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RAND Europe (EU) is an international non-profit association which in conjunction with its members, RAND Europe CIC and the RAND Corporation, undertakes research in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Declan Costello (Deputy Director-General Economic and Financial Affairs)

10 Dec 2025 · Economic situation and forecasts based on recent Commission forecast and European Semester

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2025 · Digital Sovereignty

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

18 Sept 2025 · DEVE

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

10 Sept 2025 · RAND’s positions on the Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

3 Jul 2025

We welcome the opportunity to respond to the EU Cloud and AI Development Act consultation. The document we attach provides RAND Europes submission of evidence in relation to the consultation. Our response highlights recent trends in compute for AI development and develops a set of recommendations for the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) Unit E2 to consider. We make the following suggestions: 1. Instead of betting on sovereignty across the stack, the EU should consider pursuing a strategy of strategic indispensability, i.e. building AI-critical infrastructure that enables the EU to negotiate continued access to compute and frontier models. 2. Set EU compute targets as a percentage of global AI compute capacity, rather than benchmarking against current European data centre capacity. 3. Establish special compute zones in geographically relevant EU regions that guarantee expedient data centre construction, designating a singular authority within EuroHPC to approve projects within a capped length of time if conditions are met. 4. Invest in adequately securing data centres used for strategic use cases, both for protecting against sabotage and to improve access to advanced chips.
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Response to Biotech Act

10 Jun 2025

RAND Europe are pleased to submit evidence to this call for evidence related to the EU Biotech Act. Our submission covers six key themes: governance, workforce development, data and AI integration, access to capital, supply chain resilience, and support for physical infrastructure. We would be happy to provide any more details needed upon request.
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Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2025 · EU digital policy

Response to Establishment of the scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act – implementing regulation

15 Nov 2024

RAND Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission regarding the Artificial intelligence implementing regulation establishing a scientific panel of independent experts initiative. The Scientific Panel of Independent Experts (the Panel) can play a key role in supporting the enforcement activities under the EU AI Act. To strengthen the Panels role, we propose a series of recommendations in the attached document.
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