Single Digital Gateway –
Access for Citizens
ed* Nr. 02/2023 – Chapter 4
The logical next step is to enter into digital communication between citizens, social security institutions and authorities. This is important because the coordination rules in the area of cross-border social security are complex, and it is often not possible to resort to the domestic administration. With the Single Digital Gateway (SDG), a portal has been created where citizens and businesses can find basic information on European law, access targeted national information and access various online services. This is because the European portal is connected to the individual Member State portals, in Germany to the federal portal. The SDG can be found under “Your Europe”.
Single Digital Gateway
The SDG portal can be reached via the website https://europa.eu/youreurope. The content of this portal will be created successively. The German social security institutions contribute information here on national law governing work and retirement, medical care, information for workers and on health and safety at work.
Online services include the portable Al document for proof of social security in the country of origin, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) as a basis for entitlement to health treatment in another EU country and the pension application procedure. However, in order to make this possible, some basic requirements still have to be met. A digital social security card and a digital identity are needed.