European Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy

On May 6, 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted an important communication entitled “A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe” (the “Communication”). This initiative is led by Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, and involves a number of Commission Directorates (including DG Connect, DG Internal Market, DG Justice, and DG Competition). Its release comes half-way through the period contemplated for the implementation of the Commission’s 2010 Digital Agenda for Europe, which set out public policy targets for the European digital society until 2020.