EuroStack

EuroStack is a set of initiatives of academics, politicians, commentators and industry players aimed at building an independent European digital infrastructure to limit the dependence of the European Union on foreign technology and US companies.

EuroStack is a set of initiatives of academics, politicians, commentators and industry players aimed at building an independent European digital infrastructure to limit the dependence of the European Union on foreign technology and US companies. ==Background== The concept of a "European Stack" to describe a pan-European project of sovereign technical infrastructure was first proposed by media theorist McKenzie Wark in 2019 , while the specific term "EuroStack" was coined by Glen Weyl in 2024 . Initial advocates for the EuroStack initiative stated that 80% of European technology is imported, which creates a dependency on US and Chinese technology. Bria and Timmers's version of the initiative calls to mobilize €300 billion over 10 years to invest in European technological independence. Advocates of EuroStack have repeatedly referred to the risk of the EU becoming a digital colony. Cecilia Rikap and Aline Blankertz warned against the protectionist undertone of the initiative to break away from US tech dependency. Rikap and Blankertz recognize the threat to democracy that the dependency on US tech represents. They argue for a measured approach of investing in core technologies, in particular cloud services, instead of writing large checks to subsidize aspirational national champions. European public procurement, would be one important strand in a EuroStack strategy according to the two economists. == See also== Strategic autonomy GAIA-X Trade and Technology Council

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