About the campaign
Europe has always been home to great inventors and innovators – from Gutenberg’s revolutionary printing press to Ada Lovelace paving the way for artificial intelligence with her groundbreaking algorithms.
Today, however, Europe’s digital innovators face something far less inspiring: a maze of complex and overlapping tech rules.
The EU is taking small steps to simplify its complex web of tech and digital rules. The intentions are good – but it’s too little, too slow. Europe needs bolder, more ambitious action to cut red tape and unleash its talent on the global stage.
Counterproductive rules
These conflicting EU obligations slow down the launch of new technologies, drain resources from research, and make it harder for Europeans to scale their ideas and bring them to the world.
The problem isn’t a lack of innovation, but rather counterproductive rules that hold back European talent and ambition. To stay globally competitive and empower people, Europe needs tech rules that are clear, consistent, and innovation friendly.
Smarter, simpler regulation that focuses on real-world impact will enable innovators to grow faster, scale up confidently, and give all Europeans access to digital tools that improve everyday life. Our rules need to be based on a realistic understanding of the impacts they have.
Innovation Voices
The way forward
I. We urge the European Commission to be bolder in its simplification agenda
The EU should cut unnecessary red tape and remove overlapping rules.