A message to the EU: Invest in the future, not the past

Crafting budgets may seem like a boring accumulation of numbers for math geeks, but it's much more than that: deciding on how we spend our (EU) money paves the way for the future, and it must be a digital one, we argued this week.

That's not the only topic we were busy with these past days though. On this #WeeklyDEbrief, read more on:

• Us mingling with ministers and EU VIPs at the EU Budget Conference
• Our Summer Summit 2024 featuring Margrethe Vestager
• What we need to help tech companies grow and stay IN Europe

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?? SPOTLIGHT

?? Ensuring an EU budget fit for the future: Our Director-General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl spoke at the 2024 EU Budget Conference alongside Nadia Calvi?o , Wim Mijs , Magnus Brunner , and Jyrki Katainen . Big thanks to Commissioner Johannes Hahn for the invite!

• Click here to see Cecilia putting the facts straight on what's key for a competitive budget (and a ?? with Enrico Letta ). Also on tape:

?? Going even deeper: Our newly released?‘The Download’ delves into how the EU can step up its funding game and ensure that the EU Budget invests in the future, not the past:

?? More implementation, and less regulation: After a mandate marked by a record amount of new digital regulation, we need a fresh approach for the Single Market to allow our tech companies to grow in Europe. Our Vincenzo Renda knows how to do it.

?? Figure of the week: So far, the EU is set to spend €3.7 trillion between 2021-2027

? YOUR TO-DO LIST

??? Register to witness a new chapter of EU global trade: Less than 2???months before our Summer Summit will open its doors and we turn the page to transform the EU into a global trade champion (together with Margrethe Vestager ). Sign up here, places are limited!

?? Discover why secure passwords are so important: celebrating World Password Day got us thinking about why we need a more united, pan-European cybersecurity strategy.

?? Join DIGITALEUROPE! Exciting news, deadlines to apply for our open vacancies have been extended! Seize the chance:

??? PROJECTS CORNER

???? An investment in skills: Helping citizens upskill their digital abilities must be one of the priorities for the next years of the EU. Good that ESSA Software Skills is offering training programmes for soon-to-be digital skills teachers!

?? A digital health festival: The Radical Health Festival will soon gather the brightest minds of digital health. Mark the date in your calendar AND follow Digital Health Uptake (DHU) 's session on how to boost digital health solutions in Europe.

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