Overview
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Emmanuel Macron are slated to attend Tuesday’s meeting, with roughly 900 participants expected.
- EU lawmakers fault Berlin’s approach and urge a new strategy with major investment, the state acting as an anchor customer, and a digital tax to bolster European vendors.
- US statutes including the CLOUD Act and FISA 702 can compel American providers to hand over data stored in Europe, with AWS cited for hosting Bundespolizei bodycam recordings.
- Germany’s cybersecurity chief Claudia Plattner backs technical safeguards such as strong encryption and user‑held keys to prevent unauthorized access.
- Reliance is widespread: nine in ten German companies use cloud services, and 78% of surveyed leaders view dependence on U.S. providers critically.