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1. The European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States shall cooperate with a view to achieving the following digital targets in the Union by 2030 (the ‘digital targets’): a digitally skilled population and highly skilled digital professionals, with the aim of achieving gender balance, where: at least 80 % of those aged 16-74 have at least basic digital skills; at least 20 million ICT specialists are employed within the Union, while promoting the access of women to this field and increasing the number of ICT graduates; secure, resilient, performant and sustainable digital infrastructures, where: all end users at a fixed location are covered by a gigabit network up to the network termination point, and all populated areas are covered by next-generation wireless high-speed networks with performance at least equivalent to that of 5G, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality; the production, in accordance with Union law on environmental sustainability, of cutting-edge semiconductors in the Union is at least 20 % of world production in value; at least 10 000 climate-neutral highly secure edge nodes are deployed in the Union, distributed in a way that guarantees access to data services with low latency (i.e. a few milliseconds) wherever businesses are located; the Union has, by 2025, its first computer with quantum acceleration, paving the way for the Union to be at the cutting edge of quantum capabilities by 2030. the digital transformation of businesses, where: at least 75 % of Union enterprises have taken up one or more of the following, in line with their business operations: cloud computing services; big data; artificial intelligence; more than 90 % of Union SMEs reach at least a basic level of digital intensity; the Union facilitates the growth of its innovative scale-ups and improves their access to finance, leading to at least doubling the number of unicorns; the digitalisation of public services, where: there is 100 % online accessible provision of key public services and, where relevant, it is possible for citizens and businesses in the Union to interact online with public administrations; 100 % of Union citizens have access to their electronic health records; 100 % of Union citizens have access to secure electronic identification (eID) means that are recognised throughout the Union, enabling them to have full control over identity transactions and shared personal data.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.