Transatlantic Cooperation

Posted: December 7th, 2015

By Andrea Glorioso

Andrea Glorioso is the Counsellor for the Digital Economy at the Delegation of the European Union to the USA. In this role, he acts as the liaison between the EU and U.S. on policy, regulation, and research activities related to the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies. Glorioso worked for eight years at the European Commission in Brussels (Belgium) on cyber-security, privacy / personal data protection, cloud computing and Internet governance.

The European Union and the United States have been close allies for decades and “partners of first resort,” to use the words of both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of State John Kerry. We are the largest trading bloc in the world and the primary destination of each other’s investment flows.

This close transatlantic cooperation is also evident in the cyber domain, whether we are talking about online privacy, cybersecurity, network resilience, or freedom of expression. We may well choose different means to achieve our objectives – the EU for instance has a slightly stronger preference for legislation over self-regulation – but our end goal is clearly the same: a trustworthy, open, free, and secure cyberspace, where fundamental rights, democracy, and the rule of law are protected and promoted.

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