(Amandine Le Pape, Nicholas Gates, Johan Linåker, Peter Neuhäusler, Denilton Luiz Darold, Timo Väliharju – Tech Policy Press) The United States and China are investing billions into developing and maintaining open, scalable, and strategically vital digital infrastructure, securing their technological independence through different but equally determined approaches. While these two superpowers wage digital geopolitical battle, Europe is falling behind, caught between these different but competing visions for our technological future and a lack of competitive local industry. We argue that Europe must think differently and invest where it matters, leveraging its strengths, and open technologies are the place to look. While Europe does not have the tech giants of the US and China, it possesses a huge pool of innovation and human capital, as well as a small army of capable and efficient technology service providers, start-ups, and SMEs. Many of these are already working with open source, while many more are well-positioned to do so.
EU’s Digital Sovereignty Depends On Investment In Open-Source And Talent | TechPolicy.Press
