(Mathieu Pollet – Politico) National capitals have a sobering message for Brussels: Europe runs on American technology, and that won’t change for years. After January brought a warning from EU officials that decades of reliance on U.S. firms could be used as a tool of coercion by the White House, POLITICO surveyed the 27 EU governments to ask how they are handling their relationship with American tech. The answers revealed a patchwork of efforts to face the new geopolitical reality and a shared outlook that Europe has no quick fix. While Brussels is alive to the continent’s digital reliance, the responses from governments paint a sobering picture as to how quickly Europe can address the strategic vulnerability and regain leverage against Washington.
EU capitals say deleting US tech is not realistic – POLITICO
