2021 is going to be a crucial year for our digital future in the EU. Apart from debates around connectivity and the 5G rollout or a digital tax, three areas of European digital policy are going to play a tremendous role: The Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as well as the legislative proposals on Artificial Intelligence (AI). These legislations will define Europe’s digital way for the next decades. As a liberal I want this ground-breaking legislation to be open for innovation, paving the way for a European Union that is at the forefront of digital developments in the world. Technology and digitalisation need to be human-centred and based on our European values and fundamental rights. A prosperous digital Europe needs a real Digital Single Market to rise to its full potential. Only a common European framework can avoid fragmentation of our common market. The platform economy and fair competition The platform economy has changed our lives remarkably in the last t...