PRESS RELEASE
3 July 2025
The European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) welcomes the European Commission’s Quantum Europe Strategy as a bold and clear move toward strengthening Europe’s position as a global leader in quantum technologies.
As the voice of the European quantum industry, QuIC commends the Strategy’s commitment to industrialising quantum technologies, expanding public investment, supporting scaleups, and launching dedicated roadmaps for infrastructure, standardisation, and key application areas.
QuIC is proud having contributed with its “Recommendations for the EU Quantum Strategy” to the EU Quantum Strategy by collecting and consolidating the voice of the European Quantum Industry.
“The European Commission has taken a strong and determined step to position Europe as global powerhouse in the quantum tech sector. QuIC is delighted to continue its intimate work with the European Commission and Member States to draw further large industrial actors as early adopters (and benefiters!) of made-in-Europe quantum solutions.”
— Thierry Botter, Executive Director, QuIC
QuIC’s role to date has been instrumental in shaping Europe’s quantum journey. The consortium has actively supported the EU through key contributions including:
- Representing industry within the EU Quantum Flagship and contributing to its Strategic Research and Industry Agenda (SRIA)
- Advising the European Investment Bank’s Quantum Finance Lab
- Co-chairing the industry stream of the EU Member State Quantum Tech Coordination Group
- Participating in standardisation efforts through the EU High-Level Forum
- Supporting EU dialogues with global partners
- Providing industry input to the NATO Transatlantic Quantum Community
These contributions underscore the critical importance of including industrial perspectives, particularly those of quantum startups and scaleups. when shaping Europe’s roadmap for the years ahead.
Looking forward, QuIC will continue to serve as the collective voice of the European quantum industry across all eight strategic pillars outlined in the EU Quantum Strategy. From computing and sensing to industrialisation, standardisation, and space and defence applications, QuIC is committed to supporting its member companies and working in close partnership with the European Commission to help realise the Strategy’s full potential.
The foundation for this close collaboration has already been laid with the publication of QuIC’s Recommendations for the EU Quantum Strategy earlier this year.
On the pulse quotes from our QuIC Leadership:
“The endeavour that lies before us is clear: we want to make the European Union the leader in research, innovation, industrialisation and commercialisation of quantum technologies. […] The Quantum Europe Strategy is a great plan to master the challenge. But to make it a success, the whole ecosystem […] has to join forces. Let’s do it.”
– Thomas Strohm, President, QuIC“The presented strategy addresses Europe’s key challenges with ambitious proposals to transform Europe into a quantum industrial powerhouse. Yet, the true test will lie in execution: What concrete budgets will be allocated to build genuine European champions?Quic is ready to bring this strategy to life!“
– Freeke Heijman, Vice President, QuIC“The EU Quantum Strategy sets at centre stage the need for Europe to lead the industrial quantum revolution, championing key capabilities such as fault-tolerant quantum computing. Delivering on this ambition will require significant capital contributions, attractive business conditions, and a long-term EU-wide commitment.”
– Cécile Perrault, Vice President, QuIC“As a leading European quantum scaleup […] I strongly welcome the investment pillar of the Quantum Europe Strategy. However, to ensure its full impact, it is essential to accelerate private investment and to equally focus on quantum hardware and software for full EU quantum leadership.”
– Enrique Lizaso, Treasurer, QuIC
As the voice of the European quantum industry, QuIC welcomes the Commission’s roadmap initiative and is committed to helping shape each of the eight strategies due by 2026.
The Strategy also acknowledges QuIC directly as a key partner in engaging large industrial actors across sectors such as aerospace, energy, and pharmaceuticals.
This statement marks QuIC’s initial response. A more detailed position paper will follow, offering strategic insights on how to implement the Commission’s roadmap and deepen public-private collaboration.
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