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The S9+ coalition represents startup organizations from the most digitally advanced countries in the EU, advocating for policy reforms to strengthen Europe's digital innovation ecosystem and global competitiveness. We serve as the startup counterpart to the D9+, an informal group of ministers from the most digitized European countries. The D9+ convenes every six months to shape the direction of EU digital policies, bringing together the top-ranked nations in the European Commission's Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), along with like-minded countries that share similar ambitions for an innovation-friendly competitive Europe. Our role as the startup voice in D9+ discussions is to ensure that the policies outlined in the group’s official declarations promote innovation and empower startups to grow and scale within Europe. When the ministers meet, we work to provide essential insights and support on how proposed policies affect the startup ecosystem. Our goal is to make sure that the D9+ agenda fosters an environment conducive to startups, avoiding the unintended consequences of stifling innovation, as we’ve seen with certain digital regulations over the past year. The S9+ coalition is a subgroup of Allied for Startups and includes organizations from Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Estonia, Slovenia, Finland and the Netherlands. Find our latest S9+ Lisbon declaration from the 2025 D9+ meeting in Portugal here → https://s9plus.eu/the-lisbon-s9-declaration-making-europe-the-ai-and-startup-continent/