Europe’s Data Strategy Is Built on Wishful Thinking

Europe’s Data Strategy Is Built on Wishful Thinking

The European Union is trying to engineer a digital revolution. Through its European Strategy for Data, EU officials hope to create a “single market for data,” knitting together governments, businesses, and individuals into a shared system of industrial and personal data. The goal is an innovative, sovereign digital ecosystem that can rival the United States and China. The problem is, the strategy is built on a series of faulty assumptions—and it…