Since 2017, the trilateral cooperation between Alliance Industrie du Futur, Piano Impresa 4.0 and Plattform Industrie 4.0 has aimed at driving forward the successful digitalisation of the European manufacturing industry. The new legislative period offers the EU a great opportunity to harness efforts for a common European digital ecosystem. With this joint position paper, we encourage the European Commission to provide strong support for the implementation of our recommendations for a digitalised European manufacturing industry. As a trilateral cooperation our goal is to support and promote suitable conditions for the successful digital transformation of industry, while sustainably strengthening the European economy as a whole.