Draft EU Quantum Act Would Favor European Suppliers, Set Computing and Security Targets

Insider Brief

• A draft EU Quantum Act would coordinate European quantum research, manufacturing and commercialization while generally reserving strategic projects and public procurement for EU-controlled suppliers and qualifying international partners.
• The draft targets approximately 100 error-corrected logical qubits per system by 2030 or soon after and proposes shared infrastructure for quantum computing, communications, sensing and timing.
• The proposal would introduce quantum-safe purchasing requirements for critical sectors, with funding dependent on future EU programmes, national contributions and private investment.

If Winston Churchill were here today, he might say an “ion curtain” is descending across the Continent.

Europe’s proposed Quantum Act would generally reserve public purchases of quantum technology and participation in strategic projects for EU-controlled companies, while leaving a door open to qualifying international partners, according to a draft of the document obtained by The Quantum Insider.

According to the document, the act would establish a common framework for European quantum research, engineering and industrial development, requiring member states to align national strategies with shared priorities. It would also introduce purchasing requirements for quantum-safe security in critical sectors and set ambitions for error-corrected computing and cross-border quantum networks.