The governments of Italy and Germany will intensify their cooperation on ICT standardisation, the two agreed on 18 January at a conference in Berlin. The countries want to advance the digital single market and set the pace for other European countries, announced the German government.
The two countries aim to improve ties between data protection officers and those who process large amounts of data. For this, the EU’s 2016 General Data Protection Regulation has created a common legal basis, the German government writes.
In the process of digitisation, Europe must work together more closely, a government announcement quotes Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying.
The countries want to make funds available for joint projects on digitisation and economic cooperation. They will also seek to use the European Fund for Strategic Investments and the European Structural Funds to support the digital transformation of manufacturing companies in both countries.
More information:
Announcement by Digitale Agenda (in German)
Announcement by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (in German)