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BITMi president; GRÜN Software CEO
unsere einseitigen technologischen Abhängigkeiten von den USA und China abzubauen. [...] die europäischen KI-Gigafabriken die KI-Wertschöpfung in Europa ankurbeln kann.
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The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US providers
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AI Verified Relevant: in source context, the author explicitly argues for reducing Europe’s technological dependence on the US and China and says European AI gigafactories can strengthen AI value creation in Europe, which directly bears on building EU sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce reliance on US providers. ([bitmi.de](https://bitmi.de/keine-digitale-souveraenitaet-ohne-den-it-mittelstand-statement-zu-merz-bekenntnis-zur-digitalen-souveraenitaet/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified The source supports reducing Europe’s "einseitigen technologischen Abhängigkeiten" on the US and China and says European "KI-Gigafabriken" can strengthen AI value creation in Europe, which strongly implies support for building sovereign European AI infrastructure; the nuance is that the author also stresses SMEs must be included in that strategy. ([bitmi.de](https://bitmi.de/keine-digitale-souveraenitaet-ohne-den-it-mittelstand-statement-zu-merz-bekenntnis-zur-digitalen-souveraenitaet/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified The BITMi page explicitly introduces the statement as coming from "Dr. Oliver Grün, Präsident des Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand e.V. (BITMi)" and contains the quoted fragments verbatim within the full passage: "um unsere einseitigen technologischen Abhängigkeiten von den USA und China abzubauen" and "... der europäischen KI-Gigafabriken die KI-Wertschöpfung in Europa ankurbeln kann." The source URL is fetchable and contains this text. The page byline is September 30, 2025, while the statement dateline in the text is September 29, 2025, so the stored month-level date "Sep 2025" is acceptable. ([bitmi.de](https://bitmi.de/keine-digitale-souveraenitaet-ohne-den-it-mittelstand-statement-zu-merz-bekenntnis-zur-digitalen-souveraenitaet/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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