[JumpCrisscross]

> don't think the memory of America as a bully will go away

It won't. But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros. If there is a friendly race on the other side of the Atlantic, that will not mean the memories go away. But the urgency of the initiative is certainly sapped.

[surgical_fire]

> But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros.

That will be spent in Europe, improving the economy of member states.

Certainly much better than just sending that money to the US.

[inigyou]

I don't think governments care where money is spent, only how much. Growing the economy by spending more is not really a thing governments aim for.

[llm_nerd]

Stimulus spending is very much a thing. An extremely well known thing. American governments of every lean have pushed "buy American" policies for that reason.

Most other countries didn't just because it eventually evened out in the end. But with the US being an adversarial nation, everyone should redouble efforts to ensure not a penny supports that autocracy.

[rafaelmn]

> That will be spent in Europe, improving the economy of member states.

Given EU public spending and IT I'm not so optimistic.

[piva00]

It's tens of billions of euros spent domestically, much better than being siphoned away to the USA to fund this shitshow.

At least the money will keep flowing into our own economy, it will hurt but in the longer term it can only be beneficial.