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<p>The European Union is a unique political process in the world. It continuously integrates different aspects creating a communality among its Member States. The process of integration responds to the necessities of the organization to adapt to the social, political, and economic reality and solving the dysfunctionalities arisen from the process. Currently, digitalization is a process required to adapt the European Union to the reality, to provide a common frame to an existing digital world. Therefore, the EU needs to respond the requirements of the society for the implementation of European standards in a new, but already relevant, area. In addition, the EU drag from the past dysfunctionalities that can be addressed thanks to the new possibilities generated by the digitalization of politics and economy. This research analyses both the necessity of adapting and solving previous obstacles under the prism of the available digital solutions.</p>
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The European Union is a unique political process in the world. It continuously integrates different aspects creating a communality among its Member States. The process of integration responds to the necessities of the organization to adapt to the social, political, and economic reality and solving the dysfunctionalities arisen from the process. Currently, digitalization is a process required to adapt the European Union to the reality, to provide a common frame to an existing digital world. Therefore, the EU needs to respond the requirements of the society for the implementation of European standards in a new, but already relevant, area. In addition, the EU drag from the past dysfunctionalities that can be addressed thanks to the new possibilities generated by the digitalization of politics and economy. This research analyses both the necessity of adapting and solving previous obstacles under the prism of the available digital solutions.

The European Union Facing the 21st Century: The Digital Revolution

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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The European Union is a unique political process in the world. It continuously integrates different aspects creating a communality among its Member States. The...

The European Union Facing the 21st Century: The Digital Revolution

Published Online: Jun 23, 2022

Page range: 60 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2022-0003

Keywords
digital market, digital transition, EU digital

© 2022 David Ramiro Troitiño, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The European Union Facing the 21st Century: The Digital Revolution

Published Online: Jun 23, 2022

Page range: 60 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2022-0003

Keywordsdigital market, digital transition, EU digital

© 2022 David Ramiro Troitiño, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
digital market, digital transition, EU digital