EU sets out vision for International Digital Strategy
Jul 07, 2025
The European Commission and the EU High Representative set out a joint vision for the EU’s new International Digital Strategy in early June 2025. Within a digital revolution that has reshaped societies in a global geopolitical landscape, this strategy shows that the EU is reliable and open to digital cooperation with allies.
The strategy reaffirms the EU’s commitment to building a rules-based global digital order, in line with its fundamental values and with the following objectives:
- Expand international partnerships, by deepening and establishing Digital Partnerships and Dialogues, fostering collaboration through a new Digital Partnership Network, and strengthening the EU’s tech competitiveness and security as well as that of its partners.
- Deploy an EU Tech Business Offer, by combining EU private and public sector investments to support the digital transition of partner countries, incorporating components such as AI Factories, and investing in trusted connectivity, cybersecurity and more.
- Strengthen global digital governance, by promoting a rules-based global digital order, in line with the EU’s fundamental values.
The EU has maintained a longstanding cooperation on digital priorities with countries around the world: collaboration with partner countries is also advancing under the Global Gateway and through new Security and Defence Partnerships with allies.
Cooperation with partner countries will focus on the following priority areas:
- Secure and trusted digital infrastructure, which is essential to enable developments in critical sectors such as energy and transport.
- Emerging technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, 5G/6G networks, semiconductors and quantum technologies.
- Digital governance that fosters social cohesion, protects human rights and democratic principles.
- Cybersecurity, to strengthen the cyber defence of the EU’s partner countries as a direct investment in the EU’s own security.
- Digital identities and Digital Public Infrastructure, working towards mutual recognition arrangements with key partners that can simplify cross-border business and facilitate citizens’ mobility.
- Online platforms to continue promoting protection of children online, freedom of speech, democracy and citizens’ privacy.
The Commission and the High Representative will present the proposals, collated from their input as well as ideas gathered from a public call for evidence, in a series of events immediately after adoption, with the aim to begin implementing the actions as soon as possible.
Further information
- Read the European Commission’s press-release.
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