Statement: Digital sovereignty means digital infrastructures, products and services that safeguard European security, strategic assets and interests while respecting European values and requirements.
Rationale:
European Institutions and Administrations are representing citizens and businesses and respond to and ensuring the proper development of European society in its most holistic manner. Therefore, there is a need of preventing to spend and depending on external stakeholders to foster the monopoly and vendor lock-in making non-efficient solutions and subject to external agents' desires.
Implications:
Digital sovereignty and autonomy imply the adoption of technical alternatives to promote cost-effective, sustainable, independent and secure solutions. Prior assessments of the suitability of these alternatives are strongly recommended, considering each area of implementation and taking into account relevant legal frameworks.
Principle Source: C(2022) 4388 final COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION European Commission digital strategy Next generation digital Commission
Principle Source URL: https://commission.europa.eu/publications/european-commission-digital-s…
Scope: Business Agnostic
Category: Digital Public Service Strategy (Public Policy Cycle)
Interoperability Layer: Technical IoP
PURI: http://data.europa.eu/2sa/elap/digital-sovereignty-and-autonomy