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Recommendations for the Digital Fitness Check

9.3.2026 - Position papers

Technology Industries of Finland sets out these recommendations to contribute to the Digital Fitness Check and to support a regulatory approach that strengthens Europe’s competitiveness in the digital domain. Europe should restore the link between regulation and the Single Market. Instead of rushed volume and omnibus-scale mistakes, regulation should be guided by necessity, consistency, and—above all—quality.

The Digital Fitness Check should urgently address inconsistencies—different definitions and interpretations—across the whole acquis of EU data and digitalisation legislation and assess their cumulative impact on the European market.

Europe’s main digital regulatory challenge is inconsistency and lack of scale. Much of this stems from the GDPR being interpreted and implemented in divergent ways across Member States. Another key problem is the weak application of a risk-based approach, which creates disproportionate friction even where risks are low.

The Commission should strengthen the digital Single Market by enabling uniform, standardised and risk-based compliance. This is essential to spur service development and unlock digital investment. Without it, the European data economy will not reach its potential. Europe should also prioritise the development of enabling data infrastructure—most notably through Data Spaces—where industry should lead the way to accelerate investment and uptake.

At the same time, the Digital Fitness Check should be treated as a strategic opportunity to rethink the regulatory approach. Regulation should focus on durable principles that underpin the market and, in carefully selected areas, on targeted initiatives of “surgical precision” that can trigger momentum.

Our key recommendations are:

  1. Put quality and consistency first, and restore the link to the Single Market
  2. Ensure standardised, automated, and scalable compliance
  3. Harness digital to complete the Single Market
  4. Decrease the role of EU and Member State public sector actors in cybersecurity
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