Came here with roughly the same thought. Given the stated importance to many of sovereignty and not being dependent on the US, why isn’t there more opposition? I assume it’s just ignorance?

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elric 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is some opposition, but none of it is making a dent. It's depressing. I can't decide if it's incompetence, corruption, or malice.

	▲	palata 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Before thinking about corruption or malice, I like to try to assume good faith. And I see a couple things: 1. Most people don't write. 2. The people who write are not always competent. 3. The people who write often have an agenda, too. What's the consequence of that? Imagine what the politicians receive: tons of messages of people complaining, most of which are factually wrong. What to do then? How to know who is right? It's genuinely hard. EDIT: please write here: https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/write-us_en
	▲	greggoB 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Probably some combination of all three.

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vanviegen 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Digital sovereignty has only become a serious political topic in the EU over the past year. It may take a decade to see the effects of this in laws and policies.

	▲	pphysch 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's more than that, before recently the very idea of "digital sovereignty" was framed as a dangerous Russian conspiracy by the West's top info warriors. Example: https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/july/information-sovereignty

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izacus 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Since you're so much more informed - which integrity guaranteeing product would you use for mobile devices that European citizens use? Covering more than 90% of population?

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bojan 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We have voted in the most right-wing Parliament and, by extension, Commission, in the EU's history.

It only makes sense they'll prioritize big-business interests over those of the common folk.

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dmoy 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yea that's fair / makes sense from a democracy point of view (even if I might disagree personally).

It's a bit odd that Europe prioritizes American big-business interests I guess? Idk, as an American it does seem kinda like an odd choice.

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cherryteastain 12 hours ago | parent [-]

It's more useful to view the whole situation as EU politicians prioritizing to have their pockets filled with lobbyist money, rather than the EU as a political entity deciding this per se.

	▲	palata 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not completely fair. The US also bullies them into doing those things, it's not only "pure corruption to fill their pockets". How many European countries buy American weapons because they are scared of what would happen if they pissed off the US? And then they still get tariffs and threats of military invasion.

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Pfeil 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Does it really make sense? Right wing politicians are calling themselves patriots, why would they support foreign companies and give them so much power? Must be a dangerous mix of corruption and stupidity?