login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11159
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital

Neelie Kroes says two commissioners for digital is challenging

Brussels, 19/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes believes it is a real challenge entrusting the single digital market to two commissioners. European Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker plans to confer the post of Commissioner for the Digital Economy to Günther Oettinger, but Oettinger will work under the supervision of a vice-president (Andrus Ansip), who is in charge of the wider Single Digital Economy (see EUROPE 11155). In an interview with online media organisation viEUws, Kroes nevertheless says that she believes giving greater importance to dialogue in the decision-making process is a good idea. In Kroes' opinion, several fields in the European digital economy should be given special attention by her successors - cyber security, copyright, supporting the development of start-ups, fostering digital jobs and getting more women on the boards of digital companies. (IL)

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
EXTERNAL ACTION
EVENTS CALENDAR