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Strengthening Europe’s Tech Sovereignty
Tech sovereignty is Europe’s ability to act independently in the digital world by developing and controlling key technologies, data, and infrastructure, while reducing reliance on non-EU providers.
The Tech Sovereignty package
On 3 June 2026, in a major shift in its approach to technology, the European Commission adopted an ambitious set of measures to bolster the EU's digital autonomy.
The package includes:
two legislative proposals: the Chips Act 2.0 and the Cloud and AI Development Act
the EU Open Source Strategy
a Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy
Download the Commission's Communication on European Tech Sovereignty
Why Tech Sovereignty matters for the EU
As highlighted by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the 2025 State of the Union, Europe’s technological sovereignty is key to strengthening competitiveness, resilience, and strategic autonomy in a fast-changing digital world.
The European Union currently relies on non-EU countries for over 80% of key digital products, services, infrastructure, and intellectual property . Reducing this dependency is essential for Europe’s economic strength, security, and long-term competitiveness.
Tech sovereignty enables Europe to:
Strengthen its competitiveness, resilience and security
Ensure strategic autonomy in key digital technologies
Support open and fair digital markets
Protect citizens’ rights and democratic processes in the online space
Enable innovation and long-term technological leadership
How the EU is acting in support of Tech Sovereignty
Artificial intelligence
AI Continent Action Plan
The AI Continent Action Plan paves the way for Europe to become a global leader in AI with actions across 5 key areas: computing infrastructure, data, skills, adoption and simplification.
The Apply AI Strategy is a key deliverable of the AI Continent Action Plan, enhancing the competitiveness of strategic sectors and strengthen the EU’s tech sovereignty.
Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)
The proposed Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) will complement and support the Apply AI strategy and the AI Continent Action Plan.
AI Factories
AI Factories build on Europe’s High Performance Computers to ensure researchers, startups and small and medium enterprises among other groups have access to the computing infrastructure and data they need to develop new AI models.
AI Act
The AI Act is the first ever legal framework on AI, which fosters innovative and trustworthy AI in Europe and positions the EU to play a leading role globally to ensure trustworthy.
The Digital Decade
Digital Decade
The Digital Decade sets the EU’s targets for 2030 to strengthen Europe’s technological capacity and competitiveness across key areas such as digital infrastructure, skills, business digitalisation and public services.
Infrastructure and strategic technologies
European Chips Act and Chips Act 2.0
The European Chips Act and the Chips Act 2.0 strengthen Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem by supporting research, design, and manufacturing capacity, while improving supply chain resilience and reducing strategic dependencies.
Quantum Europe Strategy
The Quantum Europe Strategy positions Europe as a global leader in quantum technology by strengthening research, innovation, industrial deployment, and the development of a competitive quantum ecosystem.
Digital Networks Act (DNA)
The DNA will modernise and simplify EU connectivity rules to support investment in high-capacity fibre, 5G and future networks, strengthening Europe’s digital infrastructure and Single Market.
Data
Data Union Strategy
The Data Union Strategy seeks to improve access to high-quality data, strengthen data availability for AI, and support a more competitive and integrated European data economy.
Data Rules
The Data Act harmonises rules on access to and use of data, ensuring fairness in data sharing and enabling users and businesses to benefit from data generated by connected products and services.
Open source and innovation
EU Open Source Strategy
The EU Open Source Strategy will bolster the European ecosystem via a full lifecycle approach, covering the entire chain from research and development to market uptake.
EU Open-Source Solutions Catalogue (EU OSS Catalogue)
The EU OSS Catalogue provides a central platform for public administrations to discover, share, and reuse open-source software.
EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy
The EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy supports innovative companies in Europe by improving access to finance, reducing regulatory barriers, and strengthening conditions for growth and cross-border scaling in the Single Market.
Digital Omnibus
The Digital Omnibus aims to simplify and streamline EU digital...