About
Digital technology is changing people’s lives. The EU’s digital strategy aims to make this transformation work for people and businesses, while helping to achieve its target of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.
The Commission is determined to make this Europe's “Digital Decade”. Europe must now strengthen its digital sovereignty and set standards, rather than following those of others – with a clear focus on data, technology, and infrastructure.
Highlight
10 November 2022 - To address the deteriorating security following Russia's aggression against Ukraine and to boost the EU's capacity to protect its citizens and infrastructure, the Commission and the High Representative proposed an EU Cyber Defence policy and an Action Plan on Military Mobility 2.0. With its new cyber defence policy, the EU will enhance cooperation and investments in cyber defence to better detect, deter, and defend against a growing number of cyber-attacks.
Key figures
Digital Services Act
Ensuring a safe and accountable online environment
Digital Markets Act
Ensuring fair and open digital markets
European Chips Act
Strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and resilience in semiconductor technologies
European Digital Identity
Giving you full control on how much information you share with third parties
Artificial Intelligence
Achieving better healthcare, safer and cleaner transport, more efficient manufacturing, and cheaper and more sustainable energy through AI
European data strategy
Making the EU a role model for a society empowered by data
European industrial strategy
Ensuring European industry leads the transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership
Contributing to European Defence
Working together to tackle security threats and challenges more robustly
Space
EU initiatives for a satellite-based connectivity system and management of space traffic
EU-US Trade and Technology Council
Coordinating approaches to key global trade, economic, and technology issues
Timeline
- 16 November 2022
The Digital Services Act enters into force
- 10 November 2022
- 1 November 2022
- 19 September 2022
- 15 September 2022
- 1 July 2022
- 23 February 2022
- 8 February 2022
- 26 January 2022
- 18 November 2021
- 23 September 2021
- 16 September 2021
- 5 May 2021
- 16 December 2020
- 10 March 2020
Policy areas
Europe’s digital decade
Empowering businesses and people in a human-centred, sustainable and more prosperous digital future
Shaping Europe’s digital future
Making sure technology serves the people and adds value to their daily lives
Cybersecurity
Promoting cyber resilience, safeguarding our communication and data and keeping online society and economy secure
Connectivity
Improving connectivity with the goal for Europe to be the most connected continent by 2030
Digital skills
Tackling the digital skills gap and improving these skills in Europe by promoting projects and strategies
Education
Removing barriers to learning and improving access to quality education for all
European Research Area
Creating a single, borderless market for research, innovation and technology across the EU
Digital finance
New financial technologies can facilitate access to financial services and improve the efficiency of the financial system
Single market
The single market is at the heart of the European project, enabling citizens to travel, live, work or study wherever they wish
Documents
Factsheets: a Europe fit for the Digital Age
A Europe fit for the Digital Age