Digital Dependency: €264 Billion Per Year to the United States—What Can Europe Do?
€264 billion per year. That's the sum European companies inject into the American economy through their purchases of software and cloud services. A recurring cost, invisible at first glance, but heavy with macroeconomic and strategic impacts. The Asterès report takes the measure: Europe buys, the United States captures the value and employment. And if part...
Digital Resilience Index (DRI): the tool launched at Bercy to manage cloud and AI dependencies
On January 26, 2026, Bercy provided a political and operational framework to an idea that had long remained theoretical: digital sovereignty is only worthwhile if it becomes manageable. For these first Digital Sovereignty Meetings, the Ministry of Economy highlights two initiatives designed to "measure in order to decide": a Digital Sovereignty Observatory and the Digital...


