European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
10/31/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/31/2025 10:18
EU-India discuss progress in shared digital priorities
The EU-India Trade and Technology Working Group 1 met this week in Brussels to discuss digital priorities going forward.
Today, 31 October, representatives from the EU and India came together under the Trade and Technology Council Working Group 1 to review progress across digital workstreams. The meeting was co-chaired by the Director-General Roberto Viola of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT), and Secretary Krishnan of India's Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
As well as discussing current progress, the meeting offered the chance to reflect on the next steps leading up to the next Trade and Technology Council ministerial meeting scheduled for 2026. Topics under discussion ranged from semiconductors to digital public infrastructure to digital skills, AI, high performance and quantum computing, IT and telecoms standardisation.
The EU-India Trade and Technology Council was set up in 2022 by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The Trade and Technology Council offers the opportunity to address shared trade, technology and security challenges, deepening our cooperation and promoting a human-centric approach to the digital transformation.
As part of Working Group 1, the EU and India discuss digital priorities, focusing on leveraging their strengths to develop advanced and trustworthy digital technologies that benefit their respective citizens.
Read more about the EU-India partnership.
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