| dc.description.abstract | EU citizens are increasingly using digital tools and the internet
to work, learn, socialise, to interact with administrations or
companies, and to access services such as health and culture.
Access to the internet and the use of digital tools is no longer a
novelty. For citizens, companies, organisations, and
governments in today’s society, they have become essential.
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated this trend. The creation of a
strong and shared vision for a digital economy and society is more
important than ever.
The publication by the European Commission in March 2021 of the
Communication on the ‘Digital Compass: the European way
for the Digital Decade’1 outlines the goal of reaching a ‘human-
centred, sustainable and more prosperous digital future for Europe
by 2030’. The communication announced a proposal for a
declaration on digital principles to define a European way for
the digital transition, launching a broad consultation and
engagement exercise2 on a set of digital principles.
The overall aim of a declaration on digital principles would be to
promote a values-based European digital landscape to help
nurture more democratic and inclusive societies, ensuring a level
playing field for all EU citizens to access and leverage the full
potential of an increasingly digital world.
The aim of these consultations, and this Eurobarometer, was to
gain the perspectives of EU citizens to help formulate the
proposed European digital principles. |
