At their meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 4 December, the European Ministers responsible for Telecommunications adopted their partial general approach on the ‘Digital Europe' programme for the period 2021-2027 (see EUROPE 12148). Two joint statements, one on the security aspect and the other on the ‘blockchain’, were also annexed to the minutes.
The text adopted by the Council - which does not address the issue of amounts - changes the governance of the programme, which plans to...