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"en.20120510.69.4-238-500"2
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"Independent research shows that the digital divide has largely been overcome in all age groups, adding value to education and increasing interaction. We live in a world with over 600 million websites, and much of the interaction with government and public departments is now conducted on the Internet. According to Eurostat, in 2009, at least 65% of European businesses used
government tools, a percentage that rises to 83% for big companies. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has often indicated the development of
government as a major requirement for perfecting transparency and simplification processes. Forcing time-consuming and complex consultation of paper documents on a society that now lives with, communicates and gets information digitally, as well as entrusting essential areas of its life – from the financial markets to telemedicine – to the Internet, appears out-of-date and in need of urgent updating, especially given the widespread negative repercussions, for example, on the economy and on business, due to legal uncertainty and the consequent curb on investments, trade and growth. Therefore, I approve the recommendation and I hope that the new Council regulation will soon come into force."@en1
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