The EU's common digital market, an open door to the Fourth Industrial Revolution

AuthorFlamur Zeqiri
Pages176-183
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2018
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Business,
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T
h
e EU's common
d
i
g
ita
l
mar
k
et, an open
d
oor to t
h
e Fourt
h
In
d
ustria
l
v
t
n
F
l
amur Ze
q
ir
i
Ab
str
a
c
t
S
tanding on the verge o
f
the Fourth
I
ndustrial Revolution that will challenge and
r
adicall
y
change our ever
y
da
y
li
f
e and work, there is a need to review the organization
of
societ
y
in accordance with these develo
p
ments o
f
the time. The technolog
y
and
t
he e
ect o
f
digitalization, in its com
p
lexit
y
, will make a trans
f
ormation that will
b
e di
erent
f
rom ever
y
thing that the human has
p
reviousl
y
ex
p
erienced in its
d
eve
l
o
p
menta
l
ph
ases.
T
h
e am
b
itious strateg
y
, t
h
e
E
uro
p
ean master
pl
an to ma
k
e a Sing
l
e Digita
l
Mar
k
et
of
the
EU
,
E
uro
p
e has taken a ste
p
to embrace the new industrial revolution and
h
as o
p
ened u
p
digital o
pp
ortunities
f
or
p
eo
p
le and businesses. This strateg
y
will
make 28 national markets in a single market. This article shows the
p
ositive im
p
act
of
the
EU
's digital internal market and at the same time em
p
hasizes the need
f
or state
t
rans
f
ormation in this new
p
rocess. Research methods that will be used: historical and
c
om
p
arative through deductive theor
y
.
I
n this new world realit
y
, one o
f
the
p
riorities
f
or
E
uro
p
e is the connection o
f
the single digital market.
I
n this
p
rocess o
f
E
uro
p
ean
integration, state trans
f
ormation
p
rocesses are also needed.
K
e
y
wor
d
s: Sing
l
e Digita
l
Mar
k
et,
EU
, Fourt
h
I
n
d
ustria
l
Revo
l
ution.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
The world is ex
p
eriencing the a
pp
earance o
f
a new economic model, which is a
r
e
f
erence
p
oint
f
or the new industr
y
4.0. The
E
uro
p
ean
U
nion res
p
onded to this
c
hallenge and courageousl
y
acce
p
ted the new course o
f
industr
y
, the road towards
E
uro
p
e 4.0. T
h
e
EU
, wit
h
its strateg
y
an
d
intentions,
h
as ta
k
en t
h
e initiative in
p
articular to create a Digital Single Marke
t
1
and it can be said that it is well
p
re
p
ared
t
o create smart digital economies that will be based on sustainable develo
p
ment and
h
igh
p
ro
tabilit
y
f
or the bene
t o
f
societ
y
entiret
y.
Trans
f
ormations, digital technolog
y
, digitalization and modernization, which is
h
a
pp
ening at the same time, will im
p
rove the living standards o
f
di
erent grou
p
s
in societ
y
. Conse
q
uent
ly
, t
h
e
EU
must s
h
ow continue
d
l
ea
d
ers
h
i
p
in ac
h
ieving t
h
is
g
oal.
A
leadershi
p
that comes
f
rom the e
orts o
f
di
erent grou
p
s in societ
y
: citizens,
g
overnment, industr
y
, academ
y
. The conce
p
t o
f
a Single Digital Market that combines
t
he single 28-1
EU
market, a vision that has ins
p
ired 28
EU
member states, where it
is or ma
y
f
eel like an incentive to return to the
EU
the global market and the global
agenda as a leading
f
actor
.
1
E
uro
p
ean
U
nion, Retrieved from h ps://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/ les/ten-priorities-for-europe.
pdf
.

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