French MPs voice sovereignty, competition concerns after Microsoft-Mistral AI deal

After Mistral AI and Microsoft announced their strategic partnership on Monday (26 February), sparking an outcry from lawmakers in the European Parliament, French MPs have voiced concern over the partnership’s impact on competition and sovereignty in t…

Europe lacks courage in pursuing digital sovereignty, cloud service CEO says

EU policymakers should have the “courage and fair-mindedness” to pursue a sovereign cloud and regulate American cloud providers under the EU antitrust law on digital markets, Michel Paulin, CEO of the leading French provider OVHcloud, told Euractiv in …

France and Germany increasingly drift apart on digital sovereignty of cloud sector

The recent announcement of “a new, independent cloud for Europe” by Amazon Web Services has underlined the growing divergence between the positions of Paris and Berlin regarding digital sovereignty in the cloud sector.