Thierry Breton

• Guarantee the smooth functioning of the single market, including the free movement of goods and services, both online and in the physical world.
• Help small and medium-sized businesses and start-ups grow, expand and employ more people, including through improved access to finance.   
• Establish a level playing field across the single market and address distortive effects of foreign subsidies, in particular in relation to public procurement.
• Devise a comprehensive long-term strategy to help European industry lead the green and digital transition while ensuring fair competition.
• Ensure European industry's full input to climate-neutrality by 2050 and a circular economy.
• Enhancing Europe’s technological sovereignty by putting the right policies and investment in place eg in the areas of data, artificial intelligence, 5G, defence and space technology.  
• Leading on a new Digital Services Act to reinforce the single market for digital services, clarify obligations of online platforms, and give smaller businesses legal clarity and a level playing field.
• Strengthen Europe’s cybersecurity, using certification, security of network and information systems, rapid emergency response strategies, and a joint Cyber Unit.
• Strengthen EU tools to prevent and counter disinformation and fake information online, while preserving freedom of expression, freedom of the press and media pluralism.
• Contribute to an updated Digital Education Action Plan to equip young people and adults with the skills they need for life and work in the digital age.
• Ensure EU intellectual property regime is coherent, competitive and fit for the digital age.
• Implement the European Defence Fund and the Action Plan on Military Mobility.
• Foster a strong and innovative space industry, maintaining the EU's autonomous, reliable and cost-effective access to space.
• Improve the crucial link between space, defence and security.

Mission letter