DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE LEGAL POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Currently, the concept of digital sovereignty is firmly rooted in the political and legal debate about the pan-European future. Its emergence and strengthening is associated with the actual dependence in Europe on foreign technologies, goods and services in the digital sphere, which jeopardizes both the European Union’s own economic development and the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of European citizens in accordance with its principles. This article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the development of the concept of digital sovereignty of the European Union. The paper examines the content of the term “digital sovereignty” in the practice of its use in European political and legal discourse, identifies the main characteristics of two dimensions of digital sovereignty of the EU (first, the ability to regulate the technological sector and behavior in cyberspace, and secondly, strategic autonomy in digital area and European technology competitiveness). In addition, the article draws attention to the main theoretical and practical problems of the content and development of this concept. Such problems are, firstly, the choice of an appropriate bearer of digital sovereignty and the determination of the parameters of the relationship of the pan-European supranational digital sovereignty with the sovereignty of the EU member states, including its digital dimension; secondly, the assessment of the fairness of the choice of the model of digital sovereignty of the European Union, which is often criticized as overly “selfish” and as insufficiently competitive. The article states that, despite some arguments about the insolvency of the model under consideration, there is reason to believe that the EU has already achieved positive results on the path to forming its digital sovereignty

sovereignty, digital sovereignty of the European Union, EU technological sovereignty, EU strategic autonomy, EU digital strategy, European data space, human rights in the digital sphere, General Data Protection Regulation, digital economy, digital agenda

Krasikov D. V. Development of the concept of digital sovereignty in the legal policy of the European U nion. Business. Education. Law, 2021, no. 4, pp. 255—259. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2021.57.442.