Comment by codingbot3000

Can't deny that some EU politicians (mostly conservative ones, surprise, surprise) have a hidden agenda behind it.

The statement that gov & businesses in Europe would not be able to operate normally without American software is easy to disprove. Just look at how easy the Chinese or the Russians could shed or avoid their dependency on crappy Microsoft or expensive US cloud providers. The problem is just that many European politicians are so technically inept they believe it themselves.