Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a ‘Strategy on the use of digital technolog...

CALL FOR EVIDENCE Ref. Ares(2025)4217516 - 26/05/2025 FOR AN INITIATIVE (without an impact assessment) TITLE OF THE INITIATIVE Digital Justice strategy for 2025-2030 - ‘DigitalJustice@2030’ LEAD DG – RESPONSIBLE UNIT DG Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) – A1 ‘Digital transition and judicial training’ LIKELY TYPE OF INITIATIVE Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions INDICATIVE TIMING Q4-2025 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION –A. Political context, problem definition and subsidiarity check Political context Commissioner McGrath was tasked in his mission letter with the development of a strategy on the use of digital technologies, including AI, to make EU civil and criminal justice systems more efficient, resilient and secure. This strategy is in line with the European Council’s new European competitiveness deal, the Draghi report, the Political Guidelines of President von der Leyen 2024-2029, the Competitiveness Compass for the EU, and the AI Continent Action Plan, which all call on the EU institutions to take action to reform the EU; and, in particular, to make it more competitive and digital and contribute further to growth. Effective justice contributes to growth by improving the resilience and competitiveness of the EU economy. Businesses are more likely to invest in countries in which the justice system is highly efficient. The COVID-19...