European network for digital sovereignty
Europe’s digital future needs cooperation, courage and coordination. We’re proud to be one of the inaugural members of the newly launched European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty.
As part of a Franco-German initiative and a growing European coalition, the ETRS brings together leading actors across sectors, disciplines, and member states. Our shared goal: to develop actionable strategies that strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty in critical domains: from AI and semiconductors to cloud infrastructure.
Why this matters?
Europe’s digital infrastructure still depends heavily on external providers. But resilience isn’t built in isolation. It requires knowledge sharing across borders and perspectives, combining policy insight, technological expertise, and democratic values.
At the TUM Think Tank, we contribute our experience at the interface of science, policy and society. We believe that digital sovereignty must not become a technocratic shell but should reflect democratic participation, responsible innovation, and long-term strategic capacity:
“Europe needs a common strategy to take steps that will really make a difference,” says Markus B. Siewert, Managing Director of the TUM Think Tank.
“In the European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty, we want to contribute to more evidence-based decision-making so that we can proceed more efficiently and continuously analyze measures in terms of their progress. We urgently need a better understanding of where the actual risks and challenges are, which measures will improve our ability to act in the short, medium and long term and what costs are associated with them.“
From Reaction to Proactive Strategy – A Playbook for European Technological Agency
Together with a group of several inaugural members of the ETRS Network we have co-developed a policy playbook presented at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin.
Partners
We are proud to stand alongside strong partners in this effort: Bertelsmann Stiftung, the AI and Society Institute, and the Polish Economic institute as founding members, as well as the Centre for Future Generations (CFG), Commons Network, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), The European Decentralisation Institute, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), IE University Global Policy Center, Jean Monnet Institute, Mandag Morgen, Open Future Foundation, Re-Imagine Europa, the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade and others.
We’ll continue this conversation and help grow this community at the summit.