ECB's Elderson says Europe remains overly dependent on foreign tech and energy

ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson told the Goldman Sachs European Financials Conference in Zurich that AI is a structural shift in cyber threats and that Europe stays overly dependent on external providers for technology, energy and security, needing EUR 1.2 trillion a year to 2031.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted European Central Bank speech by Frank Elderson, 3 June 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not commit ECB funding or bind banks to any resilience measure beyond the speech's call to action.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion states Europe's dependence but adopts no measure itself, so it moves no question. European Sovereignty Index

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