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The research aims to address the challenges of the EU’s digital regulatory framework and propose a balanced model.

February 8, 2026Open Access

“Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” Through a Change of Perspective: The Necessary Rethinking of the Relationship Between Regulation and Innovation in the EU

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The research aims to address the challenges of the EU’s digital regulatory framework and propose a balanced model.
Analysis of the EU's digital regulatory framework
Examination of compliance burdens and enforcement challenges
Proposal of a Charter-centred balancing model
Identified significant multi-regulatory challenges affecting innovation
Highlighted the need for clearer coordination among regulatory regimes
Proposed a model to enhance legal coherence and support a competitive digital ecosystem

Abstract

The paper analyzes the EU’s digital regulatory framework and argues that its rapid expansion has generated significant multi-regulatory and multi-level enforcement challenges. Overlapping rules and fragmented authorities undermine legal certainty, increase compliance burdens, and risk discouraging innovation and investment. The paper calls for a recalibration of Europe’s digital governance through a Charter-centred balancing of fundamental rights, clearer coordination among regimes, and the use of adaptive regulatory tools. It proposes a model of multi-level economic constitutionalism that aligns legal coherence, institutional simplification, and material investments, enabling the EU to sustain a competitive, innovation-oriented and rights-compliant digital ecosystem.

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