EU monitors Digital Decade 2025 progress and investments

The European Commission has published the staff working document SWD(2026) 156 monitoring implementation of the 2025 EU-level Digital Decade recommendations.

• Main assessment and scope: The document assesses 42 consolidated recommendations across 21 thematic areas (AI/HPC, connectivity, cloud & edge, semiconductors, cybersecurity, digital identity, health data, etc.) and reports that 19 recommendations (45.2%) show limited progress, 22 (52.4%) show notable progress, and 1 (2.4%) shows significant progress (the EU Digital Identity Wallet). It covers the review period June 2025 – April 2026 and consolidates legislative, funding and programme-level actions at EU and Member State level.
• Key concrete details and timelines: The report documents major investments and funding lines (e.g., EUR 222.1 billion total public budget in national Digital Decade roadmaps; EUR 2.6 billion backing EuroHPC AI factories; EUR 1.25 billion EIB/EIF commitment to ETCI 2.0; planned EUR 20 billion for AI gigafactories), highlights the December 2026 deadline for national EU Digital Identity Wallets, and notes programme timelines such as the EuroHPC AI gigafactory procurement call expected in spring 2026 and phased EHDS application rules from March 2027–2031.