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# CEPA's Echikson says EU tech sovereignty package satisfies no one, costs trillions
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-06-09-cepa-code-war-tech-independence/
- Published: 2026-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T12:00:56.000Z
- Description: CEPA's William Echikson writes that the EU's tech sovereignty package is a genuine response to security fears but faces an estimated EUR 3 to 5 trillion replacement bill and satisfies neither its critics nor its sovereigntist backers.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #abroad, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted [CEPA, "Code War: Europe Launches 'Tech Independence'", 9 June 2026](https://cepa.org/article/code-war-europe-launches-tech-independence/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This is CEPA's own assessment, not a measurement of whether the package will reduce dependence.

**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: moves no question until an institution acts. [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)