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To accelerate the deployment of gigabit network infrastructure across Europe, the Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement today on a proposal to replace the 2014 broadband cost-reducing directive (BCRD) by the gigabit infrastructure act (GIA). GIA is an essential piece of legislation to achieve Europe’s connectivity objectives and targets, as set out in the EU’s […]

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Quote of the week by S&D MEP Evin Incir, author of the European Parliament’s first anti-racism report:

What is the Digital Decade Policy Programme?

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached political agreement on 14 July on the 2030 Policy Programme: Path to the Digital Decade. The programme sets up a monitoring and cooperation mechanism to achieve the common objectives and targets for Europe's digital transformation set out in the 2030 Digital Compass. This concerns the area of skills and infrastructure, including connectivity, the digitalisation of businesses and online public services as well as the respect of the EU's Digital rights and principles in achieving the general objectives.