Science & Tech Quote by Xavier Espot Zamora

A minister doesn’t talk about “the digital world” as a lifestyle; he talks about it as infrastructure. Xavier Espot Zamora’s line is built to sound morally obvious while smuggling in a policy premise: that internet access is no longer a luxury or a private-market convenience, but a prerequisite for full citizenship. The phrase “all citizens” is doing heavy rhetorical work, framing connectivity as a rights issue rather than a consumer preference. In a small state like Andorra, where geography, income, and migration status can sharply shape who gets what, that universalist wording is also a preemptive strike against the usual objections about cost, rural rollout, or prioritizing “essential” services.

“Be able to access” is notably modest. It avoids promising digital fluency, devices, or meaningful participation. It’s the language of government competence: we can provide coverage, portals, IDs, public Wi-Fi, maybe subsidies. The subtext is that the state is actively pushing services online - taxes, healthcare, education, residency paperwork - and it knows the political risk of creating a two-tier society: people who can navigate e-government and people who get locked out by weak broadband, low skills, or lack of equipment.

Then there’s “avoid situations of inequality”, a careful phrase that keeps the claim defensible. He’s not promising to eliminate inequality, just to prevent digital policy from worsening it. It’s an argument for modernization with a conscience: digitize, yes, but don’t let the login screen become a new border.