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# EU seeks to reduce dependence on foreign technology in digital sphere
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/eu-seeks-to-reduce-dependence-on-foreign-technology-in-digital-sphere/
- Published: 2026-09-20T16:08:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T16:08:32.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, #source_El-País

The European Commission acknowledges Europe’s regulatory leadership in digital policy contrasts with its technological dependence on non-European firms. Brussels aims to build domestic capabilities in semiconductors, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to enhance technological sovereignty, El País reports. **(EL PAÍS)**

[Europe does not want to depend on foreign technology in the new digital orderFor years, Europe grew used to a contradiction that it is only now beginning to see as a risk: being one of the world’s foremost regulatory powers in the digital sphere while remaining dependent on others for much of the technology those rules were designed to govern. Over the past decade, Brussels has assembled an extensive legislative arsenal aimed at curbing the power of big tech, from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the AI Act. Yet while Europe was writing rules, the United States and China were building companies, data centers, chips, cloud platforms and artificial-intelligence models on a scale that no European firm has managed to match.Seguir leyendo![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-19/europe-does-not-want-to-depend-on-foreign-technology-in-the-new-digital-order.html&sz=64)El País![](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/KUWC3GL6YBCCHBLYRY3OXAEPNA.jpg?auth=7cca3be52bd05411d8650d69e78d806817a68f6d6608156b32ad8a96a32dfa37&width=1200)](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-19/europe-does-not-want-to-depend-on-foreign-technology-in-the-new-digital-order.html?ref=nupath.eu)