Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds

Almost two-thirds of Europeans polled believe that replacing American tech services with European alternatives is a good idea, but those surveyed are divided if that shift is realistic, according to YouGov research shared with Tech Policy Press.

The analysis comes as European Union leaders push ahead with increasingly assertive digital sovereignty plans to reduce the 27-country bloc’s dependence on the United States for everything from cloud computing to social networks. That includes proposals from the French and Dutch governments to replace US services like those from Microsoft and Amazon with European alternatives.