France Ditches US Tech: Will Europe Follow?

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France appears to be ditching American tech. In just the last few weeks, the French authorities raided the offices of Elon Musk's X in Paris, asked ministries to ditch Zoom, and blocked Eutelsat from selling a ground antenna to a private equity firm.

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France Raids X Offices in Paris
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2026/02/03/paris-prosecutors-raid-french-offices-of-elon-musk-s-x_6750083_105.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/french-headquarters-elon-musk-x-raided-paris-cybercrime-unit
https://x.com/FrenchResponse/status/2018818868706509238?s=20

European Digital Sovereignty
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10210991/1/Bria_eurostack.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/europe-digital-sovereignty-big-tech-9f5388b68a0648514cebc8d92f682060
https://table.media/assets/europe/european-parliament-resolution-of-22-january-2026.pdf
https://cepis.org/von-der-leyen-puts-digital-sovereignty-at-the-heart-of-eus-2025-agenda/
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/779251/EPRS_BRI(2025)779251_EN.pdf
https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/

US Criticises EU for Tech Regulation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/us-state-department-visa-ban-former-eu-commissioner-europe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/donald-trump-tariffs-us-tech-uk-digital-services-tax-eu

00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - Why France is Ditching American Tech
04:53 - Will Europe Follow?
07:13 - Protecting the Planet