EU's Digital Transformation: From Regulatory Ambitions to Global Leadership

Among the challenges that the second European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen will face, transforming its regulatory ambition into global technological leadership is crucial. The goal is twofold: to implement the vast digital legislative framework adopted in recent years and to build digital infrastructures that allow Brussels to compete with other global powers, as explained in the Draghi Report. 

From AI to semiconductors, the role of digitalization in the Draghi Report

The success of the EU will depend on its ability to turn regulatory ambitions into concrete actions, as highlighted by Massimiliano Gambardella and Cristiano Zagari in this study.

In the “CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) Explainer”, the two authors clarify how, in order to fully understand the ongoing changes in the digital sector and “to walk confidently towards the future”, it is necessary to first anal