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Securing Europe’s digital sovereignty requires reducing dependencies on non-EU players and will enable the EU to protect individual rights and its societal values. Intertwined in this effort for digital sovereignty are issues of security, innovation and competitiveness. In order to preserve national security, we must prevent cyberattacks that could affect economic, societal and democratic dynamics and their institutions. However, Europe’s digital sovereignty will not occur in a vacuum. Rather, its pursuit takes place within the global technological and digital race. How the EU scores in terms of its digital and tech industries’ competitiveness is therefore of paramount importance.
Against this backdrop, the increasing influence of non-European tech and digital companies in the EU economy is concerning. To address its digital qualms, the EU must reinforce its (already established) foundations in order to build up a globally competitive tech industry. The Letta Report, the Draghi Report, and the EU Commission’s White paper ‘How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?’ put great emphasis on the need to consolidate the competitiveness of EU markets.
In this context, ICT standardisation is at the very core of geopolitical interactions, driving competitiveness, as well as cybersecurity and resilience. However, the EU does not currently have a primary role in standardisation activities. This overarching problem in EU policy making has been emphasised by the Draghi Report, the Letta Report and the EU commission’s White paper. All these policy documents call for reform of the EU regulatory approach, to embrace a more strategic and long-term vision. Indeed, in a scenario of effective digital sovereignty, the EU should approach policy making with a clear objective to increase the ability of the EU digital and tech industry to be competitive and resilient and to enhance its capacity to finance and produce innovation.
In this event , Deep-In network and CEPS will discuss these issues with policy makers, industry and academia.
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