Eric Maugendre<p>Alexandre Roure of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include many Big Tech groups, says the debate about blunt market access restrictions for non-EU tech companies “only distracts policymakers from the real task: finally delivering a functioning digital single market with clear, simple and practical rules”.</p><p>In private conversations, several Big Tech lobbyists and executives also express confidence in their ability to continue dominating the European market given the paucity of homegrown alternatives and the lack of urgency among many consumers.</p><p>by Barbara Moens for FT: <a href="https://archive.is/20250725082920/https://www.ft.com/content/5e25c397-61d1-4b48-b5c5-65561a4c9df2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/20250725082920/http</span><span class="invisible">s://www.ft.com/content/5e25c397-61d1-4b48-b5c5-65561a4c9df2</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ruth_Mottram</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/techSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/digitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/decoupling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decoupling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EuropeAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nonUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonUS</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OVH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OVH</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OVHCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OVHCloud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CloudComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyEuropean</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/compute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compute</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigTech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a></p>