She also pointed out the importance of creating an innovation-friendly policy that facilitates market entry and fair and effective competition.
'We welcome the business models that come with the digitalisation of the economy', she said.
'Completing the Digital Single Market will allow Europe to catch up with the United States by strengthening the competitiveness of its industry and by facing global digital giants. It is of great concern that wages and productivity are about one third lower in the EU than in the United States. In new member countries, they are less than 30% percent of the US level', said Philippe Juvin MEP, also a European Parliament co-shadow Rapporteur on the Digital Single Market Strategy.
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