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# Merz tells Hightech Agenda launch Europe must not cede the tech future
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-29-merz-hightech-agenda-speech/
- Published: 2025-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:02:59.000Z
- Description: Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Hightech Agenda launch event that Germany must not let the United States and China alone decide the technological future. He named AI, quantum, microelectronics, biotechnology, fusion and climate neutral mobility as the priority fields.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [Bundesregierung speech transcript, "Rede des Kanzlers zum Hightech Agenda-Auftakt," 29 October 2025](https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/kanzler-hightech-agenda-2391454?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not commit new funding, since the agenda folds in earlier cabinet decisions such as the Microelectronics Strategy rather than announcing fresh money.

**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](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)