Elżbieta Bieńkowska,Member of the Commission. – Mr President, this vote confirms the commitment to implement for the first time a European approach for building up digital capacity and infrastructure in strategic areas, such as, for example, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and of course it will support also the digital single market. The Commission would like to make, however, the following statement.
‘The Commission cannot agree to the changes regarding the provision of transfers, of resources allocated to Member States under shared management. These changes raise questions of compatibility with other legislative proposals, in particular the Common Provisions Regulation. The Commission would like to highlight the need to ensure a horizontal approach on this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF for the consideration of the co-legislators.’