Special report 12/2025: The EU’s strategy for microchips

SPECIAL REPORT 12/2025 EN The EU’s strategy for microchips Reasonable progress in its implementation but the Chips Act is very unlikely to be sufficient to reach the overly ambitious Digital Decade target Contents Paragraph 01-14 | Main messages 01-06 | Why this area is important 07-14 | What we found and recommend 15-113 | A closer look at our observations 2 15-34 | The Chips Act provided new impetus, although without an impact assessment and clearly defined targets 17-23 | The Chips Act provided new momentum after the 2013 Strategy had failed to meet its main objective 24-34 | The Chips Act was drawn up with urgency, resulting in several gaps 35-66 | The Commission is responsible for only a small part of the Chips Act funding announced, nevertheless the publicly funded projects we examined were aligned overall with the EU’s strategic objectives 36-41 | Information on expected total funding is incomplete, as the Commission is responsible for only a small part of it 42-45 | The Commission’s information on the funding disbursed is incomplete 46-55 | The Commission funds projects that are generally aligned with the strategies but has incomplete insight into their actual contribution 56-66 | State aid is expected to play a significant role in increasing manufacturing capacity, but the Commission does not have information on how much it contributes to EU objectives 67-87 | Implementation of the Chips Act is progressing, but too slow to meet the Digital...