European Commission 16 June 2025, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Digital Decade in 2025: progress and outlook Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future

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This European Commission Staff Working Document (SWD(2025) 290 final), dated 16 June 2025, accompanies the Communication on the State of the Digital Decade 2025 and assesses the EU's progress toward the 2030 Digital Decade Policy Programme targets across four pillars: technological sovereignty and competitiveness, people empowerment and democratic values, digitalisation for the green transition, and coherence of digital policies and funding. The document identifies persistent shortfalls against key performance indicators—including SME digitalisation, AI uptake, connectivity coverage, and digital skills—while cataloguing the legislative and policy framework in force, including the AI Act, NIS2 Directive, Cyber Resilience Act, Cyber Solidarity Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, and the European Chips Act. The document further outlines prospective measures, including a Digital Networks Act, a Cloud and AI Development Act, a Quantum Act, and an EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy, intended to address identified capability gaps and strategic dependencies in critical technology sectors.AI