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Think tank finds 23 of 28 European states rely on US cloud for defence

Brussels think tank Future of Technology Institute found 23 of 28 European countries use US cloud providers in national defence systems, with 16, including Germany and Poland, at high risk of a US CLOUD Act "kill switch".

Reported Editor-read Euronews, 17 April 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that any government has since acted to reduce this reliance.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Think-tank study flags US cloud reliance across 23 states; no action taken yet. 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 2026-09-21. How the record is made

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