With the Digital Compass targets, the EU sets a clear course towards achieving its digital sovereignty ambition by 2030. Concrete targets on connectivity, digital skills, public services and transformation of businesses aim to enable Europe to play a leadership role in driving green & digital transition and economic recovery after the pandemic.
By setting values and rules around the deployment of data-driven emerging digital technologies such as AI and IoT, Europe aspires to create trust in digitisation. It will stimulate enterprises, public administrations and end-users to embrace innovative digital applications and boost Europe’s digital economy and society.
But connectivity will be the cornerstone to delivering a successful EU Digital Decade, building on the current momentum for connectivity in keeping societies and businesses running during the pandemic. By 2030, every European should have access to gigabit speed and 5G needs to be rolled out across the Union. This is no sm
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Today, as a follow-up to its Digital Decade Communication of 9 March, the Commission is launching a public consultation on the formulation of a set of principles to promote and uphold EU values in the digital space. The consultation, open until 2 September, seeks to open a wide societal debate and gather views from citizens, non-governmental and civil society organisations, businesses, administrations and all interested parties. These principles will guide the EU and Member States in designing digital rules and regulations that deliver the benefits of digitalisation for all citizens.
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age, said: “A fair and secure digital environment that offers opportunities for all. That is our commitment. The digital principles will guide this European human-centred approach to digital and should be the reference for future action in all areas. That’s why we want to hear from EU citizens.”
This is Europe s Digital Decade and everyone should be empowered to benefit from digital solutions to connect, explore, work and fulfil one s ambitions, online as offline. We want to set together the digital principles on which a resilient digital economy and society will be built.”
On 9 March, the Commission laid out its vision for Europe s digital transformation by 2030 in its Communication “Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade“, and proposed to compile a set of digital principles. This covers areas such as access to internet services, to a secure and trusted online environment, to digital health services and to human-centric digital public services and administration. All interested people and parties can also share their view on digital education and skills necessary for people to take an active part in society and in democratic processes, ethical principles for human centric algorithms, the protection and empowerment of children and young people in the