European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies Henna Virkkunen speaks at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday last week. Virkkunen is in March to unveil a major “tech sovereignty” package covering cloud, artificial intelligence and chips — areas where the EU hopes to build greater autonomy. “Digital technologies are no longer neutral tools,” European Digital SME Alliance’s secretary general, Sebastiano Toffaletti, told reporters. France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands teamed up last year in a push to create common European digital infrastructure, steered by the European Commission. Zach Meyers of CERRE, a Brussels-based think tank, warns the EU must be clear about what “tech sovereignty” is meant to achieve.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2026 17:29 UTC