{"id":1026949,"date":"2026-06-14T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1026949\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:58:16","slug":"green-business-association-eu-should-use-public-procurement-strategically-table-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1026949\/","title":{"rendered":"Green business association: EU should use public procurement strategically \u2022 Table.Briefings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-base md:text-xl font-semibold text-gray-700 leading-relaxed\">\n                Public IT contracts should strengthen Europe\u2019s digital sovereignty instead of deepening dependencies. In a position paper, the Greens\u2019 business association outlines how the EU could better position itself vis-\u00e0-vis US and Chinese tech giants.\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/corinna-visser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                            14. June 2026\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781477895_485_corinna-visser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" class=\"w-full h-full rounded-full\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        14. June 2026\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2260429_rechenzentrum-schwarz-gruppe.jpg\" alt=\"Mehrere Kr\u00e4ne stehen auf der gro\u00dfen Baustelle f\u00fcr ein Rechenzentrum der Schwarz-Gruppe. Die Schwarz-Gruppe, Mutter von Lidl und Kaufland, investiert hier am Rande des Spreewaldes 11 Milliarden Euro in ein neues Rechenzentrum. Im November 2025 fand die Grundsteinlegung statt.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" class=\"w-full md:h-auto print:h-auto object-cover rounded-lg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The focus is on the construction of data centers. However, this alone is not enough to achieve sovereignty, according to a position paper by the Green Party\u2019s Economic Association. (picture alliance\/dpa | Patrick Pleul)    <\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-12 text-sm text-gray-600\">\n            Last updated: 14. June 2026\n        <\/p>\n<p>            Share article:<\/p>\n<p>\n                Recipients need a subscription to read\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public IT contracts should strengthen Europe\u2019s digital sovereignty instead of deepening dependencies. In a position paper, the Greens\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1026950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[14035,123073,2000,299,5187],"class_list":["post-1026949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-cloud","tag-digital-sovereignty","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116750944008260318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}