It also adds the question what ASML has to gain from handing over their technical advantage to some local gov effort.

I mean they can get paid but there’s a ton of other companies not starting from scratch they can also make billions off of so I don’t see why some geographic thing is some huge advantage for EU.

They already operate in a highly lucrative global market with companies who don’t need to figure anything out.

If anything this should be expansion capital or efforts to build more factories locally. Not trying to do it themselves.

But hey what do I know. I don’t have multiple countries with lagging tech interests in mind with lots of money to burn.