Future-proofing EU’s Digital Acquis: Better Regulation and Governance that Works

Europe’s digital competitiveness is at a critical inflection point. The EU’s digital acquis includes over 100 overlapping laws enforced by 270+ regulators. It has stalled the Digital Single Market, becoming a primary barrier to innovation through product delays, feature limitations and declining global market share. The Digital Omnibus and Digital Fitness Check are welcome first steps, but textual clarification alone cannot deliver results without fundamental enforcement reform. New rules risk interpretation through the same lens that produced current dysfunction.

This session explores whether Europe can move beyond incremental adjustments toward a paradigm shift safeguarding fundamental rights and enabling innovation.

What you will learn:

• How fragmented enforcement undermines the Digital Single Market and stifles innovation.

• Why textual reform alone — through the Digital Omnibus and Fitness Check — will fall short without structural changes to the EU’s enforcement architecture and regulatory governance.

• What a future-proof digital acquis looks like: one that balances fundamental rights with innovation through better regulation, consistent enforcement, and accountable governance.

Sponsored by: Meta