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# Virkkunen says Europe's defence spending must fund EU built AI and quantum tech
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-19-virkkunen-defence-ai-quantum-opinion/
- Published: 2025-11-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:03:28.000Z
- Description: Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen argued that around 10 percent of Europe's rising defence investment should go to artificial intelligence and quantum computing developed within the EU.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #opinion, #editor-read

Reported Opinion Editor-read [Financial Times, 19 November 2025](https://www.ft.com/content/fb744eaa-b243-4a68-9e9d-eea76b670405?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the Commission has adopted a binding earmark for AI or quantum spending.

**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 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)