Digitalization

Digital Omnibus: Europe’s big regulatory clean-up, or a quiet rollback?

12 January 2026 Digitalization European Politics

6 min

In Brussels, on 19 November 2025, the European Commission unveiled the so-called “Digital Omnibus”, a package intended to simplify the EU’s digital regulatory framework, aimed at reducing compliance burdens, harmonising rules across Member States and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness in the digital economy; however, involving EU institutions, industry, and academia, the initiative has sparked significant controversy, as critics warn that regulatory streamlining may dilute data-protection safeguards and weaken oversight of artificial intelligence, potentially favouring large technology firms, with the ultimate impact depending on how the rules are negotiated and implemented.

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EU’s digital transition – What’s in it for women?

9 July 2021 Digitalization

4 min

One of the most consequential impacts of COVID-19 has been the acceleration of the long-spoken process of the digital transition. From our daily routine to the State level reforms, digitalization is here to stay. Something the European Commission is intending to exploit when they announced that the recovery from the pandemic will be green and digital. As more opportunities are created in digitalisation, will women be represented in this male-dominated field?

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