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CEPA fellow urges pragmatic digital sovereignty over costly decoupling

CEPA fellow William Echikson argues Europe should pursue pragmatic digital sovereignty, building on strengths in lithography, chemicals and industrial data rather than costly decoupling from US and Asian technology.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), 30 June 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish any new funding, contract or policy decision; the piece is Echikson's own argument.

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 argues pragmatic sovereignty strategy; moves no institutional question yet. 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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