European Commissioner Michel Barnier has pledged to build a better pan-European digital infrastructure and will consult with the music business in order to do so.

Speaking at Midem yesterday, Barnier said that while access to digital content has increased across the continent over the past few years “there are instances of restrictions which Europeans have to suffer.”

“The availability of music, and unavailability of some websites is still uneven between some member states,” he said. “The single market is still ...