The EU Quantum Strategy and the Coming Quantum Act

Europe’s quantum challenge is no longer primarily scientific. The Union has a strong research base, a dense network of universities and laboratories, a growing startup ecosystem and major public programmes already in place. The decisive issue is whether this scientific position can be converted into industrial capacity. The Quantum Europe Strategy and the forthcoming Quantum Act mark this transition from research policy to industrial policy: pilot lines, design facilities, EuroHPC, EuroQCI, supply-chain resilience, scale-up capital and governance are becoming the real measures of European competitiveness. The question is not whether Europe can produce quantum knowledge, but whether it can turn that knowledge into companies, products, standards, infrastructure and markets.