Romania was among 20 EU member states that signed the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies, which was formally celebrated on March 22, 2024, at the “Shaping Europe’s Quantum Future” conference organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU. The European Commission noted that 21 member states had joined the effort by the end of the event.
First introduced by the Spanish Presidency of the Council in December 2023, the declaration commits signatory states to collaborating on the development of a world-class quantum technology ecosystem across Europe. Signatories agreed to align national and regional R&D programs, accelerate the transition from laboratory to commercial applications, support a coordinated network of quantum competence clusters, and build pan-European quantum infrastructures in computing, communications, and sensing.
Other signatories included Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden. Additional member states subsequently joined, bringing the total to 26.