> Key infra (gov, utilities, news etc) has to be in house or at least in a EU country.

For some EU functionalities there is eu-lisa which develops and hosts services - mostly for police, immigration, biometrics and a slew of others.

The problem is that they are very closed environments with a lot if bureaucracy involved and the development is done at snail pace.

> The problem is that they are very closed environments with a lot if bureaucracy involved and the development is done at snail pace.

Wow, so they're authentically European! Glad to see they're off to a great start.