Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was in Estonia today, meeting with his counterpart, Jüri Ratas, and with Estonian state assembly president Riigikogu, Eiki Nestor. Prime Minister Bettel hailed the two countries as partners in a digital world, while stressing the need for the creation of a single digital market in Europe. 

The Prime Minister took the occasion to welcome the excellent bilateral relations between Luxembourg and Estonia and considered that there is great potential for further development of these relations, particularly in the field of ICT. 

"We share the determination to develop digital policy in the broad sense and to invest in digitising our economy and our society for the good of citizens and businesses,” he said, adding, ”negotiations to install an Estonian Data Embassy in Luxembourg are a concrete example of this collaboration. In order to push further digitisation in Europe, the creation of a single digital market in the European Union is essential."

During the trip, Prime Minister Bettel visited the e-Estonia Showroom, an exhibition illustrating Estonian innovation in digitalisation and e-administration. The visit provided the Prime Minister with an overview of Estonian performance in this area, including the provision of on-line administrative procedures and coverage of the free Wi-Fi networks at national level. 

"Estonia and Luxembourg are not competitors in the field of ICT, but we are partners that can benefit each other from our alliance,” said the Prime Minister.

At the end of the visit, Prime Minister Bettel was awarded the title of Estonian e-resident.