European Sovereignty Monitor

Industry, investment and R&D

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

How this item counts. 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

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

Previously in Industry, investment and R&D

VerifiedAI-drafted Quobly gains access to CEA-Leti's FAMES pilot line for quantum chips VerifiedOpinionAI-drafted Digital SME Alliance says EU circular economy law can cut material dependence VerifiedAI-drafted French sovereign cloud startup Granite raises EUR 4 million to commercialise agentic infrastructure

All Industry, investment and R&D news →