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Comment by Giorgos Verdi
Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR); researcher on EU tech sovereignty, AI, and economic security
Those stark dependencies that we have endured so far should not be as normalised and as acceptable as it has been for the last two decades. [...] I think it takes intellectual bravery to chart our own path and understand what is good for us rather than be happy clients.
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(2026)
25d ago
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Verified via web search. Giorgos Verdi (ECFR Policy Fellow) made this statement in a February 2026 EU Perspectives article on the EuroStack initiative. Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the search confirms the verbatim quote about "stark dependencies" and "intellectual bravery to chart our own path" alongside his related quote "We basically are faced with three cloud providers — that is not normal and is not desirable." The "for" vote on "The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US cloud providers" aligns directly with Verdi's EuroStack advocacy and critique of European dependency on US cloud providers. Year 2026 is current.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 16d ago
replying to Giorgos Verdi