Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
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Henna Virkkunen ranked #419 among 712 people covered at Davos 2026, receiving 16 media quotes as Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy at European Commission. With 100% positive and 0% negative coverage, Henna was among the most favorably covered world leaders at the forum.
- • Below-average media presence at Davos 2026
- • 100% positive coverage — among the most favorably covered world leaders
- • Covered by 5 publications
- • Most discussed in context of Policy Commentary (7 mentions)
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Sample Quotes
“What I see is that Europe has everything that is needed to be competitive. For example, when it comes to technologies, we have thousands of start-ups who are developing and training AI. We have very strong science and research, and also a very strong industrial base. But then also we have identified these problems that, for example, our start-ups have difficulties scaling up their businesses in Europe. We have, annually, quite similar numbers of start-ups established in the European Union [as th”
“It's so important that we are not dependent on one country or one company when it comes to some very critical fields of our economy or society,”
“At the same time, we have also tools at our disposal here. We have prepared also for that,”
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- Type
- World Leader
- Title
- Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
- Organization
- European Commission