The "Digital Decade" of the European Union: developments and impacts on citizens and economy

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David Ramiro Troitino
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0542-5724

The European Union (EU) is an organisation in continuous evolution since its creation in the middle of the 20th century. Its ability to adapt to the needs generated by the integration process is commendable. The EU has overcome imposing obstacles, such as the crisis derived from the rejection of the European Defence Community and the European Political Union, the active opposition of a political titan such as French President de Gaulle, various economic and monetary crises, the Brexit and the rise of populism. The EU has consistently overcome the crises that affected it by introducing common stabilising elements introduced by the integration process, creating more Europe. The EU is currently facing new challenges, the adaptation to the outstanding technological progress that will influence the prevailing model of society in the coming decades. Faced with this task, the EU wants to create a Digital Single Market for Europe, among other initiatives, which will obviously have a substantial influence on the economic relations between its members and also internationally. This research focuses on the analysis of European developments around the digital environment and its influence on the own essence of the organisation.

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digital Europe, digital trade, digital development of the EU

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Ramiro Troitino, David. “The ‘Digital Decade’ of the European Union: developments and impacts on citizens and economy”. IDP. Internet, Law and Politics E-Journal, no. 34, pp. 1-14, doi:10.7238/idp.v0i34.387532.
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David Ramiro Troitino, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)

Degree in History, Political Science and Business Management and Administration. Ph.D. in Contemporary History in the European Union Studies program of the University of Salamanca. Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, since 2017. He previously taught at the Universities of Tartu, Concordia and Audentes, also located in Estonia. Author and coordinator of 5 academic books related to the European Union. He is also the author or co-author of 122 scientific articles published in indexed international academic journals. Leader of the following European projects: Module Jean Monnet VERT672 "Functional Capacity of the European Union (1.09.2014−31.08.2017); VEU624 "WEBDATANET: web-based data-collection - methodological challenges, solutions and implementations. (16.06.2011−15.06.2015)", David Ramiro Troitiño, Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, Department of International Relations, Chair of European Studies; VEU20036 "Remember Nansen- migration, refugees and humanitarian aid (1.01.2021−30.06.2022)". Expert examiner of the European Commission for the evaluation of projects. Lecturer in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Cyprus, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Malaysia and Cambodia.

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