PAN-EUROPEAN DIGITAL NETWORKS ON TRACK.

• Position: Brief article

The European Parliament approved, on 26 February, guidelines on establishing pan-European digital networks. Its margin for manoeuvre was small: the heads of state granted 1 billion of investment for interconnection in Europe for the period 2014-2020 - small fry compared to the 9.2 billion that the European Commission said was required, when it proposed its plan for pan-European networks in 2011. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes nonetheless welcomed the efforts of rapporteur Evzen...