Replay | Implementing the EU digital regulations: the Governance Challenge

18 novembre 2024

The EU has enacted an extensive body of digital legislations, mostly under the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market (DSM) initiatives of the von der Leyen Commission : i.e. the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Data Act, the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the Data Governance Act (DGA), the European Health Data Space (EHDS), an update to the regulation on electronic identification and trust services (eIDAS 2) and a measure to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure (NIS2). Together with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enacted during the previous legislature, these initiatives have made of the EU the jurisdiction with the most comprehensive digital regulatory framework, framing not only the activity of technology manufacturers and digital services providers, but also that of the users whether they are large or small corporations, NGOs or public administrations. This has been triggering a set of fierce debates both about the substance of each of these legislations and about the expected outcomes for the EU in terms of innovation, competitiveness, welfare of citizens, protection of democratic values, etc.