Speaking at ‘Viva Technology’, the annual technology conference devoted to innovation and start-ups, held in Paris on Friday 24 May, the European Commissioner for Industry and the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, urged the United States to implement new digital regulations.
In particular, he called for a coherent market between the EU and the US, stressing the need to align regulations on both sides of the Atlantic in order to meet the challenges posed by today’s rapidly evolving technologies.
“We need the same digital regulations. It would be fantastic to have a global digital market. Not just in the EU, not just in the US, but in both the EU and the US”, he told the conference. “It’s extremely important that we align ourselves now, it’s crucial. We share the same values”, he added.
The EU has embarked on an intensive regulatory process in recent years, with legislation on artificial intelligence (AI Act) and on digital services and markets (DSA and DMA).
In the United States, the Department of Justice sued Apple in March for “monopolistic” practices. (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)