"The Commission insists that the sovereignty of the providers was assessed using the Cloud Sovereignty Framework it developed last year for the purpose of evaluating services against eight sovereignty objectives."
"CISPE's concern is that the Framework's criteria are so broad and weighted that they could allow a provider to tick enough boxes to get a high score without really delivering on the spirit of European sovereignty."
The European Commission has awarded four contracts to enhance cloud sovereignty in the EU, allowing institutions to procure services worth up to €180 million over six years. The contracts aim to diversify providers and avoid dependency on a single source. However, one contract involves S3NS, a joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud, raising questions about independence. The Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework has faced criticism for being vague and potentially favoring established American cloud providers, undermining the goal of true European sovereignty.
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