Do EU citizens want the bloc to limit its reliance on foreign tech?

Around 80% of Europe's digital infrastructure and technology comes from outside the EU.

The digital market is dominated by US giants such as Google, Microsoft and Apple, and Chinese conglomerates such as Alibaba and TikTok-owner ByteDance.

Yet most EU citizens want European-controlled digital infrastructure, with respondents in Sweden (94%), Finland (93%), and Denmark (92%) believing that the EU should prioritise these investments, according to the latest Eurobarometer report.

At the same time, EU citizens overwhelmingly want to see a reduction in dependence on non-EU technologies from countries such as the US and China.

This view is most prevalent among respondents in Sweden (88%) and in Germany, Denmark, Finland, and Luxembourg (all 87%).