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This Regulation pursues the general objectives of reinforcing the competitive position of industry and services in the Union across the digital economy, including microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises as well as start-ups, and of contributing to the Union’s technological sovereignty and open strategic autonomy in the area of cybersecurity, including by boosting innovation in the Digital Single Market. It pursues those objectives by strengthening solidarity at Union level, reinforcing the cybersecurity ecosystem, enhancing Member States’ cyber resilience and developing the skills, knowhow, abilities and competencies of the workforce in relation to cybersecurity.