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EESC calls for changes to EU Cloud and AI Development Act

The EESC adopted its opinion on the Cloud and AI Development Act on 23 September 2026, backing the aim to cut EU reliance on non-European cloud and AI providers but demanding ring-fenced multiannual funding and social and environmental conditions on data centre acceleration zones.

Verified AI-drafted European Economic and Social Committee, opinion page, 23 September 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish that the Act itself has been amended, adopted or funded; the opinion is non-binding advice to Parliament and Council.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. EESC adopted advisory opinion only; Act itself not amended, adopted or funded. 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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