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Denmark's former economy and home affairs minister, and considered one of the most powerful women in Europe, Vestager has long defended a technological transformation that works for people (Photo: Radikale Venstre)

Vestager: 'Technology must not steal our time'

Margrethe Vestager, widely-regarded as one of Europe's most powerful women, may spend most of her professional life trying to make the continent "fit for the digital age" (her official job title as EU commissioner) — yet she is adamant that technology must not control our entire lives.

"My main worry is that all of a sudden we forget just to look each other in the eye, and have a normal dinner without the phone on the table, to talk, or take a walk in the forest without registering eve...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

Denmark's former economy and home affairs minister, and considered one of the most powerful women in Europe, Vestager has long defended a technological transformation that works for people (Photo: Radikale Venstre)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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