The European Parliament has adopted in first reading the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, which were proposed by the European Commission in December 2020. The new laws introduce greater accountability of online platforms for their activities.

The new European Innovation Program is another step toward strengthening Europe in the area of innovation. The goal of the new plan is to develop a leadership position in the development of new technologies at the global level.

In the first half of this year, startups from Europe raised venture capital of 43.8 billion euros. Thus, after only 6 months it was possible to surpass the record of 38 billion euros reached in the entire year 2020.

Investment in transport, energy and digital (telecommunications) infrastructure are the objectives under the next Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The budget for 2021-2027 is €33.71 billion.

More and more Europeans are enjoying widespread access to electronic communication tools, according to a new EU-wide survey (Eurobarometer) on the use of electronic communications services.