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ECIPE says Europe's competitiveness crisis is a tech investment problem

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.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted ECIPE insight, 13 March 2026

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

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