Published on
21/05/2026 - 10:17 GMT+2
The EU's digital chief has told Euronews that the much-debated concept of "technological sovereignty" means building capacity in critical sectors and reducing risky dependencies, not retreating from the world.
"Technological sovereignty doesn't mean that we are planning to work somehow in isolation in the future," said Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy.
"It's very important that we have a certain capacity in a critical field. And then we are also working, of course, with like-minded partners to make sure that we don't have risky dependencies and we are not too dependent on one company or one solution," she added.
