The European Tech Alliance (EUTA), together with ten leading European technology companies, met with Swedish policymakers this week to address Europe’s digital transformation and global competitiveness. This high-level delegation held strategic discussions with Swedish officials, including four Ministers, to explore how European tech can thrive on the global stage.
The meetings focused on fostering a strong and sustainable European digital ecosystem. Discussions centered on key priorities:
- Empowering European companies: Ensuring a level playing field for European innovators to compete with global players.
- Turning competitiveness into action: Emphasising the need to prioritise competitiveness as Europe’s driving force.
- From regulation to enforcement: Shifting the EU focus from adopting rules to enforcing them effectively.
- Tailored and proportionate regulation: Advocating for smart, targeted rules introduced only when and where necessary.
Find out more about EUTA’s vision for Europe’s 2030 digital policy here.
The EUTA delegation reinforced the importance of aligning policies across member states to empower European companies to lead globally, while safeguarding the EU’s principles of fairness and innovation.
This engagement reflects EUTA’s dedication to helping European companies scale, innovate, and compete globally. By fostering collaboration between policymakers and the tech sector, EUTA continues to champion Europe’s ambition to lead in the digital economy.
About the European Tech Alliance
EUTA represents leading European tech companies that provide innovative products and services to more than 1 billion users. Our 31 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
