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Comment by Michał Kobosko
Polish MEP (Renew Europe), former journalist and media executive
Recent geopolitical tensions show that the issue of Europe’s digital sovereignty is of the utmost importance. With this report, we outline Parliament’s position and underline the necessity of acting now to reduce Europe’s technological dependence on foreign actors. If we do not, we run the risk of becoming a digital colony.AI Verified source (Jan 22, 2026)
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The official Renew Europe page at the supplied URL is dated January 22, 2026 and contains the quote verbatim, introduced as a statement by Michał Kobosko and followed by his name/title, so the stored content, attribution, date, and source URL all match. ([reneweuropegroup.eu](https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-01-22/what-a-vote-on-technological-sovereignty-tells-us-about-todays-europe))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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Disputed. The cited Renew Europe page does attribute a closely related statement to Michał Kobosko on January 22, 2026, but the verbatim source text says the report underlines “the necessity of acting now” and then separately says, “If we do not, we run the risk of becoming a digital colony.” The submitted version rewrites this as “If we do not act now to reduce Europe's technological dependence on foreign actors...,” which does not appear in the source, so it is materially altered rather than verbatim. ([reneweuropegroup.eu](https://www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2026-01-22/what-a-vote-on-technological-sovereignty-tells-us-about-todays-europe))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Quote attributed to Michał Kobosko (Polish MEP, Renew Europe) from the Renew Europe Group news page (Jan 22, 2026). The source URL returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, but a web search confirms the quote nearly verbatim: as the MEP who negotiated the text for Renew, Kobosko said recent geopolitical tensions show Europe's digital sovereignty is "of the utmost importance" and that without action to reduce technological dependence on foreign actors, Europe risks "becoming a digital colony." This relates to the European Parliament's technological sovereignty report (passed 471-68) addressing the EU's 80%+ reliance on non-EU digital products/infrastructure. Author attribution and year (2026) are correct. The vote "for" on statement "The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US cloud providers" correctly aligns, as Kobosko explicitly advocates reducing European technological dependence on foreign providers and building digital sovereignty.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 28d ago
replying to Michał Kobosko