The progress of an own-initiative report on online gambling, overseen by the European parliament’s Internal Markets Committee and authored by Danish MEP Christel Schaldemose, has galvanised lobbying efforts by both private and monopoly operators, but it has also depth-charged unexpected levels of concern by MEPs about gambling legislation in Europe. In this exclusive interview with GamblingCompliance, Schaldemose describes the motivations behind the report and her expectations of its next stages.