Series report: The D9+ and the Future of the Single Market Date

In 2023, the IIEA and Amazon co-organised an event series on the topic of The D9+ and the Future of the European Single Market. This series of three events sought to explore Ireland’s role in the D9+, with particular emphasis on the priorities and opportunities arising from its chairmanship of the group in the first half of 2024; the future development of the D9+ group; and the role that the D9+ may play in some key areas of European digital policy, and in particular the Single Market. This note aims to serve as a record of the series, as well as to highlight the key points that emerged across the three events.

The series began with a stakeholder roundtable, at which participants from the public and private sector offered their perspectives on the role of the D9+ ahead of Ireland taking the chair of the group in the first half of 2024. Two public events followed. The first, on the theme of  The Future Role of the D9+: Delivering an innovative economy fit for global leadership can be found here. The series finished with an event focused on Reinventing the Single Market, which featured a keynote address by Dr Enrico Letta, who had been recently tasked by the European Council with writing a report on the same topic. That event can be watched back here.