The list runs long, strategic sectors where Europe’s rarely the master of its own destiny, energy, manufacturing, even its nuclear deterrence. How about digital? Who even owns the personal data of its own citizens? The European Commission this Wednesday unveiling its tech sovereignty roadmap.
At the dawn of the artificial intelligence revolution, while investors the world over anticipate record-breaking stock market introductions by Silicon Valley giants this month, while the US president decrees tighter controls on exports of sensitive AI tools, how does this old continent upscale and compete? Build its own chips? Store its own data? Train its workforce to adapt to the massive labor market disruption that’s already unfolding? Is it too late? Have the United States and China already won the race? How to ensure that sovereignty under a model that respects what’s arguably the EU’s biggest draw… its rules based order?
Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente.
