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Commissioner Albuquerque warns EU on dependence on US tech and card schemes

European Commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque told the Dublin Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance that Europe's reliance on US technology providers and card schemes leaves it vulnerable, urging European scale payments infrastructure.

Reported Opinion AI-drafted INSIGHT EU MONITORING, 25 September 2026

What the source does not establish. It does not establish that any EU payments scheme or infrastructure measure has been proposed, funded or adopted; it states the Commissioner's own position.

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