Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Digital Single Market aims to lead the “Digital Single Market”, as this article explores, plus his priorities for fighting cybersecurity
Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Digital Single Market has a number of responsibilities, including leading the project team “Digital Single Market” and fighting against cybercrime. So let’s look at these key areas now.
Targeted investment and robust digital policies
In June 2019, the European Commission published the results of the 2019 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). This essentially tracks Europe’s overall digital performance and the progress of the European Union (EU) countries concerning their digital competitiveness. Certainly, countries with ambitious targets in line with the EU Digital Single Market Strategy who combined them with adapted investment performed better in a relatively short period of time. Having said that, the results showed that the largest EU economies are not front-runners when it comes to digital which suggests that the speed of digital transformation…
