Creating your own job is sexy

estratti dal discorso del commissario Kroes di ieri

EUROPA – PRESS RELEASES – Press Release – Speech – Driving digital growth.

…The digital economy is growing seven times faster than the rest of the economy. If not for the digital economy then the EU would be in recession. So we have to take our digital opportunities.

Today I am presenting a “to-do” list today, (qui un riassunto, ndr) for 2013 and 2014. It is a wake-up call. Broadband and jobs are the topics.

But the message is that we need to take risks and push ourselves.There is too much risk-avoiding in Brussels and in national capitals. That has to stop or Europe has no future.

..So the time for thinking and complaining is over. 2013 is all about doing.
…You will see why I think the
digital world is limitless and why I think that we can create industrial
success in Europe by thinking across borders. Why not a “digital Airbus”, or an
“Airbus for the chip sector”? That scale of success is what you can get
if you put borders aside, and work in partnership.

When it comes to jobs, I want you to know that the internet creates jobs. Probably four million if we implemented the whole Digital Agenda.

But more than that, I want
Europeans to see that creating your own job is sexy – and the internet
makes it possible. We need more people brave enough to take that
opportunity.

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