By Kai Zenner .... Katja Muñoz et al. Europe today faces a stark reality: it has slipped from global technological leadership into a position of growing dependence on foreign technologies, leaving its economic prosperity, political stability, and geopolitical standing at risk. Yet the EU has within its grasp all the key ingredients to reverse this trajectory: a vast internal market, a highly skilled workforce, worldclass research institutions, and a strong regulatory tradition. What is missing