Europe is experiencing a moment that does not allow for inertia. Artificial intelligence, advanced computing, and data are already part of the major decisions of our time, as they determine how we produce, how we research, how we provide public services, and how we decide with our own voice. Europe must choose whether to reinvent itself while maintaining its values – democracy, rights, humanism, and social cohesion – or whether to accept that other powers will set the rules for the future.