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The Quiet Digital Sovereignty Crisis in European Tech

While policymakers debate regulations and funding packages, Europe's digital autonomy slips further away each quarter. European providers continue to lose ground despite ambitious digital sovereignty initiatives.

What interests me most isn't just the market dominance (70% controlled by US giants) but the practical questions that never get answered: How do you retain engineering talent when salaries are 2-3x higher across the Atlantic? How do you build sovereign infrastructure when procurement officers still choose American platforms?

And then there's the uncomfortable truth about innovation cycles. By the time Europe's projects navigate through bureaucracy, the technology landscape has already shifted. This isn't just about building European alternatives; it's about the speed at which they can evolve.

The fundamental tension between Europe's regulatory-first approach and the market realities of technological development remains unresolved. Until it is, the sovereignty gap will only widen.