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b"In his address to the IIEA, Fredrik Erixon argues that Europe's quest for digital sovereignty is unrealistic if it requires Europe to cut its dependence on the rest of the world by substituting foreign suppliers with local ones. Instead, Europe's relative economic decline means it will become more dependent on innovation and technological breakthroughs happening outside of the EU.\\n\\nMr Erixon argues that the EU should improve its autonomous capacity to use and commercialise new digital technology and that Europe should deepen collaboration with the US and other like-minded countries to help shape the global norms and rules guiding digital markets.\\n\\nThis is the sixth event in an IIEA project entitled Europe\\u2019s Digital Future, which is exploring the topic of \\u2018digital sovereignty\\u2019 in Europe. As part of this project, which is supported by Google, a year-long programme of events and research is exploring what this concept means, and what future it might herald for the EU and for small, open economies like Ireland.\\n\\n\\nFredrik Erixon has been the Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) since it was founded in 2006. He is a Swedish economist and is the author of several books. His research interests include trade, regulatory policy and technological change and Europe\\u2019s relations with North America and Asia. The Financial Times has ranked Erixon as one of Brussels\\u2019s thirty most influential people."