{"id":159129,"date":"2025-06-05T02:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159129\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T02:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:58:11","slug":"europes-dream-to-wean-off-us-tech-gets-reality-check-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159129\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As even some of Europe\u2019s most Atlanticist, free-market corners grow wary of their addiction to the U.S., a few countries and cities are embarking on their own political efforts to break free.<\/p>\n<p>National lawmakers in The Hague have been building pressure on the Dutch government to wean off its dependence on American providers \u2014 only for their efforts to be derailed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/geert-wilders-dutch-government-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geert Wilders\u2019 decision to quit<\/a> the government coalition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Danish cities of Copenhagen and Aarhus decided on Tuesday to look for alternatives to allow them to drop Microsoft productivity products and cloud services, as Denmark prepares to take over a leading role in Brussels running meetings of EU ministers from July 1.<\/p>\n<p>But Thursday\u2019s strategy acknowledges skepticism as to whether the EU actually has alternatives for these political front-runners to fall back on, or whether it makes sense to splash billions of euros on getting them off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s tech chief Virkkunen has underscored the Commission\u2019s desire to keep the bloc open to the world in her first months in office, by taking trips to India, Japan and the U.S. and consistently emphasizing the importance of dialogue and close collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has the backing of some of the most influential tech lobby groups in town \u2014 even on the need to continue to work with the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a transatlantic tech alliance to jointly develop and protect the technologies that underpin our shared security and economic prosperity such as AI, quantum and semiconductors,\u201d Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, director general of DigitalEurope, told POLITICO ahead of Thursday\u2019s unveiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As even some of Europe\u2019s most Atlanticist, free-market corners grow wary of their addiction to the U.S., 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