24/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has said that internet access should be considered a human right. This statement was made in an open letter published in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Friday 24 July, in response to an enquiry by former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi. Mr Sassoli noted that, during the lockdown imposed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, professional, economic and social life was forced to break down. At the same time, “an inability to access the internet, for geographical, economic or social reasons, has emerged as a determining factor of marginalisation”, he added. In his opinion, the next meetings at a European level to help bridge the “digital divide” are the forthcoming proposal for a Digital Services Act and the Conference on the Future of Europe. Read Mr. Sassoli’s letter: https://bit.ly/3eWLAeB (MB)