To safeguard Europe’s capacity to act in the age of transformative artificial intelligence, a group of leading figures from economics, AI research and politics, convened by Monika Schnitzer, Chair of the German Council of Economic Experts, published the strategy ‘A Transformative AI Strategy for Europe’ on 14 September 2026. Their key message is that, without urgent and far-reaching action beginning this year, the prosperity, sovereignty, and security of all Europeans are at risk as AI advances at a rapid pace. Bitkom shares this assessment.
Bitkom supports the strategy’s overall direction and welcomes its concrete and comprehensive proposals in light of the urgent need for action. Bitkom sets out its position on the strategy’s five immediate objectives.
