EU tech head pitches digital sovereignty as allied interdependence, not US break
By Maria Dinzeo ( June 24, 2026, 23:29 GMT | Insight) -- EU tech chief Roberto Viola cast Europe’s tech sovereignty push as a bid for trusted cooperation with the US, not a break from American technology. But he warned that US limits on access to frontier AI models could harden Europe’s stance by feeding fears that critical technologies can be switched on and off from outside the bloc.US restrictions on access to frontier AI models could push Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda from trusted, mutual reliance on the US toward a more defensive posture, driven by fears that a critical technology could be “switched on and off" from outside the bloc, senior European Commission official Roberto Viola said Wednesday....
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