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Europe’s national veto protects sovereignty and ensures that sensitive decisions receive broad support. Yet it can also delay collective action and turn consent into bargaining power. This Perspective examines how the EU can protect national interests while keeping shared commitments deliverable.
A working photonic chip is only part of the industrial challenge. Ahead of PIC Summit Europe 2026, Altair Media Europe examines five questions about reliable production, customer adoption, financing and European control—and the evidence needed to turn technical progress into lasting commercial value.
Europe’s €560 billion R&D investment challenge raises a question beyond spending: how does scientific strength become industrial capability? This Altair Signal examines the gap between research targets, private investment and production — and why customers matter alongside capital.
Europe wants stronger networks, but more traffic does not automatically mean better returns. Operators need a business model that earns from the capacity, reliability and certainty they deliver. What should large users pay for—and what can Brussels and operators themselves change?
Europe’s AI Gigafactories will be shaped by electricity, cooling, connectivity and industrial demand. Finland, Spain, Germany and Brainport illustrate competing priorities — and a deeper question: who will control the infrastructure and secure lasting access for European users?
Europe’s capital markets cannot integrate faster than the information systems beneath them. ESMA Data Day 2026 brings reporting, ESAP, market data and supervisory technology together — revealing how financial data is becoming a core layer of Europe’s Savings and Investments Union.
The Dutch budget is moving, but every concession raises a new question about funding. With social security savings deferred and the box 3 proposal under revision, can separate parliamentary bargains become one durable financial settlement?
The Netherlands’ 2027 budget promises investment in the future while a minority government negotiates support in the present. As reforms are delayed and spending rises, the central question is who will ultimately pay for the choices postponed today.
ASML sells virtually no chipmaking machines in Europe. The demand exists, but remains fragmented across industries. Europe’s semiconductor challenge may therefore be less about building fabs than about turning its own companies into coordinated anchor customers.
Europe already has the money and public institutions needed to support new factories, energy networks and battery plants. The challenge is getting them to work together so private investors can join promising projects before every risk has disappeared.
