Digital Europe
Like never before, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how essential digital technologies are in today's world. It is thanks to digital solutions that Europeans can connect with each other, work and get medical treatment.
Digitalisation brings multiple benefits to people by:
- creating new jobs
- fostering new skills
- developing new markets
- enhancing the EU's competitiveness
The digital transition is a key element for the EU's strategic autonomy and it also plays an important role in getting Europe closer to reaching its climate goals.
EU member states support a human-centred approach to digitalisation whereby EU values and fundamental rights are respected and upheld.
The EU is working on a number of policy areas to facilitate the digital transition. The links below include the most recent updates and products from the Council.
Latest press releases
- Foreign information manipulation and interference: Council approves conclusions stepping up EU's engagement and ability to respond
- DMA: Council gives final approval to new rules for fair competition online
- Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade”: The Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement
- Digital finance: agreement reached on European crypto-assets regulation (MiCA)
Infographic - Towards a digital Europe
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Towards a digital Europe
The EU is investing in strategic digital capacities and the wide deployment of digital technologies. The digital transformation includes:
- establishing fast network connectivity across the EU
- developing the EU's digital infrastructure with supercomputers and secure cloud services
- investing in human-centred artificial intelligence
- supporting economic sectors with the digitalisation of operations and services
