In 2025, more than two-thirds of Europe's cloud market were controlled by three US tech giants: Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The risks include mass surveillance and data confidentiality concerns. 

Clotilde Bômont joined AFP's 'La Semaine sur le fil' podcast (in French), to discuss why cloud infrastructure sits at the heart of Europe's digital sovereignty debate, and how the current lack of autonomy can be used as a tool for blackmail in the event of political or economic disagreements.