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# Commissioner Virkkunen tells MEPs EU must become a true AI continent
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-01-29-virkkunen-ai-continent-speech/
- Published: 2025-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:28:49.000Z
- Description: EU tech sovereignty commissioner Henna Virkkunen told MEPs the EU must become a true AI continent. The same day, 35 NGOs wrote to von der Leyen urging continued DSA and DMA enforcement against Big Tech lobbying.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [EUobserver, 29 January 2025](https://euobserver.com/19436/europe-must-become-true-ai-continent-says-eu-tech-sovereignty-commissioner/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What the source does not establish.** This does not establish any new EU AI law, funding decision or enforcement action, only a stated position.

**Index score.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)