Dependency killed the old debate. Sovereignty is the new one, and Europe hasn’t agreed what it means.

Dependency killed the old debate. Sovereignty is the new one, and Europe hasn’t agreed what it means.

A single shutoff order in 2025 ended a decade-long debate. Single-source dependency is the strategic risk Europe is now organizing around — and "dual-use" is no longer the operative category. The replacement frame is technological sovereignty. The harder problem: Europe is using the same word for four different things.

Source: https://satnews.com/2026/05/27/dependency-killed-the-old-debate-sovereignty-is-the-new-one-and-europe-hasnt-agreed-what-it-means/