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The most popular theory I've heard in this regard is that top European politicians are constantly corrupted and bought off by American lobbyists backed by Big Tech companies.

Read articles and watch documentaries related to LiMux Initiative[1] taken by Munich city council to use only FOSS and freedom friendly software like Linux and Libre Office in order to cut costs and gain technological independence. Read about how it was sabotaged from Germany's own top federal bureaucracy who's politicians were known to have taken funding, etc. from Microsoft.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux