The European Parliament is scheduled to vote on the suggestion of the sovereignty of technology submitted by the ITRE (ITRE) committee under the leadership of the pro -Bitukin legislator, Sarah Kanafo.
Et, one of 24 permanent committees in the European Parliament, on June 3 adopted An undisputed report on the sovereignty of technology and digital infrastructure, calling for a European policy of the digital ecosystem.
Proposal High Fears that Europe is behind the United States and China in the strategic sectors such as cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, semi -conductors and communications infrastructure.
Report Suggest Raising barriers to private investment in innovation, enhancing energy -saving computing, infrastructure infrastructure and protecting privacy in digital financing.
Parliament expected in July
According to the call from ITRE, the European Parliament is expected to vote for the proposal in the next plenary session.
Knafo, a major supporter of the proposal, told Cointelegraph that voting would likely happen during the July session.
“If all right -wing parties vote in favor of the text, they should usually have a good opportunity to get the majority,” Kanafo said. “But the left parties put pressure on the right right party to prevent them. We’ll see if they resist them.”
Knafo stressed that the report is not after legally binding legislation and is supposed to define political guidelines only.
Is the European Union ready for a digital revolution?
“I think a firm belief that we are still at the beginning of the digital revolution. So far, Europe is at least backward,” Knafo said.
“We have all the talented engineers and scientists we need to catch up with the United States and China. We only need a political framework to allow them to work in Europe.”
While Knafo is sure that there is a possibility of a digital revolution in the European Union, some commentators are less optimistic about the result.
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The skeptics of the French media portal expressed his gratitude for the efforts of Kanafo doubt Whether the proposal will receive support for the majority of legislators in the 720 parliament.
“Change will come from nations. Change will come from people. AFD [Alternative for Germany]Poland, Hungary, Netherlands. One commentator wrote, “It is shy but it is moving.”
Konavo protest against the digital euro
Knafo’s call for technical sovereignty follows its audio opposition to the European Central Bank plans (ECB) to obtain the digital euro. In a letter to the European Parliament in late 2024, I instead called Bitcoin (BTCStrategic reserves
“No to the digital euro, yes to the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve,” Kanafo She mentioned in her speech to the European Parliament Last December.
However, the European Union moved in the opposite direction. European Central Bank officials such as Piero Cipolline Highlighting the urgent need for the digital euro To meet the high dependence of the US dollar stablecoins.
In January 2025, European Central Bank President Christine Lagard Refuse the opportunity to create Bitcoin ReserveEmphasizing that the Central Bank reserves should be “liquid, safe and safe.”
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