EU can win tech battles if it integrates more - European patent chief

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Mar 26, 2026 · 676 words · By Mared Gwyn Jones

Technological Competitiveness EU Economic Integration

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António Campinos says Europe has “more or less lost” the global AI race, but can still be a major player in the next tech revolution if it focuses on bringing down barriers within the EU single market.

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The President of the Munich-based European Patent Office (EPO) has said that the European Union should focus on further integrating its single market if it is to win the global race in emerging technologies and grow market-leading enterprises.

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Speaking on Euronews’ 12 Minutes With, Campinos acknowledged that Europe has “more or less lost” the global race to dominate in the cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI), but that there are “technological battles where we (Europe) can bring incremental…

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Claim 1: “French President Emmanuel Macron recently set a June deadline for a new 'agenda' on the EU's economic revival, set to include the so-called Savings and Investments Union, which would streamline EU capital markets into a single pool of financial securities.”

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No evidence found in provided sources or web search results to confirm Macron's June deadline or Savings and Investments Union proposal.

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Claim 2: “The European Commission last week unveiled proposals for a new, EU-wide company regime known as EU Inc, which allows anyone to register a company online in 48 hours, for less than €100, and follow one set of rules throughout the bloc.”

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Wikipedia entries reference unrelated topics (Brexit referendum, Apple tax dispute, EU law) with no mention of EU Inc or company registration proposals.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_U…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple's EU tax dispute refers to an investigation by the European Commission into tax arrangements between Apple and Ireland, which allowed the company to pay close to zero corporate tax over 10 years…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple's_EU_tax_dispute

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — European Union law is a system of supranational laws operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). Originally referred to as Community law, it has grown over time since the 1952 fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_European_Union

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Claim 3: “Fail to do so represents a non-tariff barrier of around 40% to 60% for goods and 100% to 110% for services, and a lost GDP generation of up to €700 billion.”

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Wikipedia entries discuss EU economic metrics but do not specify non-tariff barrier percentages or €700 billion GDP loss figures.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of the European Union is the joint economy of the member states of the European Union (EU). It is the second largest economy in the world in nominal terms, after the United States, and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A metropolitan region's gross domestic product, or GDP, is one of several measures of the size of its economy. Similar to GDP, GMP is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A country's gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is the PPP value of all final goods and services produced within an economy in a given year, divided by the average…
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Claim 4: “The Munich-based institution he leads examines as many as 200,000 patent bids every year.”

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Wikipedia entries only describe the European Patent Office's role and structure but do not mention annual patent application processing volume. No direct numerical evidence provided.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg), the other being the Administrative Council. The EPO acts as executive body for the organisation w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Patent_Office

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Patent Organisation (sometimes abbreviated EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, one of the two organs of the organisation) is a public international organisat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Patent_Organisation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trade…

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Claim 5: “A sense of impatience for change is pushing a group of EU governments willing to integrate further to consider doing so without the participation of all 27 member countries, a prospect which could set a new precedent for the way the Union works.”

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