According to Mr Ansip, EU legislation has fallen out of step with the age – having no readiness for digital common market. «I don’t think we should be regulating everything; even so, we can’t leave things the way they have always been, for then there would be no development.»
Mr Ansip said what matters most to people is security and the certainty that privacy is protected. «That’s the corner stone for digital economy as such,» he noted, adding there could be no trust without security.
Common market the jobs maker
According to Mr Ansip, European Parliament has done a good job creating the common telecom market. He promised that, as Vice President, he would stand for the lowering of roaming taxes and would support the net neutrality principle.
«For the people, common digital market must offer more rights as consumers, entrepreneurs and creators,» said Mr Ansip and noted that Internet does away with borders, distances and time.
«If e-commerce were 15 percent of European retail sales instead of five, European economy would grow by 1.7 percent faster annually,» he said, adding that, currently, about a quarter of EU Internet users can’t buy or consume desired services. «Geographical blocking is against the principles of common digital market,» underlined Mr Ansip.