Dr Judith Puttkammer joined the Advisory Board of the eco Competence Group Mobility in December 2024. In this interview, the expert on data spaces for mobility data talks about the importance of sovereign data spaces, regulatory priorities and the role of innovative technologies. She also provides insights into how she would like to contribute to the work of the competence group with her experience as Deputy Head of Mobility Data Space at acatech and what impetus she hopes to provide for the mobility policy of the future.

The last week of sessions of the 20th German Bundestag is over, the election is in 10 days – and many digital policy projects remain unfinished. At our German Internet Policy Party Check on Tuesday evening, it also became clear that there is a great need for action in digital policy across party lines. eco has published an agenda with ten key demands for a fresh start in digital policy.

At the AI Action Summit 2025 in Paris, global stakeholders from business and politics gathered to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. eco Managing Director Andreas Weiss assesses Europe’s role in this dynamic, between innovation and regulation.

The eco Association is accompanying the election with content - both with papers and digital policy demands from the Internet industry and in direct exchange with digital policy makers.

The last German Bundestag session of the 20th legislative period has come to an end – and elections will take place in just over a week. eco points out that numerous regulatory initiative relevant to the Internet industry have not been completed, partly due to the collapse of the German traffic light coalition. The eco Association calls for the new government to address the necessary legal clarifications for businesses as quickly as possible after the election.

Media literacy is the key to a strong democracy. That’s why hundreds of institutions across Germany are participating in this year’s Safer Internet Day, on the topic of “No Likes for Lies!”

Imagine a seamless journey from Budapest to Madrid in a fully autonomous car. The car navigates every twist and turn, adjusts its speed to traffic and makes real-time decisions, all powered by continuous data processing from a network of cloud and edge providers. This vision of intelligent, cross-border digital infrastructure...