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Towards a european digital sovereignty policy
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Type of text :
Opinion
Type of referral :
Own initiative
Date d'adoption
Date adopted : 03/13/2019
Rapporteur(s) :
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Benoît THIEULIN
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Overview
Présentation
Digital technology provides undeniable benefits across many areas, but the "touchscreen revolution" has bolstered the position of the US tech giants (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft - GAFAM) within Europe, with their Chinese counterparts (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi - BATX) now not far behind. Coupled with trade, not to mention ethical, practices at stark odds with the principles by which the EU sets great store, such a stronghold is posing a major threat in terms of sovereignty.