EU Unveils Plan to Cut Reliance on Foreign Tech Suppliers

The package targets semiconductors, cloud computing, AI, and open-source software as Brussels pushes for greater digital sovereignty.

Employees work on the final assembly of ASML's semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Reuters

The European Union presented a plan on June 3 to expand its domestic technology supply chains, which involves pursuing greater independence in semiconductors and artificial intelligence.

The EU remains heavily dependent on suppliers outside the bloc for core digital technologies as demand for computing capacity rises sharply with the spread of AI.