From the article: "The European Commission has today adopted seven
new priorities for the digital economy and society. The digital economy is
growing at seven times the rate of the rest of the economy, but this potential
is currently held back by a patchy pan-European policy framework. Today's
priorities follow a comprehensive policy review and place new emphasis on the
most transformative elements of the original 2010 DigitalAgenda for Europe.
European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes
said: "2013 will be the busiest year yet for the Digital
Agenda. My top priorities are to increase broadband investment and to maximise
the digital sector's contribution to Europe's recovery."
Full implementation of this updated Digital Agenda
would increase European GDP by 5%, or 1500€ per person, over the next eight
years, by increasing investment in ICT, improving eSkills levels in the labour
force, enabling public sector innovation, and reforming the framework
conditions for the internet economy. In terms of jobs, up to one million
digital jobs risk going unfilled by 2015 without pan-European action while 1.2
million jobs could be created through infrastructure construction. This would
rise to 3.8 million new jobs throughout the economy in the long term." Read more
