As we head into the summer of 2024, we’re coming off the European parliamentary elections – a moment serving as the inflection point each 4 years for setting the agenda of European politics. But let’s rewind a few years to 2016, where digital emerged – and has remained – as a top priority for the EU. However, while we all agreed on the urgency, we didn’t all agree on the actions to be taken.

In this context, we saw a group of EU digital frontrunners form the “Digital 9” (or, D9) with the aim of growing the European digital market. Today, I’m joined by Clara – and we’re going to unpack who the D9 are, what they’ve done, and how we think they’ll grow and evolve into the next few years.

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Do check out Clara's recent publication for CEPA unpacking the D9+: https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/boosting-europes-digital-leaders-a-new-momentum-for-the-d9/

And, if you're in the Brussels area and would like to be on the BRUBBLE podcast, please contact Simon at [email protected] or connect with me on twitter @simon_vanhoeve)!

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