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From Snowden to Sovereign Cloud: Ten Turning Points in Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Push

Europe’s digital sovereignty debate did not begin with AI or cloud procurement. It developed through surveillance disclosures, privacy law, cybersecurity regulation, platform rules, data governance, and sovereign cloud policy. For open-source platforms such as Drupal, the result is a more demanding environment shaped by hosting choices, supplier dependence, interoperability, compliance, and long-term control.
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