Happy to bump into Enrico Letta at the #EUBudget conference and talk about his report on the #SingleMarket .

We agree on the goal: making the 🇪🇺 internal market seamless & competitive.

And on what we need: boost our capital markets, more coordinated EU funding, and a focus in…

Great discussion today with Nadia Calviño, Wim Mijs, Magnus Brunner, SilviaAmaro at the #EUBudget conference today.

I highlighted that only 7% of the 🇪🇺 budget goes to innovation. It should be 25%.

Also talked about EU companies falling in love with the #SingleMarket again:

🎙️ “Skills are not only about prosperity. They are also about security”.

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl at the #EUBudget conference today👇

🇪🇺🏦EIB President Nadia Calviño will take part in the Annual #EUbudget Conference alongside Magnus Brunner, @paulorangel_pt, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl and Christian Sewing to discuss the European competitiveness.

🗓️Today, 2PM
📺Livestream➡️bit.ly/37Gxfjv

🌄 In this #WeeklyDEbrief , we focus on the new era for Europe after the EU elections & what we are doing to shape it:

🎯 Priorities for the 🇭🇺 Presidency of the EU Council
⭐ #DESummerSummit & our 1st speaker: Margrethe Vestager
💬 Our 1st #DExplains episode (on the #DigitalEuro )

EXCITED.

That's how we feel about Margrethe Vestager joining our 2024 #DESummerSummit as our stellar guest speaker.

Want to be (one of) our stellar attendees and learn ALL about what 🇪🇺 needs to boost its innovative power & build successful #tech companies?

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Great to meet 🇪🇸’s Digital Minister José Luis Escrivá in Brussels today.

Spain is home to our two last #FutureUnicornAward winners and that shows some good work is being done in the Spanish tech scene.

Good to also exchange views on the recent #SingleMarket report by…

Great morning at Microsoft European Affairs’s #ECA24 event and great to bump into Carme Artigas after a while.

Very interesting conversations on a crucial topic: ensuring #AI governance is aligned globally, rather than fragmented.

To uphold our 🇪🇺 values, we need successful European…

Our DG Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is at Microsoft European Affairs's #ECA24  event speaking about AI, geopolitics, and 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 cooperation.
 
Her message:
 
🎤 'We need global alignment on #AI rules, rather than fragmented initiatives. Dialogue between like-minded partners is crucial.'

Europe's talent is too big to fit in one selfie!

What a great #DEPresidencySummit in Budapest with our network of 41 national digital associations.

Two delightful days where we have set our collective priorities for the next European Commission and for the upcoming Hungarian 🇪🇺…

🚨In this #WeeklyDEbrief : Enrico Letta rings the alarm bell, will the EU listen this time?

But also:
🛎️ Tech leaders gather at our #DEPresidencySummit in Budapest 🇭🇺
🇺🇦 What we will continue doing to support #Ukraine

#EUCO 's call for a new Single Market horizontal strategy by June 2025, with a push on cutting red tape, is a big step forward. Now let's focus on the ''How'' to achieve a full #SingleMarket integration.

Actions matter more than words.

#DEPresidencySummit day 2️⃣ has just started!

“The old methods of education don’t work, they need an update”, says our guest József Boda, VP & Founder of Codecool.

📕 In other words: we live in a digital era = citizens need digital #skills = education systems must adapt!

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#DEPresidencySummit

Great things always happen when the leaders of our European #tech associations meet in one same place.

I look forward to joining the #DEPresidencySummit in Budapest 🇭🇺 this afternoon.

And to debating what the next five years of 🇪🇺 should do to make Europe #aDigitalPowerhouse .

👋 Jó napot, Magyarország!

If you guessed the language, then you’ll know we are in Hungary 🇭🇺!

Why? Our #DEPresidencySummit , bringing together Europe’s tech leaders, is about to begin here in Budapest.

Stay tuned for LIVE updates 👀🧵

Good things coming out of the report on the #SingleMarket by Enrico Letta.

Especially the strong push on digital—less red tape, more coordinated #funding , and the need to slow down the law-making machine and focus on implementation instead.

Time now for 🇪🇺 policymakers to take…

We have entered a new era of real-time data and #AI , with huge opportunities for Europe's businesses. 

But we won't succeed without a strong, seamless EU #SingleMarket .

Great to speak about how to get there at the #SMART2024 event in Budapest 🇭🇺 organised by our member…

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl Enrico Letta Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs Kerstin Jorna Hear, hear!

Let's save the 30-year-old marriage and make the #SingleMarket a key element for Europe to become #aDigitalPowerhouse 👇

digitaleurope.org/resources/the-…

Great to participate in the #IndustrialForum once again.

Even more special to do so this week, when Enrico Letta's crucial report on the #SingleMarket will finally be published.

The next 🇪🇺 mandate should take the outcome of such a report seriously and place #competitiveness …