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Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty

Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty

Update: 2025-09-05
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The entanglement of tech and politics has become impossible to ignore — especially in the United States, where the lines between Silicon Valley and Washington are rapidly dissolving. At President Trump’s inauguration, the CEOs of Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet took prominent seats — even ahead of cabinet nominees — an unmistakable sign of how closely US tech giants are now intertwined with national policy agendas. Just days earlier, outgoing President Biden had warned of a rising “tech industrial complex.” This isn’t just symbolism. It reflects a broader shift: US tech firms are aligning themselves with a domestic industrial strategy that…

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Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty

Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty

Gustaf Sahlman