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Digital and innovation policy: Von der Leyen relies on many minds

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Published: September 20th, 2024,
Last updated: September 25th, 2024

Henna Virkkunen will be the Executive Vice-President for Tech-Sovereignty, Security and Democracy. She will also be responsible for the portfolio on digital and frontier technologies. I will ask Henna to look at the internal and external aspects of security. But also to strengthen the foundations of our democracy, such as the rule of law, and protect it wherever it comes under attack.
Henna Virkkunen will be Vice President for Technical Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.
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Anyone wanting to understand Henna Virkkunen‘s responsibilities needs a large canvas. The portfolio of the designated Executive Vice President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy is vast and overlaps with several other departments. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has assigned the Finnish politician the enormous task of overseeing digitalization and digital infrastructure.

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