signed <\/a>last spring.\u00a0<\/p>\nIt will also call for alignment of major research and development programmes and pool resources to avoid fragmentation and duplication, and collectively build pan-European quantum infrastructures, such as for quantum chip manufacturing and specialised platforms for computing and ensure a stable supply of critical components.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe EU is strong in early-stage research but often struggles with scaling up, commercialisation and global outreach,\u201d the Commission said when garnering feedback.<\/p>\n
In addition, it said that the EU lacks industrial capacity in key areas, such as the production of quantum processors and other hardware components.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis technological dependence raises sovereignty concerns, particularly regarding supply chain vulnerabilities. Without a robust industrial base, the EU risks remaining dependent on non-EU providers for critical components.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\nIn her confirmation hearing, the EU\u2019s Tech Commissioner, Henna Virkkunen, pledged to introduce a new strategy to boost the technology.\u00a0Her mission letter, drafted by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU should intensify efforts and investment \u201cconcerning the next wave of ‘frontier technologies\u2019, including quantum computing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Draghi report on competitiveness, which came out late last year, also said that quantum computing will have a foundational role in next-generation digital frameworks, with major economic and security implications.<\/p>\n
It could contribute up to \u20ac850 billion to the EU economy in the next 15-30 years, his report claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 27\/05\/2025 – 14:32 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission is planning to present a strategy on quantum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3164],"tags":[3284,7221,33109,3591,3358,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-135919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-eu-policy","10":"tag-mario-draghi","11":"tag-quantum","12":"tag-quantum-computing","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114579824069685504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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