The European Commission has proposed a "tech sovereignty" package to bolster EU
tech capabilities and reduce dependence on non-EU tech giants, covering
semiconductors, cloud services, data centers and artificial intelligence. The
measures require negotiation and approval by the European Parliament and EU
Council. EU officials warned that critical technologies for devices,
infrastructure operation and sensitive data storage are increasingly relevant on
non-EU firms, and said renewed US-EU tariff and geopolitical tensions during a
second Trump term have intensified the urgency for greater independence.
