http://data.europa.eu/2sa/elap/digital-sovereignty-and-autonomy 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. Principle Source C(2022) 4388 final COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMISSION European Commission digital strategy Next generation digital Commission