German BSI Head: Tech Sovereignty Needs Technical Solution

Claudia Plattner Says Complete Switch to European Technologies Is Unrealistic Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 30, 2025

European ambitions to replace foreign tech solutions with domestic alternatives are "unrealistic" in the short term, warned the head of the German cybersecurity head cybersecurity agency in a call for greater technological control over cloud platforms.

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In a Sunday blog post, Claudia Plattner, president of the German Federal Office for Information Security, said European ambitions to escape "cyber dominance" requires implementing new levels of technical control.

"Public administration in particular is under massive digitalization pressure. This requires powerful, trustworthy solutions. Since many innovations are currently being created outside Europe, a complete switch to European technologies is unrealistic in the short term," Plattner said, according to a machine translation.

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