Socialists and Greens demand a law making AI suppliers responsible for the damage caused by their models; the right considers the AI Act sufficient and pleads for fewer rules.
The debate on the civil liability of AI providers resurfaced in the European Parliament on 26 October, and it has fractured the centre of the hemicycle. The Socialists and Greens, including Malta's Alex Agius Saliba, Italy's Brando Benifei, the Netherlands' Kim van Sparrentak and Germany's Sergey Lagodinsky, are calling for a new text that would make AI companies liable for the damage caused by their systems, like any other manufacturer. Kim van Sparrentak summed up his position with an image: an exploding phone charger is not called innovative, but dangerous junk.
On the other hand, the centre-right, through the voice of Sweden's Arba Kokalari, believes that the AI Act already provides a sufficient framework for the sector and that Europe needs less bureaucracy, more private investment and better access to data and computing power.
The Commission had proposed a directive on AI liability in 2022, before withdrawing it in 2025 as part of its simplification agenda, due to a lack of consensus between member states and parliamentarians. No new legislative initiative has been announced at this stage.
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