Digital 2025 in Legislatures: What do parties propose for the digital future of Portugal? – Opinion

By Tiago Kunha Martin’s

Already this Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Portuguese are elected to the Assembly of the Republic, during which time the central position occupies the central position in digital political agents. It’s not just about technology. Digital today is a economic, social, political and cultural problem. The state policy with citizens is in danger, how companies will innovate and compete and how society prepares for the challenges of the protection of fundamental rights in artificial intelligence, connectivity and digital space.

Therefore, it is worth looking at party activities (with the parliamentary seat) and understanding how everyone will keep himself about Portugal’s digital future. What do you justify? Which role did they attribute to the state? How do you want to control artificial intelligence? What did you propose to ensure that there is no one behind the digital transformation?

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I have done it these days, allowing the designs that are concentrated on two major blocks. On the one hand, partiesSocialist Party (PS) OhLeft block (bee) OhThe book Oh Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) And the Pan-e-amalimary-today people

They justify an active and structured role that leads to digital transition and ensures that technology is useful for public benefit. These political forces emphasize the importance of strong public policies to ensure universal access to digital technologies, fight inequalities and to ensure the moral and democratic control of technical innovation. For example, PS bets on transverse and founding digital transformation, however and justifies the PCP to use technology to the service of public purposes and national sovereignty. It proposes to identify public management and digital items of free digital infrastructure as public heritage. Pan digital transformation frame as part of a wide strategy of consistent development and intergeneration Justice. On the other hand, theDemocracy A. A kind of liberal (the) And the He arrives

Demonstrate a more generous outlook of digital transformation. These political forces give a special right to stimulate the state bureaucracy, administrative liberalization and private initiative. For example, AD proposes a more active and citizen -based status by modernization of public services technology; IL justifies the merger of various digital service structures in a single structure to lead the digitization of public administration; And arrival focuses on security measures for the protection of young girls in the digital environment.

Unites programs? Public services, connectivity and training Despite the ideological differences, there are convergence points.All parties uphold the modernization of public administration

With simple, more affordable and close digital services for citizens. The expansion of connectivity infrastructure is a common priority, confirming territorial inequalities and that all citizens and organizations have access to digital infrastructure.

Another common thing is digital training of the population. Everyone has recognized that there is a need for training in digital skills in more specific domains, or artificial intelligence, data science or cyber security. The difference is the ambition and the process of implementing this ability: Some are justified in universal public policies, while others prefer to leave the story to a private initiative.

Artificial Intelligence: A very divided theme

Discussion on the control of Artificial Intelligence (IA) is probably more alternative visions. PS, be, free, PCP and PAN justify the moral and responsible approach connected to the fundamental rights, the protection of the privacy and non -declining. These parties should make sure that AI inequalities are not further enhanced or violating human rights.

On the contrary, AD, IL and stones adopt a more favorable attitude towards innovation and competitiveness. They defended the light control that does not create unnecessary obstacles to technology development. IL, in particular, argues that the state’s technical ecosystem should serve as a partner, creating conditions for experimentation and the growth of innovative solutions.

Implementation: The real challenge of the next legislature

Although programs are filled with good intentions and ambitious proposals, the real test is capable of realizing them. Previous years of experience shows that the implementation of digital policies in Portugal is slow and uneven, and many programs have been down to expectations.

The next government has a challenge to convert election commitments into concrete and measurable results, ensuring that digital transformation will effectively improve people’s lives, competitiveness of companies and operation of government agencies.

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