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ECIPE's Pandya: Europe conflates tech sovereignty with self-sufficiency

ECIPE's Dyuti Pandya argues EU policymakers conflate technological sovereignty with self-sufficiency, warning that localisation mandates such as the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act echo failed schemes like France's Plan Calcul rather than building real capability.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE, 10 February 2026

What it does not test. This does not record any EU institution adopting, amending or rejecting a sovereignty measure.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion critiques EU localisation policy; no law or fund has moved yet. 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

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