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Across Europe, governments are reducing their reliance on US techn...
The pursuit of digital sovereignty, framed as a necessary response to geopolitical and privacy concerns, represents a systemic effort to redefine the boundaries of technological and political authority. The move away from US-centric technologies is not merely a technical migration but a deep challenge to the global economic and informational hierarchy. The shift from proprietary systems (Microsoft, Zoom) to open-source alternatives (Linux, Visio, Mistral AI) reflects a strategic attempt to secur...