4.28

survey summary

4.24

4.21

4.21

4.00

3.90

3.86

3.86

3.83

3.79

Improve the quality of digital skills

Promote global, industry-driven ICT standards

Simplify legislation for access to the Internal Market

Encourage investment in digital infrastructure

Harmonise conditions for access to spectrum

Digitally transform Europe’s existing businesses

Complete international trade agreements

Adapt copyright to the digital age

Ensure simple and workable consumer protection rules

Promote and cater for a data-driven economy

companies23,270 which employ

7,5millionpeople

We asked our members to rate the impact (from low, 1 to very high, 5) of these possible measures on achieving DIGITALEUROPE’s vision:

trillion1,56and generate

€

A European Union that nurtures and supports digital technology industries, and that prospers from the jobs we provide, the innovation and economic benefits we deliver and the societal challenges we address.

Our National Trade Association members represent:

*31 DIGITALEUROPE members responded to this mini-survey in February 2015

90%

81% 81% 77%

74% 71%

65%

68%

68% 65%Improve the quality of digital skills

Simplify legislation for access to the Internal

Market

Encourage investment in digital

infrastructure

Promote and cater for a data-driven

economy

Promote global, industry-driven ICT

standards

Digitally transform Europe’s existing

businesses

Support digital entrepreneurship

Adapt copyright to the digital age

Complete international trade

agreements

Employ the innovation principle

Percentage of respondents who thought these measures would have “high” or “very high impact”

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