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# Germany pushes to bar Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon from EU financial data law
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-30-germany-fida-exclude-big-tech/
- Published: 2025-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:01:39.000Z
- Description: Germany's federal government pushed to exclude Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon from the EU's planned Financial Data Access framework, arguing that letting a few foreign platforms control financial data infrastructure would undermine digital sovereignty.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [iFun.de, 30 September 2025, citing Financial Times](https://www.ifun.de/finanzdatenzugang-deutschland-draengt-auf-ausschluss-apples-265527/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the exclusion will be adopted; FIDA's trilogue negotiations were still ongoing when this was reported.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)