Glass half empty or half full? Draghi’s report and Europe’s tech future
Are you a person who sees the glass half empty or half full? ?? Well, we'd like to see it half full as we are optimistic, but we're also realistic: the Draghi report has shown that the road to making Europe #aDigitalPowerhouse is long and bumpy.
Stay with us, and you'll understand:
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?? SPOTLIGHT
?? Our concerns about this week's Draghi Report on the EU's competitiveness:
The glass is half empty ?? if we look at the report and the negative situation Europe finds itself in:
? The EU has passed four times more laws than the US since 2019, causing 30% of EU unicorns to leave.
? No EU company worth over €100 billion has been built from scratch in the last 50 years.
BUT, it would be half full if the solutions Mr. Draghi has put on the table were actually to be implemented:
? Increased and pan-European investment in technology.
? Greater focus on the benefits of AI...and simplified regulation.
? Better commercialisation of Europe's great research.
??Breaking Europe Free: Europe's future shines with ideas from #EUBack2Business, a joint event uniting 15 Brussels associations for a sustainable, competitive, and resilient Europe??. It was also great to see Peter Weckesser (our new president!) together with our director general Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl , other members, and Belgium's PM Alexander De Croo :
??Our priority — Competitiveness! Bosch ’s Chief Digital Officer Tanja Rueckert shared this vision in her chat with our Director General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl .
?? Figure of the week: According to Draghi's report, the EU has created 4 times as many new laws as the US since 2019 (13,000 versus 3,000)
? YOUR TO-DO LIST
?? Meet our Executive Board: We just held the first meeting with our new Executive Board, led by President Peter Weckesser and Vice-President Doris P?ld ! Their key mission? Shaping the future priorities of DIGITALEUROPE.
?? Reminder: Our first Digital Deep Dive is almost here and we have now confirmed our speakers! ?? Sign up now to dive into data centres next week ??
?? The Commission's platform regulation priorities are set! Let's have these frameworks foster not only user safety and fair competition, but also a scalable and innovative European market.?
??Catch our data centres expert Nata?a Hemon at #RESource2024 in Amsterdam! Don’t miss Europe’s top clean energy event—register now .
??? PROJECTS CORNER
?? Exciting times in Brussels! DIGITALEUROPE just joined the "EU Code Week" kick-off, partnering with Code4Europe to boost digital skills and education across Europe??
?? Ready to kickstart your blockchain career? CHAISE_EU has the tools and expert insights you need!
?? Finland's First Lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb backs the Laptops for Ukraine campaign! Just like we do—support Ukraine by donating laptops ????
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