{"id":3323,"date":"2016-11-25T00:49:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T23:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:54:32","slug":"europes-digital-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/europes-digital-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe's digital strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sm-text-padding ng-binding ng-scope\" data-ng-bind-html=\"item.text\">\n<div class=\"sm-text-padding ng-binding ng-scope\" data-ng-bind-html=\"item.text\">\n<p>In its <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-x5lkkcogc9dgs9xca0r3t7b2own3xrtd\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\">Speech<\/span> on the occasion of the Digital World Congress 2016 in Frankfurt, the scientist and entrepreneur called for Europe-wide efforts to counter the dominance from the U.S. and Asia.This dominance takes on a dramatic significance due to the feared protectionism of the U.S..<\/p>\n<p>According to Scheer, many questions could no longer be answered only from <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-p3x3o62vpsfg6qtoh9684eohj420kalz\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Germany<\/span> be determined nationally, but would require at least a Europe-wide vote and concerted action.<\/p>\n<p>August-Wilhelm Scheer, In his opening speech to the congress:<\/p>\n<p><em>\"This year, Commissioner Oettinger, the most important representative figure of the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-wdw96quvtpqit56dny40g4voehwqizds\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-sector of the EU at the National <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-wr1jpzp8ugab85kjoohxs3mt5vm7jrno\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-summit will be present. This shows quite clearly that we have many <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rtzio2w6p3joggs14tj8xa3en7l2lc4l\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-questions, such as questions of <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-kj82s8y920b10shn7zwwqo9tf7tbykmm\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Infrastructure<\/span> or the standards, no longer only from <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-evl10ajwkfd82lw89mle4b55potvwa95\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Germany<\/span> nationally, but that we need at least a Europe-wide vote and concerted action here. This is the only way we can defend ourselves against the overwhelming power of the big <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-46b928ikko8vak5xzpe1d80zsgsul4oe\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-suppliers from America and Asia. This is the only way we will be able to meet the post <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zzwfuc6680mjsh3zirlevkhfqtg2ulq1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">US<\/span>-Presidential election to counter the threat of protectionism. We have in <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-95z8ar6kobh1apgihprmybxzll44r8bg\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Europe<\/span> and also in <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-3jfj8h19bqchyxe9pequsk6i4rwssqfl\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Germany<\/span> a very large market for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-quu1noj96j2b0ayawo86drnnz278647y\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-But on the supplier side, we play too small a role in terms of hardware and software compared with our market significance. It must not be the case that the USA supplies the Brain, Asia produces and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-uiu6ne36ayqpefbjwe6pnk6sh2jxfc36\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Europe<\/span> only buys\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"europe&#039;s digital strategy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screenshot-2016-12-12-um-11.34.32.png\" alt=\"Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer - Quote\" width=\"237\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screenshot-2016-12-12-um-11.34.32.png 237w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screenshot-2016-12-12-um-11.34.32-100x191.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This can only be changed by a Europe-wide catching-up strategy with the aim of integrating national and thus also German competencies into a European initiative in order to take a leading role in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-iro3ryzep2cam367ozkigumwkwgm3c3l\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-sector.<\/p>\n<p>This is not only for the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-co2p3p62zkdhkh5ncxk4tb9m5r2e91io\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-industry required.<\/p><div id=\"great-2660809741\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Developments such as Industry 4.0 showed that even the traditional industries in which <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-vu8y605rienaxdfk5ovdyn87rfb510jz\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Germany<\/span> with other European nations, through the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-l8cz3kjqgk62qy8h5jmpn6a2w4sylis0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span> be changed.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Scheer sees the danger that, if one does not work in Germany and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4vsbuqwq5o388xylzltewdl2hugxk5cu\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-place\">Europe<\/span> via the corresponding <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ap8fdv6fsp8fjmna0drrghthohqn652j\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">IT<\/span>-In the future, these industries can only be modernized through cooperation with the USA and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>August-Wilhelm Scheer:<\/p>\n<p><em>\"That means we are dependent and no longer at the forefront of development. However, we must retain and expand precisely this leading role in our successful industries, and this can only be done with the appropriate digitization expertise. What is needed here is a joint effort on the part of policymakers, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-sjk5fx7gmh9cg6ezeolzb40nwyauvmez\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-thing\">Economy<\/span>and in particular the ICT sector, research and society as a whole\".<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer calls for a Europe-wide catch-up strategy in digitization. This is the only way to counter the threat of U.S. protectionism following the U.S. presidential election.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":3327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,740,161],"tags":[601,204,775,181],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-3323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sap-nachrichten","category-mag1612","category-szene","tag-digitalisierung","tag-europa","tag-fuehrung","tag-usa","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",400,234,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-768x449.jpg",768,449,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-100x59.jpg",100,59,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-480x281.jpg",480,281,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-640x374.jpg",640,374,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-720x421.jpg",720,421,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-960x562.jpg",960,562,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",18,12,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",1000,585,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",600,351,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect.jpg",600,351,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Protect-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer fordert eine europaweite Aufholstrategie bei der Digitalisierung. Nur so k\u00f6nne man dem nach der US-Pr\u00e4sidentschaftswahl drohenden US-Protektionismus begegnen.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/sap-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Nachrichten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/likes1612\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 16-12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/scene\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Szene<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138490,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/138490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}