{"id":65565,"date":"2026-06-10T14:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/65565\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:15:11","slug":"europe-means-business-on-cloud-and-ai-sovereignty-rusi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/65565\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Means Business on Cloud and AI Sovereignty | RUSI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe Means Business on Cloud and AI Sovereignty<\/p>\n<p>For Europe, technology dependence is a strategic liability. The European Commission\u2019s Tech Sovereignty Package offers solutions, but can it hold its resolve?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An AI generated image of Europe and America linked by technology.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chip-link-BannerImage-1168x440px.jpg\" style=\"height:358px; width:950px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On 3 June, the European Commission presented its <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_1187\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European Technological Sovereignty Package<\/a>, a highly anticipated set of measures billed as a generational effort to address Europe\u2019s reliance on foreign technology. The package answers the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/draghi-report_en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draghi Report<\/a> which called for a reduction in foreign dependence and increased competitiveness to achieve European prosperity and security in a digital age.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s tech sovereignty package consists of four instruments: two pieces of legislation \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/library\/proposal-cloud-and-ai-development-act-cada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/library\/proposal-chips-act-20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chips Act 2.0<\/a> \u2013 and two strategic documents, the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu\/en\/policies\/open-source-strategy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Source Strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.ec.europa.eu\/publications\/strategic-roadmap-digitalisation-and-ai-energy-sector_en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strategic Roadmap for Digitalisation and AI in Energy<\/a>. Altogether, an ambitious set of proposals.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted, the package will reshape how Europe builds, buys and trusts its digital infrastructure. How far it goes will be decided in the negotiations ahead, at the European Parliament and among member states. Drawing on RUSI\u2019s ongoing research on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rusi.org\/explore-our-research\/projects\/sovereignty-cloud\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud Sovereignty<\/a>, this article focuses on the CADA: its aims, priorities and methods, and the fault lines likely to emerge as it is debated in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rusi.org\/explore-our-research\/publications\/commentary\/europe-means-business-cloud-and-ai-sovereignty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for the full press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Europe Means Business on Cloud and AI Sovereignty For Europe, technology dependence is a strategic liability. 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