“Digital development must be generated by demand from businesses and consumers. One must not work on development plans, as one cannot foresee the evolution of the market,” Valentin Mircea, senior partner at law firm Mircea&Asociatii and former vice-president of the Competition Council, said Tuesday during the conference “Mediafax Talks about Digital Europe.”
Mircea also said the European Commission and the Romanian Government ought to create a favorable framework, while the private business sector is responsible with ensuring the infrastructure needed to access data services.
Peter Stephens, Director for European Reform at the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, said Tuesday he thinks the evolution of the e-commerce should consider the needs and opportunities of the industry, not the ambitions of governments. Stephens also said that one must establish a legal framework to allow the market to grow, as the online commerce must be driven by the industry and developed by the companies operating in the industry, not by the government.
He went on saying there is not a sole transnational market yet, but rather national e-commerce markets and one must make sure a national electronic platform can be connected to all the other platforms in the European Union.
Stephens concluded saying the e-commerce sector represents an opportunity for the EU to compete against the United States of America.