If the ownership of #DigID (the Dutch digital ID platform) is something that should be subject to the laws of a free market, then why is the US ambassador in the Netherlands stepping in?
And why is he requesting an urgent meeting with the Dutch PM?
Would his boss allow a Dutch company to take over a critical piece of the American federal digital infrastructure?
The American digital colonialism over Europe is becoming more aggressive as Europe starts to gain its own independence.
And they didn’t think that we were that serious with our talks about digital sovereignty.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/us-ambassador-criticises-dutch-block-on-digid-owner-sale/