Michal Kobosko MEP
Polish Renew Europe MEP who hosted the January 2026 Parliament breakfast for the EU Sovereign Tech Fund.
Last refreshed: 7 May 2026
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European Tech Sovereignty- Who is Michal Kobosko MEP and what is his role in EU digital policy?
- Michal Kobosko is a Polish Renew Europe MEP from the Polska 2050 movement. He hosted the January 2026 Parliament breakfast at which the EU Sovereign Tech Fund proposal was presented to MEPs, making him an early parliamentary champion of the EU-STF initiative.
- What is Renew Europe's position on the EU Sovereign Tech Fund?
- Renew Europe MEPs, including Kobosko, have expressed support for the EU Sovereign Tech Fund concept by hosting its Parliament launch. The group's liberal-centrist platform aligns with open-source investment and reducing dependence on non-EU platforms, though Renew formally supports market competition over state industrial policy.
Background
Michal Kobosko is a Polish Renew Europe MEP who hosted the European Parliament breakfast on 28 January 2026 at which the EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) proposal was presented to parliamentarians by EUI, OpenForum Europe, and Fraunhofer ISI. His hosting of the event signals Renew Europe's alignment with the open-source and digital sovereignty agenda, which has cross-group support in the Parliament but has so FAR found less traction within the Commission's own legislative programme.
Kobosko is a Polish politician affiliated with the Polska 2050 movement (led by Szymon Hołownia), which sits within the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. He represents a centre-liberal strand of Polish politics distinct from both the nationalist PiS and the dominant Civic Platform (KO) groupings. Poland's EU MEPs have been increasingly active on digital and AI topics since the 2024 European elections.
His role in the EU-STF breakfast reflects a broader MEP engagement strategy by open-source and digital sovereignty advocates: building parliamentary champions across political groups before the Commission puts formal legislative proposals on the table. The breakfast was a pre-lobbying move, not a formal legislative event.