agreed, but as long as Europe is divided, no politician will solve this.

That is the fundamental flaw of the EU model - a lack of leadership and authority at the top level.

They will have to change that. There were some small steps during Covid to create EU level funding mechanisms.

I'm not saying they have to grow a monstrous bureaucracy at the EU level - in fact they could probably do it less. But they definitely need more regulation to promote self-grown technology.