Tech Sovereignty needs demand – to get supply right
Co-authored by Cristina Caffarra & Anne Sohns The battle cry of last week’s Rebuilding Europe’s Sovereignty was “Europe is a superpower, it’s on us, we are BUILDING”. Powering up Europe’s tech muscle is now the recognised imperative to improve productivity growth, leveraging defence, manufacturing, our exciting industrial AI ecosystem (plus energy and services); in addition […]
The DC-EDIC as a Strategic Ally to EuroStack
Mobilizing “Digital Commons” for European Industrial Sovereignty The launch of the Digital Commons EDIC (DC-EDIC) by France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy last week in The Hague is a welcome recognition of digital sovereignty as a key goal for Europe, hopefully beyond promises and speeches (Digital Commons EDIC launches to advance Europe’s technological sovereignty | […]
A foundation to BUILD: the EuroStack Initiative takes shape
Europe has been discussing the need for digital sovereignty, but real progress has been slow. While regulation such as the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act reflected a political direction, Europe still depends on a handful of overseas technology providers for most of its core digital infrastructure. The EuroStack Initiative Foundation aims to join […]
Is Europe Too Late to Compete in the Chips War?
NO: Opening Statement at the Bloomberg Tech London 2025 debate, 20 October 2025 The topic of today’s debate is alas a common tech trope – especially from Americans and tech giants: “Europe is too late for X [replace X for any digital domain: hardware software connectivity], you hapless little Europeans let us do it all for you”. In chips […]
EuroStack: Enough Contemplation, but also Enough Straw Mannerism
A recent blogpost by the Berlin Global GovTech Centre (background unclear, Capgemini one of only two mentioned “founding members”) laments that “Europe’s digital future (is) caught up in endless definitional loops”, and “debates around the two terms of ‘digital sovereignty’ and ‘Euro Stack’ dominate European policy circles, yet they have become increasingly trapped in endless […]