Digital sovereignty in the age of pandemics

Watch our debate with European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager and Pascal Lamy, former EU Trade Commissioner, former Director General of the WTO, and Honorary President of the Jacques Delors Institute.

Positioning Europe as a trusted digital leader is one of the European Commission’s top priorities. With the COVID-19 outbreak and potentially more crises of a similar nature in the future, the quest for digital sovereignty is higher than ever on EU policymakers’ agenda.

How may the COVID-19 pandemic affect Europe’s digital ambitions? What impact could it have on Europe’s industrial strategy? What risks and opportunities for Europe?