{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69f327839dcd58edd9543ecd/69fdac5444cb786b378ee412?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"European digital sovereignty: Secure, competitive and free","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69f327839dcd58edd9543ecd/1778232167626-8ae488f9-2256-43a4-bf3d-6c47fee4cc78.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Recorded at BIG’s event on <strong>7 May 2026, </strong>this exchange of insights on the urgent challenge of European digital sovereignty brought together two of its leading advocates: <strong>Marietje Schaake</strong>, International Policy Director at the Stanford University Cyber Policy Center as well as a former MEP (2009-19), and <strong>Paul Timmers</strong>, professor at KU Leuven and European University Cyprus, and a former Director at the European Commission’s DG CONNECT. How can Europe become a competitive player in the digital revolution – and avoid a dystopian scenario in which the tools of tomorrow's prosperity are outsourced to MAGA and its Silicon Valley acolytes?</p>","author_name":"Brussels Institute for Geopolitics"}