Overview
- Public and business opinion hardened after Wednesday's Fundación Telefónica and Metroscopia survey showed 86% of Spaniards want Europe to develop its own technology platforms.
- Eighty-two percent of respondents say Europe depends on foreign tech and between 62% and 76% view that dependence as a security risk, with the biggest concerns focused on artificial intelligence, cloud services and payment systems.
- The business sector is especially insistent, with roughly 91% of companies urging governments to promote European technologies and naming cybersecurity, telecommunications, data centers and cloud computing as top priorities.
- Awareness of the term 'digital sovereignty' is low at about 29%, yet around 70% of people say they would use European alternatives if those services matched non‑European rivals, showing demand is conditional on parity in quality and scale.
- Fundación Telefónica is calling for industrial cooperation and policy action to translate public demand into concrete investment and regulation, but analysts warn Europe will need sustained funding, regulatory coordination and larger-scale firms to compete.