# EU adopts Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore despite warnings: a setback for digital rights and democratic oversight

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2025-11-17
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/eu-adopts-digital-trade-agreement-with-singapore-despite-warnings-a-setback-for-digital-rights-and-democratic-oversight/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/49199
- Topics: Accountability, GDPR Article 5 Principles of Processing

## Summary

The European Parliament has approved the EU–Singapore Digital Trade Agreement, rejecting a motion to seek a Court of Justice opinion on its legality. This decision weakens the Union’s capacity to safeguard privacy, data protection, and accountability over software systems, at a time when deregulation pressures are increasing across Europe.

## Full text

The European Parliament has approved the EU–Singapore Digital Trade Agreement, rejecting a motion to seek a Court of Justice opinion on its legality. This decision weakens the Union’s capacity to safeguard privacy, data protection, and accountability over software systems, at a time when deregulation pressures are increasing across Europe.

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