In 2025, 24% was spent in collaboration with partners. Against a 40% objective, that gives 60 points. The figure includes partnerships outside the EU.

EU suppliers accounted for 46.6% of the value of major orders in eight equipment categories since February 2022.

The provisional 2025 share reached 62% of the EU’s 42.5% target for 2030. It covers heating, transport and electricity.

Net imports covered 57.3% of gross available energy in 2024. Subtracting this from 100 gives 42.7 independence points.

In 2025 the EU earned 8.8% of global semiconductor value-chain revenue, compared with its 20% objective for 2030. That gives 44 points.

In 2024, EU production supplied an estimated 22% of EU chip consumption by value.

European providers earned about 15% of infrastructure-cloud revenue in wider Europe in the 2025 market estimate. The average of 22 and 15 gives 18.5 independence points.

Three measures have equal weight. EU manufacturing capacity met the 40% benchmark for 6 of 27 clean-tech components in 2024 (22 points). About half of 16 strategic materials met the single-supplier limit (50 points). Recycled materials supplied 12.2% of EU material use in 2024 against a 24% goal (51 points).

We compare the EU, US and China on 2023 trade. For each supply chain, the lowest vulnerability reading earns 100. The EU earns 82 for chips, 56 for clean technology and 86 for raw materials. Their average gives the independence score.

EU works accounted for 29% of cinema admissions, 41% of broadcast film minutes and 16% of streaming viewing in the samples. Each channel counts equally.

EU artists held 58.7% of places in the sampled 2025 national year-end top tens. Chart positions give each track equal weight.

We used weekly reach of leading online and offline news brands in 20 EU markets, weighted by adult population. Unresolved ownership earns zero EU points.

EU-based creators held 70 of 90 sampled places across six countries. All named platforms in a separate EU survey had non-EU owners. Creator and platform origin count equally.