Technology Sovereignty

The sophistication, size and costs of research infrastructures are hard for any one country to manage. Whatever Europe’s desire for tech sovereignty, international cooperation is needed to finance and operate them

Revised plan maintains exclusions for non-EU countries in projects that touch on “sensitive Union assets”

Commission must explain how it can achieve technological autonomy without a clearer plan, and a stricter timeline for launching new technologies by 2030, MEPs say

Would-be host cities vying to become home to new centre, which will coordinate cybersecurity research in Horizon Europe and manage an EU-wide network of those involved in the field

Hermann Hauser, vice chair at the European Innovation Council, joins voices calling for ‘urgent’ firepower to keep pace with China and the US

Five public-private research partnerships in digital technologies aim to reduce dependence on foreign products and instil ‘European values’ in areas such as artificial intelligence and robotics

With €25B invested this year, European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič says lithium-ion production remains on schedule despite the economic impact of pandemic

Rules coming into force aim to better shield sensitive industrial sectors from Chinese and other foreign investors, as political pushback on overseas acquisitions of strategic assets heats up

Viewpoint: Before unleashing technology sovereignty initiatives, the EU needs to define what the concept means

Europe’s energy sector is gearing up for a long and complicated green transition that is dependent on keeping the market open for research and innovation. Rather than Europe First, the strategy should be Europe Smart