Insights (Filter: digital)
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Taxing Silicon Valley – or Taxing France?
By: Matthias BauerFew policies better illustrate the gap between political rhetoric and economic reality than France's digital services tax. Marketed as an exercise in...
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Who Shall Inherit the Cookie Banner?
The Digital Omnibus is sold as a simplification. But it also builds in a kill switch on European ad-funded media and small businesses. The final...
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When Rules Collide: Regulatory Frictions Around the DMA and the Future of the EU’s Digital Framework
The EU’s digital rulebook is entering a new phase, one marked less by the need to close regulatory gaps than by the risk of friction between...
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The DMA Is Not Fixing Competition, It’s Redesigning It
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) may be a young regulation but, curiously, is already showing signs of being misaligned with actual market realities. As...
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Europe’s Cloud Debate Is Looking the Wrong Way: It’s Not Concentration – It’s Lock-In
Some policymakers argue that Europe should "correct" cloud market concentration. The intuition is straightforward: more providers should mean less...
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Spain, at Your Service
By: Oscar GuineaThis blog post is based on an article published in El País on the 5th of October 2025. The original article can be found here. In her latest State...
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Boosting the Use of AI in Europe – Follow the Nordics?
By: Fredrik ErixonDifferent paradigms or mental models sometimes take hold of policymakers. In the field of AI, Europe has for the past years been beguiled by...
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EuroStack’s Hypocrisy: A European Vision Built on American Cloud Solutions?
By: Matthias BauerThe EuroStack campaign, primarily led by small and mid-sized European cloud providers, open-source firms, and cybersecurity specialists, argues for...
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How to Improve the Digital Competitiveness of the European Union?
"The European Union stands at a pivotal moment regarding the regulation and advancement of technologies that are fundamental to the digital and...
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Event Summary: Competitiveness, Commerce, and the Cloud – How Can We Drive More Technology-based Change in Europe?
The event focused on the EU’s cloud and AI policy, addressing the challenges and opportunities for Europe to remain competitive in these sectors....
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Event Summary: Improving Europe’s Competitiveness – Role of Open Markets, Emerging Technologies, and Strategic Alliances
Last April 8, we co-organised together with the Centre for European Perspective the event “Improving Europe’s Competitiveness – Role of Open...
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WTO Abu Dhabi Conference: Stalemate or Stepping Stone
Tags: agriculture China digital digital economy e-commerce EU Japan Plurilaterals services US WTO WTO Dispute Settlement System WTO Ministerial ConferenceBy: Stuart HarbinsonIt’s only 20 months since the WTO last had a ministerial conference. Usually, it’s at least two years between meetings but the previous...