On March 4, 2025, the Dutch House of Representatives (De Tweede Kamer) adopted a number of motions in the field of the use of algorithms and data ethics, and emerging technologies. These motions should ensure more digital autonomy.

How can we prevent the growing landscape of data spaces and data-sharing initiatives from becoming a source of fragmentation itself? The challenge is not to make everything the same, but to make conscious decisions about what can be reused, where harmonisation is needed, and where there should remain room for domain-specific choices.


