How will the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak impact Europe’s citizens, the European Single Market and businesses? These were the key topics covered by Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe fit for the Digital Age, last week at a debate organised by Friends of Europe in Brussels.

“We have a very specific job to do which is to make sure that people stay healthy, that vulnerable people are not falling victims of this virus, that our health system, our social contract, our society, is still maintained,” Vestager said, highlighting the need to push through this crisis together.

The European Commission is currently working with a lot of data gathered from the EU Member States, including data on the usage of medical supplies, which will help the Commission take action and make valid decisions, Vestager summarised.

“There is a balance here. Between how data can be used to control the virus and the pandemic whilst still maintaining the fundamental values which makes our societies what they are,” she said.

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