Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors
Study prepared for the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET).
The original paper is available on the European Parliament’s webpage. Copyright remains with the European Parliament at all times.
The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important in debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting global geopolitical and technology trends, and the seeming fragmentation of the multilateral order, the EU is being forced to confront its own position in international affairs. A number of concepts have been given life because of the deteriorating international scene including “European sovereignty”, “strategic autonomy”, “digital sovereignty”, “technological sovereignty” and “open strategic autonomy”. However defined, there is a need to move beyond concepts and focus on the nature of economic interdependence, multilateralism and strategic partnerships.
This online workshop, requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, zoomed in on each of these elements with case studies that centre on semiconductors, the Iran nuclear deal and EU security and defence. Within the frame of this workshop and webinar, Guntram Wolff presented expert testimony to the committee on 23 March 2021.
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