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# ECIPE says Europe's competitiveness crisis is a tech investment problem
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-13-ecipe-draghi-problem-tech-performance/
- Published: 2026-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:29.000Z
- Description: ECIPE's Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea argue Europe's competitiveness gap is a technology performance problem, citing computer programming at 6.2% of EU business R&D against 18.6% in the US, and urge deregulation over subsidies.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [ECIPE insight, 13 March 2026](https://ecipe.org/insights/getting-back-to-the-core-draghi-problem/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any EU institution has acted on the recommendation.

**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 on EU-wide R&D policy; no question moves absent institutional action. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)