Macron proposed that Europe should maintain “digital sovereignty” and reduce its dependence on US tech giants.

Original title: Macron proposed that Europe should maintain “digital sovereignty” to reduce dependence on American tech giants

French President Macron said on Tuesday local time that Europe must maintain its “digital sovereignty” to reduce its dependence on US tech giants. He also outlined three important steps to make this “digital sovereignty” a reality.

Macron said that despite the outbreak of the new corona epidemic, America’s major digital platformssociety“Big changes”, but in terms of technology, Europe needs “European solutions and European sovereignty”.

Macron said in a conversation with Swedish billionaire Niglas Zenstrom, co-founder of Skype: “We need European funding, European solutions, European talent and European regulations.”

He added: “We have regulation, but we don’t have a tech giant that can compete with several big tech giants.” The so-called tech giant Macron refers to Google,Apple, Facebook andAmazonWaitthe company。

Macron also highlighted the realization of “digital sovereignty” in Europe.strategyThree important measures: the EU is more involved in technology companiesTo start a businessFinancing, construction of a “digital unit” that promotes the protection of privacy and the development of technological innovationmarket“to create European cloud and data solutions to reduce dependency on US companies.

As the EU strives to become a world leader in technology, “digital sovereignty” has become an indispensable concept.borrowThis response and counterattack the dominance of the big American tech companies.

The EU is reported to soon announce a set of innovative new rules to increase theServicefromadministrationThis will have a significant impact on American tech giants like Google and Facebook.

At the same time, the EUCommittee, Germany and France started a project called Gaia-X to develop a new framework for the European data infrastructure, whose main purpose is to accompany the development of future cloud providers in Europe. Gaia-X was announced in June this year and the new architecture is expected to be online next year.

Where is ZenstromriskinvestmentThe Atomico company launched on TuesdayreportIt shows that in 2020, European tech startups are expected to receive more than 41 billionAmerican dollarInitial investment The report also highlights that the EU is increasing growthmoneyAnd there are many challenges to making technology more diverse.

(Source: Science and Technology Daily)

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