Access to privately-held datasets in the context of the European Strategy for Data, using the full potential of the existing European legislative framework for the exchange of confidential micro data, bringing existing business registers closer and EU-level data collection on the top 500 MNEs active in the EU are not just “nice to have”, but will crucially shape our future policy options.
Accordingly, these priorities must continue to feature highly on the agenda of official statistics and official statisticians. 1.