The EU Data Act and Policymaking in the European Union

This book investigates the internal dynamics and mechanisms that shaped one of the European Union's most ambitious and far-reaching pieces of digital legislation: the Data Act. While the importance of data to the economy and society has been widely acknowledged, the policy processes behind data legislation remain underexplored. This study closes this gap by applying the Multiple Streams Approach to understand how the Data Act progressed from a largely absent issue to a legislative priority, and how it was rapidly adopted despite its complexity and scope.

Investigates the internal dynamics and mechanisms that shaped the EU Data Act Offers critical insights into how major regulatory initiatives in the digital domain are shaped, negotiated and adopted Enhances our understanding of institutional dynamics and actor strategies in EU legislative processes

Autorentext

Johannes Niklas Holtz is Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and Digital Policy Expert at DATEV.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The rise of data policy in the European Union.- 2. EU digital and data policy.- 3. How policies emerge: The Multiple Streams Approach.- 4. The sudden rise of the Data Act on the EU agenda.- 5. The rapid adoption of the EU Data Act.- 6. Unpacking the Data Act: Between regulatory complexity and digital ambition.