Digital: Numeum bets on 2026 and calls on Europe to emerge from the regulatory era
Recovered growth, agentic AI in focus, digital sovereignty in ambush: the 2026 outlook for the digital sector is brightening. But for Numeum, this economic quiver can only be transformed into sustainable momentum if the European Union finally moves from regulatory rhetoric to industrial action. After a year 2025 described as « complex » by Véronique Torner, President of Numeum and Managing Director of Alter Way, the digital players’ union sees a more favorable inflection taking shape for the second half of the year and especially for 2026. Numeum is forecasting growth of +4.3% next year, after a limited increase to +2% in 2025, driven by generative artificial… icial intelligence and in particular agentic, SaaS and the first investments linked to digital sovereignty. Lagging behind But beyond the figures, the political…