Europe Must Be Realistic About Technological Sovereignty, Says ASML…

Sarah J · 2026-01-29T16:19:20.000Z

Europe’s ambitions for technological sovereignty must be grounded in industrial reality and global interdependence, according to Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, Europe’s most strategically important semiconductor technology company. In an interview with POLITICO, Fouquet argued that full technological independence is unrealistic given the complexity of global tech supply chains and warned against oversimplified political narratives around autonomy. Europe should be ‘realistic’ about tech sovereignty, says top chips exec – POLITICO

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