Posts tagged "Cloud"

2025-10-20 | Stefane Fermigier

An in-depth comparison of the European Commission's newly published Cloud Sovereignty Framework with the EuroStack Initiative's proposal reveals significant convergence in defining digital sovereignty, alongside critical divergences in methodology and application. This analysis explores these...

2025-10-16 | Stefane Fermigier

In response to Cory Doctorow's powerful article, "Microsoft, Tear Down That Wall!", this post outlines the EuroStack Initiative's perspective. Doctorow treats our core mission—building a sovereign European tech stack—not as a fantasy, but as a viable project already underway. This shifts the...

2025-08-28 | Stefane Fermigier

Amidst direct economic threats from the United States and a staggering €264 billion annual outflow to foreign tech providers, we must set the record straight on the EuroStack Industry Initiative. We systematically dismantles common misconceptions that portray the plan as isolationist,...

2025-02-04 | Stefane Fermigier

The Gaia-X initiative, launched with the promise of a sovereign European cloud infrastructure, has largely failed to deliver, becoming entangled in bureaucracy and dominated by the very hyperscalers it aimed to challenge. Its multiple failures highlight the urgent need for Europe to abandon...

2025-02-04 | Stefane Fermigier

The recent tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have profound implications for the digital sphere, highlighting the urgent need for European digital sovereignty. The EuroStack initiative offers a path forward, a way to break free from this cycle of dependence and vulnerability.

2025-01-30 | Stefane Fermigier

The European Commission is subsidising significant discounts (90%) on a cloud training scheme for SMEs, but as expected by anyone who has been following this trend for the last 25 years, the courses focus heavily on AWS. This is a small, but revelatory example of scoring goals against our own...

2025-01-23 | Stefane Fermigier

President Trump's recent actions have thrown the EU-US Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF) into disarray, exposing its fragility and the risks of relying on transatlantic agreements. This post explores the implications of Trump's moves for European digital sovereignty and the need for...

2024-11-19 | Stefane Fermigier

We analyze the outcomes of the 'Toward European Digital Independence: Building the Euro Stack' conference, highlighting areas of alignment with strategic goals, identifying gaps, and proposing concrete actions to further the cause of European digital independence.

2020-11-23 | Stefane Fermigier

The EU's cloud infrastructure initiative, Gaia-X, poses a great risk of destroying the European ecosystem and hopes of sovereignty after the inclusion of some of the world's largest tech firms in the project. This article explores the potential dangers of Gaia-X and the need for a more strategic...