The European Union's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen addresses a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger greets the European Union's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen at the beginning of a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger addresses a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

German Minister for Digitalization and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger addresses a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The European Union's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen addresses a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seen during the opening of the Hannover Messe industrial trade fair for mechanical and electrical engineering and digital industries, on March 31, 2025 in Hanover, northern Germany. Amazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules as Brussels probes their market power, the bloc's tech chief said on November 18, 2025. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN / AFP) (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

France's Economy and Finance Roland Lescure addresses a summit on Europe's technological sovereignty, on November 18, 2025 at the EUREF Campus in Berlin. The German Chancellor and the French President will join forces to push for greater European digital "sovereignty" and less dependence on US tech titans as the AI race gathers pace. The leaders of Europe's biggest economies will make the call at a Berlin summit, which will also be attended by CEOs of top regional firms including French AI company Mistral and German software giant SAP. With artificial intelligence set to play an increasingly important role in many sectors, Europe's leaders are responding to growing calls for the continent to take greater control of its own digital destiny. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A picture taken on May 23, 2022 shows the logo of Microsoft during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. Amazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules as Brussels probes their market power, the bloc's tech chief said on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)