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CEPA's Lewis says EU tech sovereignty is wishful thinking, backs US partnership

CEPA fellow James Lewis wrote that EU tech sovereignty is not achievable soon given fragmented governance, cost and time, and argued a transatlantic tech partnership with the United States is the more realistic route to European tech independence.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA article by James Lewis, 26 June 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish any EU policy change; it records one analyst's own recommendation.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion on EU-wide sovereignty strategy; no institutional move, hence binding 1. European 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

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