Regulation alone is not enough to achieve this. Europe must make targeted investments in competitive alternatives and reduce unwanted strategic dependencies. Digital sovereignty must be demonstrable and practical for users, without unnecessarily restricting their freedom of choice.

Our priorities focus on six key areas: a clear scope; sufficient infrastructure and computing capacity; a uniform and practical European sovereignty framework; interoperability and lower switching costs; sustained support for open source; and a level playing field with reciprocal market access.

For private-sector organisations, responsible risk management is central. They must assess their dependencies and take appropriate measures. We oppose turning that responsibility into mandatory sovereignty levels that restrict their choice of suppliers. At the same time, open standards, portability and support for switching providers must ensure that European alternatives become genuinely usable.

Read our full joint position in the position paperImplementing our ambitions.