On 8 and 9 October, the European Tech Alliance (EUTA) led a delegation of European tech companies to Vilnius. We met Lithuanian officials ahead of the country’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, which runs from January to June 2027.
Representatives of Allegro, Bolt, Booking.com, Vinted, Wolt and Zalando joined the visit. Together we met Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation Darius Zailskas, the Ministry of Justice and Jekaterina Rojaka MP, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Economics and Innovation. We also met three regulators: the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (VVTAT), the Competition Council and the Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT). The visit ended with Unicorns Lithuania, the voice of the country’s startup community.
We found strong common ground on simplification, a Single Market that lets companies scale, and faster uptake of AI. Today a European entrepreneur may have to deal with 177 authorities to scale across the Single Market. Lithuania already leads by example. It has a national target to cut administrative burden by 35% by 2027, and it joined the Member States that recently called for an ambitious EU simplification agenda.
EUTA will keep working with the Lithuanian authorities in the months ahead. We will offer practical input to Presidency events and Council discussions.
About the European Tech Alliance
EUTA represents leading European tech companies that provide innovative products and services to more than one billion users. Our 40 EUTA member companies from European countries are popular and have earned the trust of consumers. As companies born and bred in Europe, for whom the EU is a crucial market, we have a deep commitment to European citizens and values.
With the right conditions, our companies can strengthen Europe’s resilience and technological autonomy, protect and empower users online, and promote Europe’s values of transparency, rule of law and innovation to the rest of the world.
The EUTA calls for boosting Europe’s tech competitiveness by having an ambitious EU tech strategy to overcome growth obstacles, making a political commitment to clear, targeted and risk-based rules, and enforcing rules consistently to match the globalised market we are in.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Victoria de Posson, EUTA Secretary General
E-mail: victoria@eutechalliance.eu
E-mail: info@eutechalliance.eu
Phone: +32 476 25 08 16
www.eutechalliance.eu
