Mainstream political groups propose overhaul of far-right tech report

Published on 23/05/2025 - 12:59 GMT+2

Mainstream governmental groups successful nan European Parliament – nan centre-right European People’s Party, nan centre-left S&D, wide Renew and nan Greens – are seeking an overhaul of a study into technology sovereignty presented successful February by French far-right lawmaker Sarah Knafo, from the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group. 

Knafo’s report touted six recommendations to boost technological sovereignty and guarantee nan bloc’s independency and information by protecting its strategical infrastructure and reducing dependence connected non-European exertion providers.

The discuss amendments tabled by nan EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens, and seen by Euronews, spell beyond Knafo’s six recommendations, listing 21 cardinal elements for consideration, including integer infrastructure, fibre, 5G and 6G, unreality services, AI systems and quantum. 

The amendments telephone for illustration for “a coordinated EU strategy for post-quantum cryptography to protect information from early cyber threats”, increased finance successful integer infrastructure to alteration nan maturation of information centres, and stronger cybersecurity protection successful each captious infrastructure sectors, pinch stricter measures to de-risk high-risk vendors successful 5G and 6G networks.

“The geopolitical scenery and nan resulting opportunity for marketplace request for European products and services” should beryllium seen arsenic “a model of opportunity to position Europe arsenic a world leader successful trusted and unafraid integer solutions”, according to nan caller draft.

It calls connected nan Commission to group retired a database of captious limitations successful integer infrastructure and technologies, and to measure retention services, personality and costs systems, connection platforms, arsenic good arsenic software, protocols and standards that support them, and to propose measures “to beforehand entree to marketplace of products and services pinch precocious affirmative effect connected technological sovereignty, European resilience and sustainability”. 

These see a telephone to promote much backstage finance successful high-potential European exertion companies by simplifying nan regulatory model and scrapping 2 regulations for each caller group of rules created successful strategical sectors.

The amendments opportunity that “the simplification of EU authorities must not endanger immoderate of nan basal authorities for citizens and businesses and hence consequence regulatory certainty; Any simplification connection should not beryllium rushed and projected without due consideration, consultation and effect assessment.”

The study is awaiting a committee decision, successful nan Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee, earlier it will beryllium voted connected successful plenary, aft nan summer. 

Knafo's ESN group faces a 'cordon sanitaire' from nan much mainstream governmental groups.

The study is an own-initiative report, which intends that it would unit nan Commission to respond connected whether it will propose authorities aliases action connected nan topic.