The European Tech Alliance (EUTA) gathered in Nicosia as Cyprus gets ready to assume the Presidency of the Council of the EU. Our discussions focused on how to strengthen Europe’s digital leadership and create a regulatory environment that enables European tech companies to innovate, scale, and compete globally.
EUTA priorities for the upcoming Presidency are clear:
- Boost EU competitiveness by supporting all European innovators. We must put limits on bureaucracy, not on ambition.
- Simplify the digital rulebook so regulations work together like a puzzle and empower growth.
- Enable global competition in AI, not just local compliance.
- Promote data-driven innovation that protects privacy and security.
- Focus on enforcement, rather than continuously rewriting consumer rules.
We were delighted to be hosted by the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy as well as representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry, the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection and the Commission for Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation.
As Cyprus steps into its Presidency role, we look forward to close cooperation to turn political ambition into concrete actions that help European tech grow, scale, and compete on fair terms worldwide.
About the European Tech Alliance
EUTA represents leading European tech companies that provide innovative products and services to more than one billion users. Our 34 EUTA member companies from 16 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
