Future of Privacy Forum Senior Fellow Christopher Kuner critiqued the September 2024 report on EU competitiveness published by former Italian Prime Minister and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. While Kuner agreed that Draghi “makes valid criticisms of the inconsistent and fragmented implementation of the (EU General Data Protection Regulation) in the Member States,” he also said Draghi’s analysis leaves out the fact the “GDPR protects fundamental rights” contained in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Kuner said Draghi gives the “impression that the GDPR is little more than red tape that the EU can change at will,” despite “no widespread public pressure for ‘radical simplification’ of the GDPR.”
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