations imminent, experts and organisations committed to protecting fundamental rights and promoting consumer protection, are expressing deep concerns with both the substance of the Omnibus and the legislative procedure around it.
The AI Omnibus is procedurally deeply flawed. The proposal by the European Commission goes far beyond the purported mandate of ‘technical changes’. This is particularly worrying as the AI Act is a novel law, and the European Commission has not followed basic democratic procedures and failed to follow its own Better Regulation commitments.
The weakening of the AI Act’s safeguards is evident in the positions of all three institutions: the Commission, the Council, and the European Parliament, which introduce – to different extends – sweeping changes that compromise core safeguards and fundamentally alter the structure of the law. Weakening the AI Act as proposed would leave people in the EU without adequate and timely protection from high-risk AI systems, such as biometric identification or AI use in schools.
Experts and organisations are calling on the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council to reject the AI Omnibus on grounds of procedure and substance, and thereby contribute towards ensuring a democratic process, as well as safeguarding fundamental rights protections.
