CEPA's Borsari: breaking Europe's dependence on Chinese drones will be hard

CEPA fellow Federico Borsari argues bans and subsidies alone cannot break China's 80 to 90 percent share of the global drone market, and that Europe's 2035 target of 60 percent domestic defence procurement needs long term planning and mandatory interoperable tenders.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA article, 28 May 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish that any EU member state has adopted the modular open systems or tender rules the author proposes.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion on drone supply chain dependency; moves nothing until acted on. European Sovereignty Index

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