{"id":470785,"date":"2026-11-10T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/10\/sviluppare-una-ia-sovrana-sicura-e-governabile-engineering-porta-la-sfida-al-parlamento-europeo\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:59:59","slug":"developing-a-sovereign-secure-and-governable-ai-engineering-takes-the-challenge-to-the-european-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/10\/developing-a-sovereign-secure-and-governable-ai-engineering-takes-the-challenge-to-the-european-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a “sovereign, secure, and governable” AI: Engineering takes the challenge to the European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Developing sovereign, secure, and governable artificial intelligence (AI) that enables businesses and public administrations to utilise the best available technologies, while retaining control over the data, infrastructure, models, and body of knowledge generated through their use: This is the central theme of the event “Sovereign AI for Europe: IS-IA, Engineering Group\u2019s Italian digital architecture”, organised by Engineering and co-hosted by the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament Pina Picierno<\/strong> (Spazio Pubblico \u2013 Renew Europe) and Antonella Sberna<\/strong> (FdI\u2013ECR). <\/p>\n

The meeting, moderated by Michelangelo Suigo, Group Chief Public Affairs, Corporate Communication & Sustainability Officer at Engineering, brought together representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU for a discussion on European technological sovereignty and the role of Artificial Intelligence in the Union\u2019s economic, industrial, and social development. In this context, sovereignty does not mean isolation or technological autarky, but rather the ability to choose solutions and suppliers without creating excessive dependencies and without relinquishing one\u2019s operational and decision-making autonomy. \u201cSovereignty goes hand in hand with governability, that is, being in control of the systems and free to choose what guarantees to offer to data owners,\u201d explained Aldo Bisio<\/strong>, CEO of Engineering Group, at a press briefing on the sidelines of the event, specifying that \u201csovereign AI must not be confused with autarky.<\/strong>\u201d According to the CEO, it makes \u201cmore sense to invest in more flexible AI agent models that easily maintain control over data, rather than pouring vast sums into funding new \u2018cutting-edge\u2019 models.\u201d <\/p>\n

During the event, Bisio presented IS-IA, Italy\u2019s Sovereign Intelligence Architecture<\/strong>, the architectural approach developed by Engineering on its proprietary private GenAI platform EngGPT 2<\/strong>. The aim is to enable organisations to utilise Artificial Intelligence while retaining control over data, models, and knowledge, and keeping them within secure, controllable and transparent boundaries. Bisio then presented EngSure<\/strong>, the new agent-based cybersecurity platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to strengthen the defence of organisations\u2019 digital assets and protect the AI ecosystem throughout its entire lifecycle. “The race towards ever-larger and more complex Artificial Intelligence models is not necessarily the path Europe should follow,<\/strong>” emphasised Bisio. \u201cThis is the approach we have taken in developing IS-IA, an open and modular architecture that allows users to select and orchestrate different models according to specific needs, and EngGPT 2, our generative AI model. This is where I see a great opportunity for Europe: to invest in AI specialisation, in the skills and data architectures needed to integrate it into production processes and institutions effectively,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

“Talking about artificial intelligence means addressing the European Union\u2019s sovereignty not only at a technological level but also at a political one,” pointed out the Vice-President of the European Parliament and leader of Spazio Pubblico, Pina Picierno<\/strong>. “It is an issue we deal with every day. Recent events have shown us just how vulnerable we are as a continent: we have seen this with attacks in EU airspace or on the healthcare system; even blood bags used to save lives have been targeted,\u201d she recalled, adding that \u201caddressing the issue of AI means being able to defend ourselves and reduce our vulnerability.\u201d On this issue, however, \u201cwe are lagging by a huge margin, but we are also paying the price for a lack of public and private investment in the sector.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n

Speaking on the subject of investment was the MEP for Fratelli d\u2019Italia (ECR), Francesco Torselli<\/strong><\/b>. \u201cWe need to understand what rules need to be established, because we also have to take resources into account,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the digital transition, including AI, Europe plans to invest nearly 69 billion over seven years under the next MFF (Multiannual Financial Framework, the EU\u2019s long-term budget, ed.<\/em>). The United States invests 735 billion a year. Google alone invests 200, Amazon 220, Meta 140: what is the aim? Should we be chasing the Big Tech companies? In my view, no. In my view, we must strengthen what we already have, starting with infrastructure and communications networks, improve them even further, excel in cyber security, and invest in technologies where we are strong, such as edge computing and quantum technologies. \u201cAs we have fewer resources than others, we need to work out which direction to take,<\/strong>\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n

“Digital sovereignty is not autarky \u2013 it does not mean turning our backs on technologies developed in America or other countries around the world \u2013 but rather the ability and opportunity to choose the best one,” observed the head of the PD (S&D) delegation to the European Parliament, Nicola Zingaretti<\/strong>. \u201cWhat we must combat is the risk of non-European monopolies and oligopolies which, in the end \u2013 as has always been the case \u2013 influence the market and even democracy,\u201d he emphasised. \u201cIn the past, there were rules \u2013 plenty of them \u2013 and thankfully so, because they protected citizens and businesses;\u201d however, \u201ca new phase has now begun,\u201d namely that of \u201cbuilding the European digital ecosystem,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThe issue is who owns these platforms and technologies, and how many owners there are.\u201d Now, \u201cwe need to build a European dimension, and I believe this should also involve a leading role for the state, the public sector. Because when we built our democracies in the post-war period, public services were protected by market rules and a public presence. The fact that, today, all digital AI technology is in the hands of a small group of private companies is not right,<\/strong>\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the event at the European Parliament, co-hosted by Vice-Presidents Pina Picierno (Spazio Pubblico \u2013 Renew Europe) and Antonella Sberna (FdI\u2013ECR), CEO Bisio emphasised: \u201cTechnological sovereignty is not autarky\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":470755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25710,25681],"tags":[36597,28522,36598,25755,36599,28885,30953,26347,34309],"class_list":["post-470785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-net-tech-en","category-politics","tag-aldo-bisio","tag-antonella-sberna-en","tag-engineering-group","tag-news-parliament-en","tag-francesco-torselli","tag-ia-and","tag-nicola-zingaretti-en","tag-pina-picierno-en","tag-sovranita-tecnologica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470786,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470785\/revisions\/470786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}