BREAKING: #Netherlands blocks US takeover of a vital digital supplier.

NL investment screening authority sees the purchase as posing "a possible risk to the public interest."

NL govt now adopts the advice, a week before the EU Commission comes with its #TechSovereignt Package.

#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#BigTech #tech

https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-blocks-us-takeover-vital-digital-supplier

Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier

Across Europe, there have been increased concerns about the bloc’s reliance on American tech.

POLITICO