Germany pushes to bar Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon from EU financial data law

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.

Reported Editor-read iFun.de, 30 September 2025, citing Financial Times

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.

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

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