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ECIPE's Dugo maps EU's EUR 740 billion cumulative R&D gap against the US

ECIPE's Andrea Dugo finds the EU's cumulative corporate R&D shortfall against the US reached around EUR 740 billion by 2024, EUR 114 billion in that year alone, and argues Europe lacks mechanisms to scale innovative firms into leaders.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE analysis, 5 February 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that any EU institution has adopted a policy response to the gap.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Paper quantifies an EU-wide R&D shortfall; no institution acts, so moves none. European Sovereignty Index

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