Internet in the European Union: past, present and future of digitalization

The Internet is a complex tool that completely changed the world in recent years, enabling fast connections all over the world, and at the same time giving birth to a new digital economy. To better understand this proces, and particularly to understand what lies ahead for the European Union in terms of policy decisions, it is necessary to analyse the history, the economy and the implications of the internet in the international context. These considerations will be used to reflect on the upcoming challenges, in terms of security, privacy and power that the European Union will have to deal with in the upcoming years.