23 EU countries supported Poland's initiative. The liquidation of this website may result in paralysis
The European Commission wants to replace the team of lawyers who operate as part of the EU advisory service Your Europe Advice (YEA) with artificial intelligence. The website provides free advice on the activities and rights of enterprises in the common market, e.g. regarding the posting of workers. If he suspects that EU law has been broken, he can forward the case to the SOLVIT network, which deals with specific complaints. National SOLVIT centers are staffed by government officials who can take specific legal steps in these matters. The EC wants to replace YEA employees with artificial intelligence.
Poland's initiative in this matter was presented on Thursday in Brussels at a meeting of EU ministers responsible for competitiveness, the deputy head of the Ministry of Development, Michał Baranowski.
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Poland warns. Thousands of cases will flood the SOLVIT network
The document that Poland prepared for Thursday's meeting, and which was supported by 23 member states, emphasized that YEA is key to the activities of the SOLVIT network. It acts as a kind of filter, helping to solve problems before they reach government officials.
In 2025, YEA received over 20,000. requests for advice, and experts provided over 14,000 answers. In turn, the SOLVIT network welcomes almost 8,000 people every year. reports. National centers are overloaded with thousands of applications that are outside their remit.
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As emphasized in the document, if the YEA service disappears, thousands of complex questions will immediately flood SOLVIT offices, paralyzing the system and depriving officials of time to solve real disputes on the EU market.
“The failure to renew the YEA service contract will lead to the immediate redirection of a huge influx of inquiries directly to the SOLVIT network. Citizens and companies, deprived of access to specialist legal advice, will treat SOLVIT as their first point of contact,” reads the document prepared by Warsaw.
The European Commission wants legal advice to be provided by artificial intelligence. However, this idea will not solve the problem. Poland's document emphasizes that although AI can improve the efficiency of advisory services, it will not replace in-depth legal analysis and contextual assessment performed by qualified experts. “Consequently, any AI integration should be based on a complementary approach, ensuring that human legal expertise remains crucial, especially in complex cross-border cases,” the document says.
