European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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   3a. Reaffirms that the EU must remain sovereign in enforcing its laws, especially in the digital field; firmly condemns and calls for the cancellation of the travel bans imposed by the United States on civil society leaders Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon, whose work contributes to a safer digital environment for all and holds digital platforms accountable, as well as the travel ban imposed by the United States on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who played a key role in establishing EU digital rules; calls on the Commission and the Member States to deliver a firm response to these unprecedented attacks; notes recent enforcement actions taken un…

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2. Amendment 2Motion for a resolution · Recital A
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   A. whereas technological sovereignty should be seen as the whole value chain from excellence in research to creating better competition and achieving greater European sovereignty;

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   A. whereas technological sovereignty should be understood as encompassing the entire value chain, from excellence in research to fostering fair competition and the capacity to master the key strategic technologies necessary to safeguard Europe’s economic, political and security independence; whereas the pursuit of technological sovereignty requires a strict commitment towards European preference, ensuring that public funding, procurement and support instruments primarily benefit EU-based industries, technologies and supply chains; whereas sovereignty is to be understood as residing with the Member States rather than with the EU;

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3. Amendment 3Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
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   11a. Emphasises that the supply of critical raw materials remains a strategic vulnerability, with the EU heavily dependent on third-country suppliers; underlines the key role of circularity and the recycling of critical materials for technological sovereignty and the need for an urgent scaling-up of domestic mining, refining and recycling capacities;

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4. Amendment 4Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 59
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   59. Calls on the Commission to react to the new geopolitical realities and the use of digital supply chains as pressure tools; urges the Commission to find a negotiated solution to the US ban on the export of AI chips to 16 EU Member States;

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   59. Regrets the agreement on EU-US tariffs announced on 27 July 2025, which imposes a 15 % tariff on strategic sectors, including semiconductors; stresses that this agreement is detrimental to the economic sovereignty and strategic interests of the Member States; underlines, in this regard, that the choices made in the field of international trade once again demonstrate the inadequacy of the Commission’s management of the EU’s trade policy; emphasises, therefore, the importance of the full involvement of the Member States, especially where strategic sectors are concerned;

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5. Amendment 5Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 66
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   66. Notes that the discussions on the EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services have not brought any results; points out that there are sovereignty considerations, in particular related to the extraterritoriality of binding legal regimes, that cannot be solved through technical discussions; calls on the Commission to propose a definition of sovereign cloud and its scope of application in the planned cloud and AI development act;

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   66. Regrets that the discussions on the EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services have not brought any results; points out that there are sovereignty considerations, in particular related to the extraterritoriality of binding legal regimes, that must be urgently addressed; invites the Commission to support existing high-level national cloud security certification schemes that combine robust cybersecurity requirements with explicit guarantees of legal sovereignty, in order to establish the highest possible standards for these certification schemes and facilitate their practical implementation; calls on the Commission to also propose a definition of sovereign cloud and its scope…

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6. Amendment 6Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 92 a (new)
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   92a. Stresses that the competitiveness of European industry is currently hampered by excessive regulation, in particular by the EU environmental policies adopted during the previous legislative term; urges the Commission to intensify its efforts to simplify and, where appropriate, deregulate, notably with regard to the European Green Deal; underlines that, in order to ensure the emergence of sovereign and competitive European champions and to strengthen Europe’s global industrial leadership, the regulatory, administrative and financial burdens on European businesses must be substantially reduced without delay;

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7. Amendment 7Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 103
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   103. Calls on the Commission to ensure a reliable and sufficient clean energy and net-zero technology supply to support the digital infrastructure of the future;

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   103. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary actions to ensure a reliable and sufficient energy supply to support the digital infrastructure of the future, by promoting energy generation using all available sources and by developing plans to increase strategic energy autonomy based on the principle of technological neutrality, as well as by making appropriate investments in electricity grids to eliminate the existing bottlenecks and network congestion that hinder industry and innovation;

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8. Amendment 8Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 103 a (new)
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   103a. Stresses that the high energy costs for the operation of digital infrastructure are penalising European companies and undermining their competitiveness compared to non-EU competitors that benefit from lower energy prices; stresses that the EU’s energy policies should ensure access to stable and affordable electricity for strategic industries, including data centres, high-performance computing infrastructure and energy-intensive sectors; strongly underlines the need for actions aimed at reducing volatility and lowering high energy prices, which have a significant impact on EU businesses; urges the Commission and the Member States, following adequate impact assessment and consultation wi…

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9. Amendment 9Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 103 b (new)
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   103b. Urges the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to propose a long-term nuclear energy strategy that goes beyond small modular reactors and fusion research, and also includes support for the deployment of large reactors as well as the development of fourth-generation reactors; recalls that, despite several decades of favouring intermittent energy sources over nuclear energy, the EU still occupies a leading position in the nuclear sector, with companies covering the entire technological spectrum; stresses, however, the need to strengthen this position in order to improve competitiveness and meet the challenges of the digital transition;

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10. Amendment 10Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 115 a (new)
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    115a. Invites the Member States and the Commission to support and facilitate initiatives aimed at accelerating the use of robots by European industries, in order to address Europe’s persistent lag in industrial automation compared to major competitors, and to complement the current Industry 4.0-related actions under the Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programmes; stresses that the delayed automation of European industrial production has already undermined global competitiveness in several sectors and that a timely acceleration in the deployment of robots is essential to safeguard industrial capacities and secure high-quality jobs that would otherwise be lost to non-EU competitors;

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