GEOPOLITICS27 May 2026· 10 min
European Tech Sovereignty: Where Does Europe Really Stand in 2025?
Europe invests €43B in digital autonomy yet remains 80% dependent on US and Chinese cloud infrastructure. A deep dive into the continent's strategic reality, gaps, and genuine breakthroughs.
SOURCES
[1]Synergy Research Group — European Cloud Market Share Report, Q4 2024
[2]SEMI & IDC Europe — European Chips Act Progress Assessment, 2024
[3]GDPR Enforcement Tracker — Cumulative Fines Database, January 2025
[4]European GNSS Agency (EUSPA) — Galileo Market Report 2024
[5]Stanford University HAI — Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024
[6]European Commission — Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 Progress Report
[7]EuroHPC Joint Undertaking — AI Factories Initiative Factsheet, 2024
[8]IDC Europe — Enterprise Software Adoption Survey, 2024
[9]Mistral AI — Series B Funding Announcement, June 2024
[10]European Commission — eIDAS 2.0 / EUDI Wallet Pilot Status Report, 2025