Between Brussels and the Market

Monday, January 5, 2026
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In discussions about Europe’s digital future, attention often gravitates toward regulation, artificial intelligence breakthroughs or geopolitical competition. Less visible, but equally influential, are the organisations that operate in the space between industry, institutions and long-term strategy. DIGITALEUROPE is one of those actors — not a technology company, not a political body, but a connective force shaping how Europe’s digital transformation is framed and governed.

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The Singapore Protocol

Saturday, January 3, 2026
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For much of the past decade, the global technology debate has been framed around a misleading opposition: innovation versus regulation. In the United States, platforms scaled first and negotiated governance later. In China, innovation advanced within systems of state command. Europe, meanwhile, has often tried to civilise markets only after they had already reshaped society. Singapore never fully accepted this framing.

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