Top liberal parliamentarian Valérie Hayer separately accused the Commission of a “deafening silence” on Musk’s meddling in European politics when she spoke to reporters last Tuesday.

The Tuesday plenary debate gives the Commission the chance to respond and lay out its vision.

Andreas Schwab, a German center-right lawmaker who led the work on the Digital Markets Act competition rules to try and open up tech services, also told POLITICO last week that he’d tell officials directly that “a fast and ambitious implementation” was needed “whatever the current geopolitical context.”

The EU is still rolling out part of its ambitious tech rulebook, including the world’s first-ever binding artificial intelligence law, which imposes various rules on U.S.-based AI companies, such as OpenAI.

Italian Social Democrat Brando Benifei, the Parliament’s lead on the AI Act, told POLITICO that lawmakers will also question Virkkunen on Tuesday on how AI rules may be affected by DSA enforcement.

“We will pressure her on the willingness to fully implement the AI Act, also in its interaction with existing other legislation,” he said.

Francesca Micheletti contributed reporting.