Europe Moves Away From US Technology, WIRED Analysis Shows
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A WIRED analysis has documented dozens of public instances of European companies, governments, NGOs, and education establishments stepping away from US technology companies in favor of open source or local alternatives. The moves have accelerated since the start of President Donald Trump’s second administration last year, according to the report. The European Commission recently launched its official long-term plans to rely less on US technology, and the European Parliament switched its default search engine from Google to the French alternative Qwant. Thousands of French government workers are using open-source office software called LaSuite, and an open-source documents offering called Euro-Office is due to launch soon. The Dutch government is moving its code away from Microsoft-owned Github, and Finland reportedly decided not to move its election data to Amazon’s cloud services. Despite the enthusiasm, a European Parliament report notes that US-based firms continue to dominate almost every layer of Europe’s digital stack, making a complete separation likely impossible.
What’s reported
WIRED documented dozens of public instances of European entities stepping away from US technology.
The European Commission launched official long-term plans to rely less on US technology.
The European Parliament switched its default search engine from Google to Qwant.
Thousands of French government workers are using open-source office software called LaSuite.
Euro-Office, an open-source documents offering from more than a dozen European tech companies, is due to launch imminently.
The Dutch government is moving its code away from Microsoft-owned Github.
Finland reportedly decided not to move its election data to Amazon’s cloud services.
The organization behind Belgium’s .be top-level domain said it will move away from AWS.
Eurosky has been spun up as an interoperable alternative to Bluesky.
The International Criminal Court moved away from Microsoft’s technology.
A European Parliament report says US-based firms continue to dominate almost every layer of Europe’s digital stack.
Key figures
Marietje Schaake, non-resident fellow at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and former member of the European Parliament
President Donald Trump
A minister in the German state of Bavaria (name not provided)
Sources: Wired
