The EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework needs a fresh perspective. As geopolitical and economic challenges mount, we can't afford "business as usual."

In her latest piece for @Tagesspiegel Background, Zuzanna Warso argues that member states should prioritize public infrastructure maintenance and take a more realistic approach to innovation funding.

Click here for the freely available viewpoint (in German): https://background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisierung-und-ki/briefing/die-eu-muss-ihre-oeffentlichen-investitionen-ueberdenken

#EuropeanUnion #PublicPolicy #DigitalPublicSpace

"In the run-up to the European elections in the summer of 2024, we offer seven proposals for policy interventions in support of the #DigitalCommons. Building on the foundations laid by the regulation of commercial platforms over the past five years, the policies presented below aim to strengthen different forms of Digital Commons as building blocks of the European #DigitalPublicSpace."

https://paradox.openfuture.eu/policies/

Is the EU serious about #digitalpublicspace as they close services in the #fediverse due to lack of resources. Policymakers declared “Participation in the Digital Public Space” in the #EuropeanDeclarationOnDigitalRights and #PrinciplesForTheDigitalDecade, adopted by EU co-legislators in late 2012.

https://openfuture.eu/blog/is-the-eu-serious-about-digital-public-space/