MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Europe’s technological reset: harnessing the potential of AI and supporting the European software industry – E-002397/2025

Question for written answer  E-002397/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Piotr Müller (ECR)

A new report by Boardwave and McKinsey indicates that the rapid development of AI is creating the conditions for a technological ‘reset’ in which Europe could regain its global competitiveness in the software industry. The report also points out obstacles attributable to public policy, such as limited growth capital, barriers to talent mobility and the fragmentation of the digital market.

Therefore, I would like to ask the Commission:

• 1.What measures has the Commission taken, and what measures does it plan to take, to mobilise financial instruments to support the scaling up of European software companies, particularly in the expansion phase?
• 2.How will the planned special ‘28th regime’ for the digital sector help to overcome the barriers stemming from the fragmentation of the Digital Single Market?
• 3.What specific measures is the Commission taking to increase the use of European software in the public sector and in strategic sectors?

Submitted: 13.6.2025