Simplify to amplify: unleashing innovation through a stronger Digital Single Market

The Digital Networks Act (DNA) represents a defining moment for Europe’s digital future. To unlock the strategic potential of the Digital Single Market, advance competitiveness, and support sustainable investment in high-capacity connectivity, policymakers and industry actors must find smart regulatory solutions that are fair, simple and future-ready. Europe faces a high cost of inaction: without harmonised, proportionate rules and the same regulatory standards for the same services, innovation, competition and consumer protection risk being undermined — slowing rollout of next-generation networks and weakening Europe’s digital sovereignty.

This policymakers’ dinner will convene senior decision-makers, regulatory experts, industry leaders and civil society representatives for a focused dialogue on how to simplify the digital regulatory framework, level the playing field across services, and unleash both investment and competition within the single market. By exploring pragmatic policy pathways, participants will reflect on the key choices shaping the DNA and discuss the next steps needed to ensure Europe remains open, competitive and strategically autonomous in the digital age.

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