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# DIGITAL SME Alliance opinion: 2026 will make or break Europe's tech sovereignty
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-08-digitalsme-year-ahead-tech-sovereignty-opinion/
- Published: 2026-01-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:07.000Z
- Description: DIGITAL SME Alliance publishes Antonio Grasso's piece arguing 2026's first 100 days will decide Europe's tech sovereignty, citing three US firms holding 65 percent of the EU cloud market and urging a simplified "28th regime", clearer procurement preference and easier talent visas.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [European DIGITAL SME Alliance blog, 8 January 2026](https://www.digitalsme.eu/the-year-ahead-2026-will-make-or-break-europes-tech-sovereignty/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any of the proposed measures, the 28th regime, procurement preference or visa reform, has been adopted or funded.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. opinion moves no question; urges EU-wide cloud procurement and company-law reform for sovereignty. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)