Input to the Call for Evidence on the Single Market Strategy for 2025
A truly integrated single market, as also mentioned by the Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi reports, is integral for European competitiveness in a globalised market economy.
Fragmentation across our continent hinders innovation and investment, and slows progress towards the Digital Decade targets. The main recommendations of this input to the call for evidence are:
• Enabling scale: Reform competition laws and merger policies to foster investment in national markets, measures which are a stepping stone to creating a unified EU Single Market.
• Regulatory simplification: Harmonising rules and replace sectorial consumer protection, facilitating investment and strengthening the Single Market.
• An Investment-Friendly Spectrum Policy: Ensure efficient and equitable allocation of spectrum to support future 6G innovation. Improve licensing conditions, such as extending allocations and lowering spectrum costs, to boost digital infrastructure investment.
• Level Playing Field: Addressing regulatory disparities between telecom operators & digital service providers to ensure fair competition.
• Sustainability: Easing to reach decarbonization goals in line with the EU Green Deal. Simplification of sustainability reporting and equipment reuse as two measures to speed up progress.
We elaborate more in the document. For questions and clarifications regarding this submission, please contact Xhoana Shehu, Public Policy Manager (shehu@connecteurope.org) or Benedict Gromann, Public Policy Manager (gromann@connecteurope.org).
