Geopolitics
The EU's Democratic Deficit: How American Money Undermines European Digital Sovereignty
The European Union's digital sovereignty agenda faces a critical vulnerability, as its capacity for independent democratic oversight—termed Europe's Democracy Stack—is 88% funded by external, non-EU sources, primarily from the US government and US philanthropy. This reveals a profound hypocrisy and strategic failure, as the EU invests billions to reduce technological dependence while its very ability to hold power accountable remains shackled to foreign, often neo-imperial, benefactors whose priorities are now shifting away.
