Cishe eyodwa ezinkampanini eziyisithupha zaseYurophu ziqashe okungenani abantu abayishumi, bathengise imikhiqizo nezinsizakalo online, kungaba ngamawebhusayithi asemthethweni noma ngezicelo ngonyaka odlule. Phakathi kwalezi zinkampani, iningi lazo lithengise imikhiqizo ezweni lakubo, kuyilapho ngaphansi kwengxenye yabo bethengisa imikhiqizo kubathengi bakwamanye amazwe angaphandle kweYurophu. Ngaphezulu kwekota yezinkampani ezithengisa imikhiqizo online zithengise abathengi ngaphandle kwe-Europe.
Lezi zibalo zashicilelwa ngu "I-Eurostat", okukhombisa ukuthi inzuzo yezinkampani ezise-European Union ibilokhu ikhuphula ukuthengiswa kwabo kwi-inthanethi isuka kumaphesenti ayi-12 ngo-2010 yaya kumaphesenti ayi-16 ngo-2014. "Futhi kusukela lapho lezi zibalo zihlale zizinzile."
Izinkampani ezingamaphesenti angama-97 e-European Union zathengisa nge-inthanethi ngonyaka odlule, kanti abathengi balaba basezweni elifanayo lendabuko, kuyilapho amaphesenti angama-44 athengiselwa abathengi abahlala kwamanye amazwe abayingxenye ye-European Union. Futhi amaphesenti angama-28 athengise abathengi abathengi abangaphandle kwe-European Union.
I-European Union isebenza kanzima ukuguqula sonke isifunda sayo sibe sinye imakethe ye-digital, lapho ukuthola khona imikhiqizo kufanele kube lula futhi kube lula njengokuthenga umkhiqizo esitolo sangempela, noma ngabe ikhasimende likuphi ku-European Union.
Lo mqondo wokwenza yonke i-European Union imakethe eyodwa kungumbono wezinguquko, ngoba imakethe eku-inthanethi iya ngokuya iduma kakhulu kunezitolo zomzimba, umqondo wokuthi wonke amazwe asebenza ngokubambisana ukwaneliseka kwamakhasimende kungakhathalekile ukuthi uvelaphi ungashintsha incazelo ye ukwaneliseka kwamakhasimende.