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Airbus, Dassault Systemes and 90-plus firms urge EU sovereign infrastructure fund

Airbus, Dassault Systemes and more than 90 European tech firms and lobby groups sent an open letter urging Commission President von der Leyen and tech chief Virkkunen to create a sovereign infrastructure fund and adopt "buy European" procurement rules.

Reported AI-drafted Reuters, 17 March 2025

What it does not test. It does not commit any funding, name a fund size, or say who would run it.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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