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European and Canadian innovation leaders meet the tech sovereignty moment

DIGITAL SME Alliance, Canada's Digital Governance Council and the Council of Canadian Innovators welcomed von der Leyen's EU-Canada alliance pitch; president Oliver Grun urged joint control over AI, quantum, cybersecurity and manufacturing technology.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted DIGITAL SME Alliance statement, 17 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not commit any funding or launch a programme; the EU-Canada alliance itself remains a proposal from von der Leyen's SOTEU speech.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. No question moves: a joint advocacy statement welcoming a proposal, not an institutional act. 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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